DEVIL'S ISLAND featuring Tempest Saint
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 Tempest Saint 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?
James - I'd choose Whitesnake’s 1987. John Sykes guitar work on that album is some of my favourite of all time!
Joe - Defenders of the Faith by Judas Priest, it has too many bangers, too many memories.
Lee - 1984 by van halen. It's full of bangers and if I'm gunna be stuck on some miserable island for the rest of my days might as well make a party of it and nothing gets me more in the mood to party than this album.
Luke - White pony as its all I have, haha.
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?
James - Metallica's The Black Album so i don't have to wake up to a Skull looking at me, or worse...
Joe - Any Warlock album with Doro on, so I can cleanse my eyes of the other Tempest Boys' marooned asses.
Lee - Poison look what the cat dragged in cos if I'm stuck with these guys I'm gunna need something pretty to look at. And those dudes were hawt !!"
Luke - Lateralus because I'm an intellectual, and like to watch Rick and Morty.
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?
James - Castrol GTX 10w30: good for the liver and the right viscosity that provides adequate lubrication for the muscle joints.
Joe - A double DIS/CO on the rocks, Two shots of Disoranno, Two of Southern comfort, lemon juice, topped with ginger ale. Feckin' Dynamite that!
Luke - Bacardi Breezers, because I left my wife in the freezer.
Lee - Definitely Psychobilly by Warewolf beer it's my new favourite so can't see why that would change.
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?
James - Honestly probably just my Thin Lizzy T Shirt. Pretty comfortable.
Joe - My Judas Priest Invincible Shield tour T-shirt, it's my comfiest, and a keepsake from a gig I waited 6 or 7 years for.
Lee - I'm gunna go with my Whitesnake t shirt cos c'mon it's friggin Whitesnake dude!
Luke - Probably the same Korn shirt I always wear, hahah!
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?
James - Ideally I’d rather be shipwrecked with someone with a working satellite phone, so I can phone home like ET and not be shipwrecked.
Joe - My Fiancée, Maddie.
Lee - Soppy answer, but my wife and son.
Luke - Anyone but Joe.
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?
James - Gary Moore - Live in Stockholm 1987. Every time!
Joe - I'm a simple man; It'd be Judas Priest's Live Vengeance '82! Might just about give me the strength not to strangle one of the other Tempest lads, haha.
Lee - Viva hysteria live from Las Vegas by def Leppard a proper belter in my opinion.
Luke - I throw the walkman to the turtles as live albums suck.
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?
James - Probably to Sting, just so I can say I quite literally sent a "Message In A Bottle".
Joe - I think Lee chose Bruce Dickinson, so It'd be my mate Pete from that one local band, so I can tell him to put the cat out for me.
Lee - I mean Sting is pretty into messages in bottles, but I doubt he will get my s.o.s. So I will say Bruce Dickinson, I mean dude can fly planes maybe he can fly a helicopter too ?
Luke - I'll send it to Brucey so he could use one of his 100s of planes to fly my ass home.
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?
James - Lee. Because otherwise it would probably end up being me.
Joe - Lee, last in, first out!
Lee - I'm sure the other guys would say me because I'm the chunkiest so I'll last a while. So guess is have to take one for the team. I'm very high in calories though.
Luke - Joe so all our headaches will stop 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?
James - Jimi Hendrix. So, I could hear his riffs played correctly for once/
Joe - Louis Marullo aka Eric Adams, because, like it or not, I wouldn't be doing this metal stuff without Eric Adams' unholy screams, and angelic tones. He's also a fellow outdoorsman, and his voice is one of the best in the business, it doesn't get nearly enough appreciation. Either him or Rob Halford, because Metal God!
Lee - OH tricky I'm gunna say Robert Sweet the drummer from stryper. When I saw that dude play with his arms going all over the place and that wild long blonde hair of his I pointed at the tv and said "that....that's what I wanna do"."
Luke - Peter Steele, so I don’t feel self conscious about my size, and can talk about how shit life is.
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