DEVIL'S ISLAND featuring Healthy Junkies
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 Healthy Junkies 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?
David G: Blood Sugar Sex Magic by The Red Hot Chilli Peppers.
Because they are the best bunch of musicians to ever walk God’s green earth or Barbie Girl by Aqua.
Dave W: Nevermind by Nirvana.
Because every song bounces perfectly off each other like a masterpiece.
Phil HJ: David Bowie and the Spiders from Mars-Ziggy Stardust.
So I can pretend I am in space and live in a comfortable delusion.
Nina: In Utero by Nirvana.
Because it helps me with my periods.
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?
Nina: Cut by The Slits. I chose the Slits because they are girl power! They had more balls than anyone exposing themselves as much on this album cover
Dave W: Rude blue by Gale and Dorsey. It has a picture of my bass guitar on it
David G: Permission to land by The Darkness As I am alone I will need something decent to look at .
Phil: Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin. The cover depicts 2 x 5 story New York buildings with tenants so I can imagine that I have neighbours and maybe even have conversations with them from time to time.
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?
Dave W: Dr Pepper.
Nina: Red wine.
David G: Any IPA.
Phil: Kombucha (Green tea made from fermented Japanese mushroom). Very healthy!
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?
David G: A healthy Junkies XXXL T shirt as it will be free and work nicely as a cover
Nina: A CD by Nirvana so I can use it as a matt or mirror.
Dave W: My Taylor Swift poster as I can’t be without my saviour who I must bow to everyday and simply cannot live without it.
Phil: A David Bowie mug. I would set it with the album and poster to make a cosy little grotto for worship and meditation.
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?
Dave W: Bear Grylls. And I know who I would not want!
Nina: I’m happy to be with my band for eternity. Thinking about the 100 albums we’re going to write. Let’s build some instruments and get Devil’s island rock’n’roll going.
Phil HJ: Robinson Crusoe or Tom Hanks ( plus Wilson ) would be handy but not a preference.
David G: I agree with Nina. Castaway 2. The Junkies island. I can fish and Dave W can hunt. We are independent and self-sufficient!
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?
Phil: The Sex Pistols at Finsbury park 1996. Supports included Iggy pop, The Buzzcocks, Stiff Little Fingers with Bruce Foxton of the Jam on bass, The Buzzcocks, Shane McGowan, Skunk Anansie, 3 Colours Red, 60 ft Dolls and more.
David G: Red Hot Chilli Peppers at Slane Castle. What a show !
Nina: Nirvana at Reading Festival.
Dave W: Nirvana unplugged MTV
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?
Phil: Not Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran as his 77 foot yacht capsized in a race! Maybe Sting as he wrote the song ‘Message in a bottle’, surely he would know what to do.
Nina: I would send it to Kat Bjelland from Babes in Toyland as I would only trust a girl with the job and she seems the right choice.
Dave: Charlie Wallis from the band Lust Ritual. He will know where to get a boat and what to do to rescue me
David G: Phil Honey-Jones from Healthy Junkies is my choice as he is always bailing me out!
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?
We have all decided we would rather die of starvation than sacrifice one of us. Of course when ravenous hunger for survival sets in it might be a different story but hopefully we will never find out the answer to this question. Our driver Paul has been voted as food for our survival . He says he is willing to sacrifice himself for the greater good so hopefully there won’t be too much of a hunt and chase should this happen.
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?
Nina: Kurt Cobain of course, Not only did I save him from the wreckage I went back in time and saved him from his controversial death by shotgun.
Dave W: I saved Ty Segall
David G: Can’t choose between Hank Marvin, Chad Smith or the great Hendrix
Phil HJ: I saved Daniel Ash from Bauhaus.
