To Live & Die On Zug Island

<p>Imagine a world that can scarcely be imagined – the Old Detroit at its lowest decline spanning Early 80's – May 2002.</p><p>Imagine the life of a strange teen; a young male of Punk Rock logic & Heavy Metal obsession – reading comic books in a Misfits shirt blasting KMFDM on his stereo & mosh-pitting at Slayer concerts.</p><p>16 in 1997 – when Nine Inch Nails were at peak Clinton was still president & Marilyn Manson was still The Antichrist.</p><p>Here we have perhaps the last of the great unknown autobiographies concerning a specific mentality & specimen of American Youth.</p><p>Not only does this work uniquely capture such a mindset but it expresses a vast commentary on the Detroit Underground: from Outlaw Rave Parties to Extreme Metal gigs Punk Rock Chaos to The Occult.    </p><p>It is a tale of anguish as much as hilarity – and a poignant tract on the dangers of drug abuse & mental illness.</p><p>This work began 9-11-2001 – its author 19 unknown & unpublished. Completed 2004 & sitting “on the shelf” 15+ years it's high time to party.</p><p>Here for the first time available to the public – sitting quietly “on the shelf” 15+ years – is Ryan Bartek's “To Live & Die On Zug Island.”</p>