DEVIL’S ISLAND featuring Leo Spauls
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 find Leo Spauls sat on the beach. The island is far from their home, so how did they end up 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?
I actually have three bands, one in Stockholm, one in Berlin and one in London, and I haven't seen any of them around, so they must have escaped somehow!
So, not wanting to have no other choice than to play my favourite album over and over again, I've chosen something I'm not very fond of at all, which is Mariah Carey's Christmas album. Perfectly enough to play once a year.
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?
In this situation, it would be "Island life" by Grace Jones. A reminder to keep myself fit whatever happens.
There's also a bar on this here island. But alas each of you only get to choose one drink for the entirety of your stay. What's your tipple of choice?
A traditional Swedish liquor called "Bäska droppar". It has an intensely bitter flavour, almost undrinkable. So if you need to go sober, why not do it with a sickly taste of alcohol in your mouth.
Your suitcases were lost when your ship sank, but you each managed to salvage one item of band merch. What’s the merch and for what band?
It's a collection of Elton John's wigs. I have no idea who decided to bring them on tour, but I've realised they are quite something.
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?
My ex. We would kill each other within 48 hours, and no more pain.
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?
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 most suitable for a rescue attempt. Who is it?
It would be addressed "To Kurt Cobain". Anyone would read that message!
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?
Probably a guitarist or two. There are so many of them anyway, so easy to find!
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?
It would be Mike Garson (David Bowie's pianist who played on the last album). I have developed a deep friendship with him. He gives me piano lessons and sometimes acts as a mentor to me. I took piano lessons for more than ten years when I was younger, but I never became a professional. If I had met Mike earlier in my life, maybe I would have become one. However, singing and songwriting is my number one priority at this point.
