DEVIL'S ISLAND featuring Toys That Bite
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 Toys That Bite 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?
Adam – Foo Fighters – The Color and the Shape. The first album I played along to when learning the drums.
Karl – Muse – Simulation Theory. I love the idea and story behind the album.
Dave – AC/DC – Back In Black. The first album I fell in love with; I got it on cassette and wore it out.
Shep – W.A.S.P – The Headless Children. The first album that got me into metal.
Tezza – The Offspring – Smash. Brings back great memories of screaming swear words on the school coach.
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?
Adam – The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Karl – Judas Priest – Killing Machine
Dave – Iron Maiden – Live After Death
Shep – Judas Priest – Painkiller
Tezza – Steel Panther – Balls Out
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?
Adam – Jasmine tea to warm the soul.
Karl – Rock cliché, but it’s got to be Jack.
Dave – I’m assuming it’s nice and sunny, so rum and ginger ale for me.
Shep – Soursop juice drink.
Tezza – Double espresso. Gotta keep the tempo up.
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?
Adam – Metallica T-shirt from Big Day Out at Milton Keynes Bowl.
Karl – Judas Priest – British Steel album cover.
Dave – Motörhead “Merry Bastard Xmas” shirt.
Shep – Nightwish – Dark Passion Play.
Tezza – Metallica T-shirt from when I first saw the band live back in the early 2000s.
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?
Adam – The Minions. They always find their way out of trouble.
Karl – The vampire lady in our reel for Gentleman’s Club. Failing that, Bear Grylls. More chance of surviving, maybe?
Dave – If the bar’s well stocked, how about ’80s Mötley Crüe?
Shep – Orianthi.
Tezza – A class of engineering students. They’d totally be able to find a way to escape.
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?
Adam – Vulfpeck live at Madison Square Garden. So much energy, fun and tight as a duck’s a-hole.
Karl – Muse Simulation Theory tour at Bristol Ashton Gate Stadium. Absolute blinder of a gig.
Dave – Dream Theater at the start of their career when they played the now sadly closed (and missed) Bristol Bierkeller in ’93. It stands out in my memory as a night of sheer musical perfection.
Shep – Nightwish (Once World Tour 2005 / Helsinki Arena). Final performance of Tarja Turunen singing Phantom of the Opera duet with Marco. That crazy high note held on vocals at the end.
Tezza – I don’t actually know the band name, but I went to a birthday party when I was much younger and there was a live funk band playing. They were so tight, energetic and engaging. It was really inspirational for me as a young musician to see what I might be able to achieve when I got better at playing.
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?
Adam – Lemmy, in the hope that he might just fill the bottle and send it back.
Karl – Francis Rossi. He likes “Living on an Island” so would probably be popping over regularly to get away from Status Quo. I can cadge a lift with him.
Dave – I’ll go with Bruce Dickinson as he can fly the rescue plane.
Shep – Paul McCartney because, well, he has a submarine. Seems appropriate.
Tezza – I reckon it would have to be Bruce Dickinson. That dude can more or less do anything, it feels like, so staging a desert island rescue would be easy for him.
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?
Adam – We could all survive. Just start with fingers first. Karl and Dave proved we can play all the tunes with one finger anyway…
Karl – Shep. He likes tins of ravioli so would probably taste of Italian pasta dishes.
Dave – All of them one by one to keep me fed. They can draw straws for the privilege of who goes first.
Shep – Def Leppard have a one-armed drummer who is very capable. Just saying…
Tezza – Well, we’ve got two guitarists so… duelling guitar solo death match.
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?
Adam – Slash.
Karl – Jimmy Page. He started it all for me.
Dave – Probably Ozzy. Mainly because all the guitarists he’s worked with have heavily influenced my playing.
Shep – Blackie Lawless. Loved those thunder bass lines, and he can send smoke signals. Double winner.
Tezza – Probably James Hetfield.
