DEVIL'S ISLAND featuring The Chuck Norris Experiment
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 The Chuck Norris Experiment 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?
Well since I, Chuck Dakota, is the first one to set foot on Devil’s Island, I already made sure that the others didn’t have time to grab their records. Otherwise I’d be doomed to be marooned with music like David Bowie, weird country music and Zeal & Ardor.
I would have taken Metallica - Ride The Lightning, Gluecifer - Automatic Thrill, Hellacopters - Payin’ The Dues, Turbonegro - Apocalypse Dudes and Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance.
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?
When it comes to cool album covers I reckon all in the band agrees that Iron Maiden’s Powerslave is the centre piece. On its left should be Dio - Holy Diver. To the right Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance. The outsides should be Metallica - Master Of Puppets and Anthrax - Fistful Of Metal.
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?
That’s easy. A nice, cold IPA does the trick for us.
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?
Chuck the Ripper would finally dare to wear his Ghost panties he secretly wears every gig night. Chuck Rooster always sports his Bad Brains t-shirt, so I reckon it would survive a shipwreck as well. Chuck Ransom would steal Slash’ top hat and claim it as his own. Chuck Daniels has had his eyes on Brett Michaels iconic bandana for a long time and wouldn’t hesitate to finally get his hands on it. Chuck Buzz would try to be a good friend with all his mates in the Gothenburg Death Metal scene and try to wear all their t-shirts at once and finally look a bit buff. I would make myself a toga out of GG Allin’s bed sheets and impersonate a Roman emperor just to drive everybody bat shit crazy, especially the Ripper in his cute Ghost thong.
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?
The entire female cast of Baywatch, Samantha Fox, Lita Ford, the girls from Poison, The Runaways and Peter Steele, so that I finally know what it is like to have some competition.
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?
That’s a really tricky question. I know which concert I would really have liked to see - The Monsters Of Rock show in Moscow 1991.
But which to listen to… Probably the full show from Krokus at Westfalenhalle in Dortmund 1983
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?
Then it is a letter to myself. I would see myself as the one with the most survival training. Unless I’m in a short need for stem cells, Volvo rear axles, riding clothes or web images, then I would choose me. Yes, go team Dakota!
You've been stuck here 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?
I could probably spare a leg and feed the whole lot for a week.
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?
Whenever we’re in a doubt about something musically, like a riff, a lick, a chorus or whatever, we always ask ourselves - How would Turbonegro do it? So I guess it’s either Happy Tom, Hank von Helvete, Pål Pot, Rune Rebellion, Chris Summers or Euroboy.
