DEVIL’S ISLAND featuring Slomo Casino
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 Slomo Casino 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?
Jack: "Nickelback: For all the right reasons" ...for all the wrong reasons... Probably the album most likely to aid my descent to madness; on a desert island I figure the quicker I lose my mind the better.
Jonny: I’ve gone for Robert Johnson ‘The Centennial Collection’. Could listen to that man and his guitar for 2 lifetimes! In fact I’ve just had to put it on to help me with the interview.
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?
Jack: The streets: Original Pirate Material because the artwork is a block of flats, it would remind me of what paradise I'd be returning to if I ever got off the island, also there's a joke in there about pirates somewhere.
Jonny: Beatles - Sgt. Pepper. The cover would inspire me to pirate like endeavour
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?
Jack: Guinness, now that's a drink you can survive on.
Jonny: I would happily drown in a bath of Pina colada
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?
Jack: My XXXL Norah Jones t-shirt, if I tied it to a mast I could sail away sail away sail away...(sorry)
Jonny: I still have an old moth eaten Offspring t-shirt lying around somewhere from when I was 14 that I could bring as a comfort blanket.
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?
Jack: Probably a comedian like Limmy or something, at least you're most likely to die laughing.
Jonny: Our 3rd bandmate, the robot ‘Emiglio’ who sadly couldn’t swim and drowned with the wreckage
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?
Jack: Red Hot Chili Peppers at Slane Castle
Jonny: A bit of a cheat answer as it’s not exactly ‘live show’ but the Radiohead basement sessions would be straight 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?
Jonny: I would send it to Dwayne Johnson who was in the band.. Moana? Who would whisk me away to safety
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?
Jack: Jonny, he is the only other band member and I reckon he would taste like smoked bacon.
Jonny: I think Jack would probably eat me too, although I would most likely give him alcohol poisoning to curse him from the grave.
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?
Jack: It would have to be the technician from my secondary school who taught me to play drums properly, he not only showed me the fundamentals of playing the kit but gave me some great life advice too.
Jonny: I’d pull George Harrison out of the wreckage
