DEVIL'S ISLAND featuring Guy North
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 Guy North 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?
Exile on Main St
I've been listening to this album since I was 14 years old (that was a long time ago). I didn't enjoy it the first time I listened to it, but something brought me back to it and I fell in love with it. There's a rawness and depth to it that's beyond their other albums. And it covers all my favourite American genres: gospel, blues and country. It feels like the band is more lively and louder with Jagger's vocals sometimes struggling to surface, but in a good way. The lyrics are hard to decipher, and I quite enjoy misinterpreting them. I've even used some misheard lyrics in one of my own songs!
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?
I'd put up a giant poster of the Oooh La La album cover by the Faces. It's kind of a creepy album cover of some gent in a top hat, and if you're lucky enough to own an early pressing, I believe you can move the eyes and mouth of the face with paper toggles. That'd keep me entertained for a while.
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?
Tea. I couldn't live without it. I probably drink eight cups of tea a day at least. If it had to be an alcoholic drink, I'd go with Guinness. Tastes like earwax but goes down like milk.
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?
Without a shadow of a doubt, it would be Bring Me the Horizon Syko Juice, which is basically a vegan BBQ sauce. If there were any wild boar on the island they'd be getting slathered in that, vegan sauce or not.
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 wife.
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?
The Blues Brothers "Live In Chicago". I saw that film when I was about five years old and it really inspired me.
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?
I'd pick Paul Brown, the producer of my second album, which is currently in production. I can always trust him to get the job done.
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?
Well, since I'm a solo artist, I'd have to pick a limb. I'd go for my left foot as I have plantar fasciitis in it. Good riddance!
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?
This is a tough one. I think it'd be Taj Mahal.
