DEVIL’S ISLAND featuring Fail The Enemy
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 Fail The Enemy 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?
Nathan: I’m taking somewhere over the rainbow by IZ if I’m going to be stranded in paradise then I’m doing it right, hollowed out coconut cups, jack sparrow rum cellar, to a ukulele soundtrack, don’t rescue me, I’m right where I want to be.
Elliot: For me it would be Creed, Greatest Hits. I would have picked Human Clay however I couldn’t survive without being able to belt out ‘One Last Breath’ or ‘My Sacrifice’ if i’d have just chosen that so this way I get the best of everything. Also, being stranded on an island in the middle of nowhere with my two best mates belting Creed out to sea sounds like a vibe I want.
Leah: I would take the Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie album. Bit of a mouthful I know. I don’t why, I just like the album.
Just behind that palm tree is a shack for each of you to sleep 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 and why?
Nathan: Seal. Any Seal album.
Elliot: I would say Stranger in this Town by Richie Sambora. I love every track on that album and he is the reason I wanted to play guitar. And also, i think the colour scheme would match the walls of the shack really well.
Leah: As a poster, I’d pick the Sgt Pepper album cover purely for the use of colour. There’d be plenty of colour on the island I imagine but i just think it’s a great image.
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?
Nathan: Aside from the pirate rum cellar that I was told I could have, I’d have asahi on draught, I’m just holding out hope that one of my bandmates have decided to get stranded with a working fridge or a cooler.
Elliot: I am assuming that there wouldn’t be electricity to have a cooler, and because we’re on a desert island, it’ll have to be rum, but out of a barrel. Mind you, me and Nath used to be incredible at consuming that whilst at uni so there would have to be a lot of it.
Leah: This is a tough one. Do they do Yorkshire Tea? I’d wanna pick the tea. BUT, then I might fancy a vodka orange. BUT, then I’d be stuck with an alcoholic drink for the entirety of my stay. BUT, we don’t know how long we’ll be there. Do I get drunk as a skunk with my 2 bandmates and ease the stress of the situation or should we have at least one sober straight thinking person there?! This is hard!
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?
Nathan: My Parkway Drive hoodie I think, in case the nights got cold.
Elliot: I also agree that it would have to be a hoodie. My favourite hoodie is my big Sleep Token one. That would keep me cosy.
Leah: My black Beatles jumper. Everyone close to me will have expected this answer, it’s literally a comfort blanket at this point.
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?
Nathan: Not a clue to be honest, they are my best mates. I think I’d count myself lucky to be stranded with them and not some Randy who might try to strangle me in my sleep for keys to the rum cellar.
Elliot: What Nathan said. We’ve all got each other’s backs and we’ve all played enough video games that I reckon the three of us would do alright.
Leah: A survival expert and an engineer, surely together they can craft some kind of working boat!
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?
Nathan: Creed in 1999 at Woodstock, one of my favourite live moments. I watch it religiously every couple of months or so.
Elliot: Bon Jovi – Wembley 1995 or Depeche Mode – Rock am Ring 2006. Purely for the vibes. I used to watch both so much growing up and both are my two favourite bands of all time and I couldn’t choose between them.
Leah: Any live Slipknot show from 1999 to 2009. Literal chills.
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?
Nathan: We’d only need Ell’s legs I reckon, he can still play with just his upper body, and if he wanted to go on a walk or owt we could strap him to my back like yoda, it’s the most practical choice.
Elliot: Whilst I see Nath’s point, I do need my legs to change my guitar sounds otherwise I’d have to use my head or elbows so I would argue his legs are more expendable than mine.
Leah: I’d have to agree with Nathan’s answer. I can’t think of a better one. It is the most logical course of action I suppose.
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?
Nathan: Joel Quartuccio from being as an ocean
Elliot: Richie Sambora from Bon Jovi
Leah: Bbno$, I wouldn’t say i’m influenced by him but he would definitely bring good vibes and a party to the situation!
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