To Live & Die On Zug Island

Imagine a world that can scarcely be imagined - the Old Detroit, at its lowest decline, spanning Early 80's - May 2002.

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.

16 in 1997 - when Nine Inch Nails were at peak, Clinton was still president & Marilyn Manson was still The Antichrist.

Here, we have perhaps the last of the great unknown autobiographies concerning a specific mentality & specimen of American Youth.

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.

It is a tale of anguish as much as hilarity - and a poignant tract on the dangers of drug abuse & mental illness.

This work began 9-11-2001 - its author 19, unknown & unpublished.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.

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."

Author: Ryan Patrick Bartek
Publisher: Anomie Press
Published: 04/17/2019
Pages: 326
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.73d
ISBN: 9780578498553

About the Author
Bartek, Ryan Patrick: - "Ryan Bartek is a writer & musician from Detroit (MI), now living in Portland (OR). He is author of 6 books: Anticlimax Leviathan, The Big Shiny Prison (Volume One), Fortress Europe (The Big Shiny Prison Vol. II), Return To Fortress Europe (BSP Vol. III), The Silent Burning + To Live & Die On Zug Island Bartek is a guitarist/vocalist known for Extreme Metal bands SKULLMASTER, VULTURE LOCUST, A.K.A. MABUS, SASQUATCH AGNOSTIC. In addition to Spoken Word Gigs as his plain old self, her performs live solo acoustic as The Real Man In Black. LURKING STRANGERS - his brand new, totally rockin', 100% weirdo punk band - will debut 2019. Known for his journalism in the metal/punk undergrounds due to his travel books & long-time output for zines, Mister R. Bartek is also the shadowy figure behind the Press Relations firm Anomie PR. All albums & books have been released under Anomie INC / Anomie Press"

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