DEVIL'S ISLAND featuring Revolution Rabbit Deluxe
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 Revolution Rabbit Deluxe 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?
Rev Rabbit: That's easy. The first album I ever bought (second hand 50p) was one of my most influential: Beatles' Revolver.
Max: Closely run with Revolver, Abbey Road by the Beatles. Reminds me of better times.
Lee: Orb's The Huge Brain Orb that rules the Centre of the Ultraworld - it has everything. Very ambient. A classic from the rave error (sorry, era)
Tim: Endtroducing by DJ Shadow, good memories. Suits all moods.
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?
Rev Rabbit: Abbey Road as it reminds me of the summer - probably not the best choice for a desert island though or maybe the White Album lol
Max: Rid of Me by PJ Harvey. Atmospheric and cool. And highly influential on me, musically. A revelation for me as a woman that women could be songwriters too.
Lee: Number of the Beast by Iron Maiden. Or possibly the Sam Fox poster.
Tim: Massive Attack's Mezzanine - the image of the black beetle on a white background is such a powerful image, ageless.
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?
Rev Rabbit: Lagavulin - the king of Whiskey, it also has an advantage in that I won't be able to remember much of my time on the island
Max: A pint of my usual: Worthingtons
Lee: A really good red wine
Tim: I'll go for a glass of red too, if you're offering
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?
Rev Rabbit: A Beatles' 60s lunchbox only because they are worth a mint now. And, yes, I may be a slight Beatles fan
Max: A Dropkick Murphies' album that was given to me by an old friend
Lee: Foo Fighters T-shirt I got at a gig. I asked for a large but it's like a tent on me, so it would be useful on an island. It would probably fit you Rev.
Tim: Mogwai T-shirt that said Blur are Shite! I loved the ballsy in-your-face statement
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?
Lee: Jesus? Buddha? Einstein? Tesla?
Tim: But after Einstein has done your head in after ten thousand years?
Max: Yeah, those are only so many equations one can handle.
Lee: Okay, The Buddha. And Jesus - I'll listen to them argue over the existence of God.
Rev Rabbit: If I don't say the missus I'm in big trouble but...
Max: Guess who's sleeping on the sofa tonight.
Rev Rabbit: She's out so it should be okay until she reads this. I'll plump for Taylor Swift. I hear she has great bush survival skills. We can burn her guitar the first night.
Max: Nobody as I prefer to be by myself so that no one has to endure being stranded with me.
Tim: Let's assume the wife and kids are a given. I'm like Max, I'm worried that any one I bring there would devolve into a Lord of the Flies scenario with us hunting each other in our underpants and blowing on conch shells. ~So, Max, we could get islands a mile from each other and we could occasionally wave without the need to say anything.
Max: That's true. We could share fishing tactics from a distance.
Tim: But if I had to answer: Hunter Thompson.
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?
Rev Rabbit: The Beatles' rooftop performance (apologies, again)
Lee: Iron Maiden's Live after Death.at Last by Black Sabbath
Tim: 2001 Radiohead did Kid A and Amnesiac. They played South Park in Oxford. Played 2.5 hours and their wall of sound sounded like the future.
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?
Tim: Well, surely Bruce Dickinson. He could fly the rescue plane in.
Max: That makes sense. Me too.
Rev Rabbit: Ooh, Gary Numan for me but his aviation skills might mean we land on the A48 toward Neath. But then again, we both have Aspergers so he'd probably ignore me as we are both socially anxious.
Lee: I agree with Tim. Can't beat that.
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?
Lee: Probably be me the vegan
Rev Rabbit: You're grass-fed too
Tim: You were so keen to put yourself forward I think we need to remember that for any desert island scenario in future. No pulling out too.
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?
Rev Rabbit: John Lennon, he was nihilistic and misogynistic but he opened my eyes to music.
Lee: He wrote Imagine too. Possibly one of the most socially challenging songs ever written
Rev Rabbit: I always found it jarring that a multimillionaire was singing "Imagine no possessions"
Lee: I'll go with Lennon because of the song Imagine, it fits my belief system too.
Tim: Peter Hook. Brilliant attitude and swagger. He's written some iconic bass lines too.
Lee: I'll change to Chad Smith. His style funky groovy. One of my biggest influences.
Max: Patti Smith. As a musician and songwriter a huge influence
Rev Rabbit: Thank you Razor's Edge for inviting us to this. I know my band members a little better now. Maybe too much lol
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