DEVIL’S ISLAND featuring Rocklust
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 Rocklust 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.
Rocklust: So… turns out the tour took a wrong turn and now we’re officially the house band of Devil’s Island. Not the worst crowd we’ve had, to be fair.
We’re Rocklust from Italy:born in 2023 when our drummer Alessandro decided it was time to stop playing other people’s songs and start making some noise of our own. One album later (Smoking Wheels), and somehow we’re shipwrecked.
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?
Francesco (vocals/harmonica): Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway – If I’m losing my mind on an island, I want to be a character on this album plot.
Alessandro (drums): Black Sabbath – Vol.4 – It is the first album from my favourite band that I listened to: it just blew me away.
Andrea (guitar): Black Sabbath – Paranoid – Heavy riffs, dark vibes… basically the island’s soundtrack already.
Federico (bass): Billy Joel – The Stranger where craft, emotion, and identity all line up at the right moment
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?
Francesco: Michael Jackson – Dangerous because it was the first album I bought when I was a child.
Andrea: Symphony X – The Odyssey: it’s awesome, that’s it.
Alessandro: Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath: it is simple but uncunny, the colour palette makes it feels tainted with sickly atmosphere. That’s very in line with the birth of heavy metal. The figure of the woman is not clearly defined as good or evil: that ambiguity forces your brain to keep “working” on the image. It feels so real.
Federico: Herbie Hancock – Sex Tant: it perfectly matches the music strange, futuristic, and a little bit unsettling-in the best way.
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?
Francesco: Tequila
Alessandro: Guinness
Andrea: Weiss beer
Federico: Red Ale beer – dependable, like a solid bass line
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?
Francesco: t-shirt from Genesis world tour 2007.
Alessandro: Black Sabbath T-shirt from “The End” tour.
Andrea: Black Label Society t-shirt.
Federico: Mayhem t-shirt from their concert in Milan.
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?
Honestly? As much as we love each other… being stuck here for eternity with just the band sounds like a punishment. We would’ve much preferred being shipwrecked with a bunch of stunning women. The island might still be hell, but it would definitely feel a lot more like paradise. Is it obvious? It’s rock n roll!
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?
Francesco: Genesis – Seconds out
Alessandro: Thin Lizzy – Live and Dangerous (drinking some good Guinness)
Andrea: Deep Purple – Made in Japan
Federico: Joni Mitchell – Shadows and Light.
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?
Straight to Bruce Dickinson. He flies planes. We’re not overthinking 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?
Francesco: I sacrifice myself, I’m fatter and better to eat.
Alessandro: Where’s Bruce Dickinson??
Andrea: I can’t sacrifice anyone, or else the group would fall apart, so we’ll all go hungry together.
Federico: I sharpened the axe in the meanwhile.
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?
Francesco: Peter Gabriel
Alessandro: John Bonham – master of groove and power on drums, and a simple man.
Andrea: Ozzy Osbourne
Federico: Tony Iommi – riff god, no debate. A great man, a symbol of devotion to music.
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