DEVIL’S ISLAND featuring I Am Pariah

DEVIL’S ISLAND featuring I Am Pariah

Welcome to this weeks edition of Devil’s Island! Every week we maroon a band or artist on the island and see what they get up to, how they cope with being all alone on a small island in the middle of the ocean. It’s not your average desert island and we’ll see just how each person copes with the extreme conditions.

This week when we arrived at Devil’s Island we found rising British nu-metalcore outfit I Am Pariah sat on the beach. The island is far from their home, but how did they end up on here and how did they cope with life on Devil’s Island?

Find out now…

Welcome to The Razors’e Edge and our somewhat lovely, warm desert island. Don’t worry about it’s name I’m sure it’s not as bad as that would suggest.

So you’re marooned here on this island, but before you ended up shipwrecked you chose one album that you couldn’t live without. Which album did you each chose and why?

Ben: I would take the album ‘Survivor’ by 90’s American girl group Destiny’s Child, as I feel the lead single in particular, would be a fitting theme to our epic adventure.
Steve: No More Tears. It’s a belter from start to finish.
Dave: Killswitch Engage – Alive or Just Breathing. That album has been a staple in my life since it came out in 2002. It set the bar for Metalcore and I think no one’s come close to it since.

Just behind that palm tree is a shack for each of you to stay in, with enough space for you to put up a poster on the wall of one album cover. What album cover do you each chose?

Steve: Whitesnakes ‘Lovehunter’, For those nights where it gets a little lonely…
Ben: Marilyn Manson ‘Mechanical Animals’, for the same reason as what Steve said above.
Dave: KISS – Destroyer because it’s badass and so iconic.

There’s also a bar on this here island. But alas each of you only get to chose one drink for the entirety of your stay. What’s your tipple of choice?

Ben: San Pellegrino Sparkling Natural Mineral Water between 8-10 degrees.
Steve: Rum, any kind will do I’m not fussy.
Dave: Jack Daniels by the bucket load!

Your suitcases were lost when your ship sank, but you each managed to salvage one item of band merch. Whats the merch and for what band?

Ben: My ‘Vestal Masturbation’ T-Shirt by Cradle of Filth, although I think I may have given it away because I got in trouble with my mum for owning it.
Steve: I’d keep it old school with a classic Iron maiden T-shirt.
Dave: I don’t have one (yet) but I’d say a KISS coffin. If we were stranded for too long and I died then at least I could go out in style ??

You’re sat on the island thinking “I’m stuck here on this island with my bandmates for eternity”… who would you rather have been shipwrecked with?

Ben: Daisy Ridley – I mean she survived the sequel trilogy, she killed the emperor, she found Luke, right??
Steve: Sue Carpenter
Dave: David Brent.

There’s a walkman in your pocket, on the tape inside is the recording of the one live show that stands out for you. It could be any show, from any band, anywhere in the world. What show is on that walkman?

Ben: Metallica – ‘S&M’
Steve: Slash – ‘Made in Stoke’
Dave: Pantera at Monsters of Rock Moscow 91′

You’re getting desperate, you decide the only course of action is to put a message in a bottle and hope someone finds it. Your message could be to any member of any band, but should be the one musician most suitable for a rescue attempt. Who is it?

Ben: Billie Joe Armstrong, but he’s got to rescue us playing ‘Castaway’ from the album Warning, from a helicopter.
Steve: Sting, I’ve heard he loves a message in a bottle
Dave: I’d turn myself into a genie and send myself to Christina Aguilera, along with the lyrics to ‘Genie in a bottle’

“I’m a genie in a bottle, baby
Gotta rub me the right way, honey
I’m a genie in a bottle, baby
Come come, come on and let me out”

That songs in your head now right?!

You’ve been stuck here for a while and food supplies are running low. There’s only one thing for it… which fellow band member gets sacrificed to help the others survive?

Ben: I can already see where this is going to go, so I think I would rather die, Steve’s not got much on him, and I like my meat fresh (sorry Dave).
Steve: Ben, It’d be a bountiful harvest!
Dave: I’m with Steve on this one. Plus Ben’s already sacrificed himself for the greater good of the guitar players.

Finally, when the ship sank you each managed to save one person from the wreckage. That person is the one musician that has influenced your career the most, shaped your way of thinking and your outlook on life. Who did you save?

Ben: Ozzy, as I already mentioned all my other favourites.
Steve: John 5
Dave: I’d have to also say Ozzy. The man is a national treasure and is a massive influence to all three of us.

As we sail away from the island we have no room for the band on our small boat. But the band seem content, sitting on the beach, drinking bucket loads of whiskey with Destiny’s Child blaring out the islands stereo system.

I don’t think Daisy Ridley is coming to their rescue, so who knows if we will ever see them band again…?

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