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Violent J. kept it on the downlow for a long time, but he had been planning out Psychopathic Records invasion into an entire new level, a whole new genre, Juggalo Rock! He knew it was possible, and one day by chance came across the man who could help him make it happen. And that person was Mike Puwal, better known to juggalos as Mike P. Mike and J began brainstorming about how they could make this project work. Mike knew the singer had to be a longtime friends of his we all know as Syn. He brought Syn in front of Psychopathic Don Violent J and Syn amazed everyone in the room with his vocal intensity and the project had a voice. Soon later they gathered several great musicians from the Detroit area and they had Lil' Pig on the drums, Guido on Bass Guitar, Mike P on lead guitar, Dan Miller on keyboards, and Syn as the heart of the band, lead singer. After forming the band they needed a name. They gathered and came up with naming them after polluted downriver area of Detroit Zug Island. After discovering their was already a band named Zug Island and they altered the spelling to Zug Izland. Zug Izland was first exposed to the juggalos on the Internet on ICP's website. Violent J. announced the band and gave them all outrageous gimmicks such as a retarded backwoods redneck drummer, a serial killer meat butcher keyboard player, and a fugitive bassist. Later all of the far out gimmicks would be forgotten. But the website released the song "The River." A poetic song written by Violent J and performed by Zug Izland. Juggalos were weary about the new style, but few enjoyed the song. Then "Prison Song" was released a week later. It was a powerful song from the viewpoint of a prison inmate performing for his peers. The inmate sings the tale of his mother's wrongdoings leading to him murdering her, and claiming that he would "do it again." The song had very violent content and was enjoyed by more than before. Then they released "Sunny Day" a huge zuggalo(as the fans became known) hit. The song was well-written and was about relationships and eventually dealt with suicide. Many juggalos flocked to Zug Izland after hearing this song. Even more juggalos flocked to Zug Izland after seeing them live for the first time on the Mirror Mirror Tour. Zug Izland live is an incredible experience second to none. They've opened shows for King's X, Dope, Esham the Boogieman, and performed at radio festirvals with Saliva, Tommy Lee, and many more. Zug Izland was also featured on various Psychopathic Records albums before they released the debut album "Cracked Tiles." Juggalos fell in love with songs like "Suicide," "Hiroshima," Lost Boys cover "Cry," and "Fire." Shortly before the album was released it was announced Guido could no longer maintain the touring schedule due to medical treatment for a brain tumor he had removed. B. Nestor Hendricks a friend of Lil' Pig's joined the band for awhile. However as the band prepared to release the followup record "3:33" they parted ways with B. Nestor and Dan Miller both. Guido played Nestor's position in a recent show but said he wouldn't be touring with the band. Shortly after Zug Izland released "3:33" they introduced us to two new musicians. One was Rex Hamilton, a bass player from the Detroit area. And a drummer by the name of Detro Fernino. They have yet to be announced as fulltime replacements since the band insists that Lil' Pig is now, and always will be a zug thug. These two have joined Zug Izland at all of their recent shows including this years Gathering of the Juggalos. Zug Izland are still planning to tour in support of the new album, "3:33," and are already beginning work on another project to be released on Ax & Smash Records. As of September 27th, 2004, Zug Izland and Psychopathic Records parted ways. Zug Izland will continue touring and working on new material, so don't think that they're going away! We at FLH will also continue to support them, so much Zug Luv!

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