DEVIL'S ISLAND featuring Jawfane
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 Jawfane 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?
Cory: Don Broco - Priorities. I found this record way way after it was released but there is something special about the way they capture what it’s really important, and there is a lot of hope in this record. Don Broco is hope.
AJ: Razzmatazz by IDKHBTFM is a must have and I have a lot of memories with that album. Also, the whole album is really groovy.
Chase: Tools Undertow album. It's got headbangers, slow moments, and all kinds of technicality in the instruments. And some of Maynard's best screams. Also can forget "Let the rabbits wear glasses" in the last song.
Jesse: The Cardigans’ First Band on the Moon. It’s a bop is why. Happy Meal II is that shit.
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?
Cory: As Cities Burn, son I loved you at your darkest, the house with the giant foundation underneath is the kinda symbolism one is gonna need on desert island.
AJ: The Jackpot Juicer album cover from Dance Gavin Dance is a real good one. From the colors to the overall party vibe I get by just looking at it. I wouldn’t mind an entire wallpaper dedicated to that art style.
Chase: Primus's Antipop album. And the longer you look at it, the more you can find, and it's just a sick album altogether, and someone's gotta bring the weird vibes to the table.
Jesse: Aphex Twin - …I Care Because You Do
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?
Cory: Jack and Coke, it’s simple, but perfect.
AJ: Man it is so difficult to choose but it’d most likely be Patrón silver. Let’s just hope there’s some limes around this island then we’re in business.
Chase: Well if we're talking alcohol, I'm choosing the only pirate juice out there, Sailor Jerry's. But if it's nonalcoholic, I'd say Mountain Dew and or Water.
Jesse: It’ll have to be Double whiskey, neat with a splash of water.
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?
Cory: My Lorna shore hoodie, it’s personal I wear it with pride, and it’s my favorite hoodie
AJ: Thanks to Cory, I now have a System of a Down shirt that’s very comfortable. Also one of the only SOAD merch I have outside a rubber bracelet.
Chase: This is a hard one, but I love this band from Jersey called Float Omen, and the shirt and hat that I already have is what I wear a lot anyway, and shout out to those guys, they kick all kinds of ass.
Jesse: My custom Carnifex Windsock.
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?
Cory: My wife and my kid, though who would want wish a desert island on anyone, band mates at least we are used to suffering together. Chicago 2023
AJ: mah wiiiiifffeee (sad Borat voice)
Chase: Well I love my bois, but I'm gonna have to go with the cast from Stranger Things, say what you want but they seem like a fun group to get stuck with.
Jesse: Goku. Maybe get some training in.
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?
Cory: Taking back Sunday live acoustic set, something about there songs stripped down like that just well, translates better then it should and in my opinion is better even for some songs.
AJ: System of a Down in Sao Paulo. The pyro in the crowd must’ve been an amazing sight to see.
Chase: Tools Salival album, it has my favorite song ever on there. And its all live, and its got all kinds of sick stuff happening there.
Jesse: Tool at Kalamazoo, 1997. One of the best sets I’ve ever heard.
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?
Cory: Josh Overton from Hollow Wake. This mainly because I’m certain he will arrive with a mini liquor cabinet, but also that he would arrive at all.
AJ: I think I heard James Hetfeild can fly. I mean at least they got money to spend to get us, hopefully.
Chase: Well, since Les Claypool, is already a fishing guy, I think he'd enjoy the trip and get a fun album concept trying to save our punks ass's lol.
Jesse: Jay Kay from Jamiroquai. He knows how to fly a helicopter, he’s got this
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?
Cory: Me, I’m the oldest by enough for it to matter. And, sand, I hate sand, or whatever Darth Vader said.
AJ: I don’t know man if you’re starving I assume anyone would look delicious. Jesse looking extra scrumptious though…
Chase: Sorry Jesse, but I call dibs on your right leg.
Jesse: It’s me, it’s gotta be. Chase is but skin and bones, and Cory can be pretty tenseso that’s some tough meat. I feel like AJ would taste faintly of either cumin or olives and I hate olives so that narrows it down quite a bit.
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?
Cory: Eddie Reyes formerly of taking back Sunday, he knew when to take a risk on Adam, and that is kinda what I hope I get right about people, who I bet on. He also walked away so he could be around his family more and that says a lot about someone when they finally get to where they’re going, family first.
AJ: My main man Jon Mess from Damce Gavin Dance. From lyrics to sheer vocal intensity he’s got everything I would want to embody as an artist. Plus his paintings are phenomenal.
Chase: I feel like it would be more of them saving me, but Maynard James Keenan. He was in the army, he knows things right?
Jesse: Holy cow, Yoko Shimomura, tf you doin’ out here?
Thanks for your time. We hope you get back to dry land before you're next due out on tour!
AJ: Wait, so you’re not bringing us home..?
Chase: Arg ye maties just as long as the rum’s not gone" I’m looking at you AJ, lol.
Jesse: I will eat you alive.
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