DEVIL’S ISLAND featuring Dirty Money
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 Dirty Money 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.
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?
Spud: Oooh good question. Think for me it would have to be Fun House by The Stooges because its just a terrific album from start to finish
Ross: Deliverance by Opeth. The complexity of the writing is incredible with so many epic tracks. Its got so many different music styles so it never gets boring
Mark: Use Your Illusion I by Guns N Roses because its been in my CD player since about 1995
Luis: It would have to be The Black Album by Metallica. It was one of the first albums I ever listened to and I love it
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?
Spud: The original Electric Ladyland cover. At least I’d have something to look at other than these three.
Ross: On that note, Smell the Glove. The original cover was apparently sexist..
Spud: What’s wrong with being sexy?
Ross: Sexist!! But the final one is the way I like it, just a simple cover.
Mark: Fucking hell. Album cover? I cant even think of one I like
Luis: I have no idea either
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?
Spud: Lager
Ross: Pepsi Max. 0 sugar maximum taste
Spud: We don’t get paid for product placement mate. You don’t have to quote the tagline
Mark: It's got to be lager hasn’t it?
Luis: Poncha
Spud: Eh?
Luis: Poncha
Spud: Is that the Portuguese firewater stuff you brought to the gig?
Luis: Yeah man.
Spud: Jesus Lu. That’s a bit hardcore isn’t it?
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?
Ross: A download t shirt. Amazing festival supporting many bands. Ive found a loop hole on this question .
Luis: Rammstein’s Liebe Ist Für Alle Da box set.
Spud: (Crying with laughter) I think that’s enough of that question
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?
Spud: Einstein as he’d probably figure out a way off the island, the mrs of course and maybe Bear Grylls. Practical
Ross: My family. Without home support there is no band to be shipwrecked with.
Mark: The other half. To be fair if I was with you lot I’d probably be with her anyway. She’d probably be driving the fucking boat.
Luis: Bob Marley
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?
Luis: Do walkman’s still exist?
Spud: Apparently
Luis: Iron Maiden, Beast on the Road tour
Ross: I have seen so many bands live to pick one show from them all is a difficault question. Im going to go for Download and Skindred. They are such a part band and Benji holds the crowd. Its also amazing to see them smashing it in the main stream.
Mark: AC/DC Live at River Plate
Spud: Shit, I dunno. The Doors in Ann Arbor in 67?
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?
Mark: Eh? So I’ve got to send a message to one of you to come and rescue me?
Spud: Yeah
Mark: Fuck that. I’m not sending a message to any of you.
Ross: Sting. If anyone’s been here before and understands a message in a bottle it's him.
Spud: I don’t think Sting’s in our band mate. Thought you might have clocked seeing as you’re the bass player.
Mark: Actually can I change my answer? I’m picking Lu. He’s the most likely to know a Portuguese pirate to come and rescue me
Luis: But don’t forget the best pirates in the world were English, not us. Anyway, I’d pick Ross. He’s a big boy. I could use him as a raft.
Ross: What?
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?
Luis: I’d eat Spud
Spud: Thanks mate
Mark: It would have to be Ross really wouldn’t it
Spud: Yeah I’d go along with that.
Ross: What the actual fuck?! Why does it HAVE to be me?
Mark: You’re the biggest
Spud: You are 6’8 mate. Man’s got a point.
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?
Luis: Travis Barker
Mark: Has to be Slash really doesn’t it.
Spud: (Sarcastically) Didn’t see that one coming.
Ross: Ren. I was listening to his track Hi Ren and it blew me away.
Spud: Got to be a toss up between Iggy Pop and Bon Scott. Can I save them both?
