DEVIL'S ISLAND featuring Stud Farm Mafia
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 Stud Farm Mafia 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?
Nath – Permission to Land by The Darkness. This was the first band I discovered that looked like something from my dad’s record collection but actually wasn’t — it was something new. “Black Shuck” is my favourite album opener ever.
Cole – Paranoid by Black Sabbath. When I started getting into music this was a name that kept cropping up. I saw the cover in HMV, bought it, and listened to it all the way through, then started it straight back up and listened over and over again. Obviously I knew “Paranoid”, but it’s funny how your favourite tracks, once you really know an album, aren’t usually the hit singles.
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?
Nath – Opposites by Biffy Clyro
Cole – The Fat of the Land by The Prodigy
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?
Cole – Got to be a Malibu and Coke.
Nath – Old reliable Guinness.
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?
Nath – A Rose Tattoo tour shirt from when I saw them in Oxford.
Cole – My Black Sabbath gym vest. Perfect for a desert island.
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?
Cole – Stephen Fry.
Nath – Ricky Gervais.
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?
Nath – The live album If You Want Blood by AC/DC.
Cole – You took the words right out of my mouth.
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?
Nath – Sting, I reckon.
Cole – Bono. They’re probably the only ones who’d actually do anything about it.
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?
Cole – Luke’s a bit stringy, not much good eating on him, and Rik’s tattoos would probably taste bad. Sorry, Nath.
Nath – I guess I’ll have to take one for the team.
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?
Nath – Malcolm Young of AC/DC, I think.
Cole – Rob Halford of Judas Priest. Seen it all, done it all, still smiling.
