DEVIL'S ISLAND featuring Line of Fire
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 Line of Fire 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?
Steve: Back in Black. One of my all time favourites and a big influence on my playing.
Dave: Master of Puppets. Don't think I could ever get bored of that album and one of my favourites.
Baz: I hate this question. Of course my CDs are stored alphabetically. Motorhead next to Motown next to Mozart. I'd go down with the ship trying to pick one. One that is often there or thereabouts would be Operation Mindcrime by Queensryche, but ask me tomorrow and it might be T-Rex, or The Faces, or Messhugah, or Jimmy Yancey.
Ste: So hard to pick one album, I'd have to say Iron Maiden - Rock in Rio 2001, fantastic live album.
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?
Steve: ZZ Top - Eliminator. Blues Rock and hot rods, what's not to love! Also, pretty sure it's the only album I've got on CD, Vinyl and Cassette so I must like it.
Dave: Iron Maiden somewhere in time. Great album cover and a lot of detail to look at.
Baz: Any of the classic Motorhead sleeves. Overkill if you like. Rock & Roll in paint. It does what it says on the tin.
Ste: I'd go with Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos, love that album cover.
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?
Steve: Red wine. I do love a glass of vino!
Dave: Tennents Lager
Baz: Liver cancer means Black Sambuca is a thing of the past. Summer Fruits Oasis.
There's metal in your kettle.
Ste: Love me some Irn Bru!
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?
Steve: This is a difficult one as I've never been that into merch... Sorry! AC/DC life jacket!?
Dave: My These Wicked Rivers socks.
Baz: Not merch, but BB King once gave me his plectrum at Rock City
Ste: My Behemoth hoodie
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?
Steve: My wife and son.
Dave: The Wife.
Baz: Lifer apart from Scriv.
Ste: My Son
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?
Steve: Status Quo - Nottingham Royal Concert Hall - The Heavy Traffic Tour 2002.
My first ever gig with my Dad on my birthday. The same day I got my first electric guitar. Great memories.
Dave: AC/DC 1991 Monsters of Rock.
Baz: Line of Fire Budokan 2026
Ste: Gojirals headline set at Bloodstock 2018, one of my favourite bands, that headline set will always be one of my favourite shows.
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?
Steve: Sting. I think he knows a thing or two about messages in a bottle...
Dave: Rob Flynn - Machine Head covers Message in a Bottle.
Baz: Bruce Dickinson. Well, he's a pilot. Gary Numan, so's he.
Ste: The dude from Rammstein, he's pretty good in a boat.
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?
Steve: Obviously Ste the drummer. We'll just get a drum machine... I joke, I joke haha
Dave: Think instead of sacrificing one just have a piece of one another and hopefully we'll make it.
Baz: Ugh, I'm pretty much a veggie anyway, and the thought of putting any part of anyone of them in my mouth has just sealed that particular deal.
Ste: It'll be an all you can eat buffet hahaha
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?
Steve: A tough one but I'm going to go with Zakk Wylde. Not only a great guitarist but also a family man that doesn't seem to take himself too seriously!
Dave: James Hetfield
Baz: Probably Dug Pinnick. Plays a whole range of stuff, with a whole load of people, but it's still unmistakably Dug in there.
Ste: I' m on a massive Dream Theater binge at
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