DEVIL'S ISLAND featuring Silk Spinster
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 Silk Spinster 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?
KYRANTULA: There’s too many to choose from, but how I’m feeling right now…Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park. A big nostalgia trip for me, reminds me of happy times.
SINZZ: It’s a cop out but, I would probably pick up a Best of… maybe Iron Maiden, no skips and I could listen to it the whole time.
THE BOY: It's a very tough choice but I'd probably go for Powerslave by Iron Maiden as it's one of the first albums I ever heard but at a close second is Ten Thousand Fists by Disturbed.
RIFF LORD: I’d grab Painkiller [by Judas Priest], every song is a banger, great solos, if we meet any islanders who haven't heard metal this album sums it up well.
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?
KYRANTULA: Somewhere In Time by Iron Maiden, I don’t think I’d ever get bored looking at that artwork.
RIFF LORD: Honestly, I haven't bought a physical album in a long time and I can't really remember what most of my old ones have other than the shirts I own. I bought the Live After Death [Iron Maiden] album because the front cover looked cool so I guess I’ll go with that again. Can always knock one out (we’re marooned it’s fine) to SINZZ’s choice, it’ll definitely be hot girls…or guys.
THE BOY: Again a very tough choice but I’d say No Grave But The Sea by Alestorm because we are already on an island and may as well stick with the theme and zombie pirates are cool.
SINZZ: Look What The Cat Dragged In. I won’t state my reasons. I’m lonely.
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?
KYRANTULA: Thatchers Apple and Blackcurrant Cider, OR any of the Lilleys Ciders. I’m not a very sweet person so I need a bit of sweetness in my life. Also they’re not fizzy - at least not that much - so they go down dangerously easily.
SINZZ: What do you mean there’s a bar? How are we stranded? Where are we stranded? Whatever, I’ll take a Jack n coke. Double.
RIFF LORD: Gotta play the boring card and choose water so we don’t all die.
THE BOY: Hmmm either an ice cold Peroni or a JD and coke.
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?
KYRANTULA: My T-Shirt from Download Festival 2013 - my first proper experience of a heavy metal festival and what started it all for me.
SINZZ: So I tried to grab my Motley Crue T-Shirt but ended up stuck with The Boys stupid Rammstein d*ldo. Now I’m cold AND sore.
THE BOY: I'd probably save a SILK SPINSTER shirt because it's easily one of the coolest shirts I own and for a tenner they're a steal. KYRANTULA will give you a special deal, 2 for £20 😉
RIFF LORD: Definitely my ‘RIFF LORD’ shirt. Everywhere I wear it, good things happen.
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?
KYRANTULA: My wife [Does a terrible Borat Impression].
SINZZ: Lita Ford, Nita Strauss, someone I can have a genuine conversation with. That’s the truth. Honest.
THE BOY: Probably Motley Crue because those guys know how to party and we have free beer. It's gonna get messy.
RIFF LORD: Anyone who can re-enact the Wilson scene from Castaway. It’s probably SINZZ.
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?
KYRANTULA: Iron Maiden’s Rock in Rio or Maiden England. I’d be happy with either of them.
SINZZ: With my luck it’d be a Justin Beiber Concert. If I’m super unlucky, Walkmans have all been used to make radio communication devices already.
THE BOY: Foo Fighters Live at Wembley because I used to have it on dvd and watched it at least 100 times, it's one of the many reasons I wanted to be a musician and the set list was legendary.
RIFF LORD: Well, I hate to say the same thing. But the Live After Death album. I feel like they played Hallowed Be Thy Name just right.
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?
KYRANTULA: It’s gotta be Bruce Dickinson surely? He can fly a plane after all. That being said, the members of Alestorm surely have access to a Pirate Ship which they could pick us up in?
SINZZ: Bruce Dickinson flies a plane right? So if we message him he can let Stevie Wonder know to come rescue us!
THE BOY: The message will say "there's this cool ass bar in the middle of a deserted island. Beer is decent and free" Lemmy is coming to save us fueled by JD and cigars whilst riding on a black Harley Davidson.
RIFF LORD: Sooty [Our Band Manager], he can build things.
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?
KYRANTULA: SINZZ. Drummers are hard to come by and RIFF LORD is simply too good on guitar. So SINZZ it is. Besides, the bass isn’t even a real instrument.
SINZZ: Look, I’m not saying it’s right or anything but we’re definitely tucking into KYRANTULA. He’s the least tainted so….? Why are you all looking at ME like that?
THE BOY: Well I guess we are torching SINZZ, to be fair he'd probably drown or get eaten by something - I dont reckon'd taste good though.
RIFF LORD: Probably THE BOY. He trusts us - so it should be easy.
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?
KYRANTULA: It’s gotta be Rob Halford. Having read both of his books too he has shaped the way I think about music a lot. A close second would also be Bruce Dickinson again but I’d hope that Brucey wasn’t with us so he can pick us up in that plane we mentioned.
SINZZ: That guy with the flamethrower guitar from Mad Max my outlook is now FFFF****CK YEAAAAH.
THE BOY: I'd save Bruce Dickenson because of the influence he's had on the band and because bro wears a pheasant on his face. We need that level of creativity on the island.
RIFF LORD: Zakk Wylde. Love his bends, vibrato and licks. Influenced by playing a lot. You’d have to be pretty nuts to think one person shaped you as a whole…well…unless.
