History Music / ZugIzland

* ShoutOut: In "Hiroshima", Syn states that "I love Music/DarkLotus, and she loves Music/TheCure"

** In "Cry" Syn makes a few references to Joker Card characters from [[Music/InsaneClownPosse the Insane Clown Posse's]] Joker Card mythology. A given, considering the album was written by Violent J.
** Another ICP reference: Syn talks about him and some other lady being in {{Hell}}'s Pit in "Days From My Life", as well as the mentioning of [[{{Heaven}} Shangri-La]] in the chorus of "We Live".

* MusicIsPolitics: [[WordOfGod Mike Puwal]] has stated that "Promised Land" is about them and their experience with Psychopathic Records.

* NewSoundAlbum: ''3:33'' had aimed to provide a heavier and more radio-friendly sound for the group to play on.

* CarefulWithThatAxe: From Sunny Day: "SAID IT'S YOU WHO COMMITTED SUICIIIIIIDE!!"

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: "Fire" serves as an introductory song to the band.

The album was successful enough to warrant Creator/PsychopathicRecords founding a rock sub-label called Ax & Smash Records, intending to seek out other talented rock bands that would appeal to not only Juggalos but rock fans outside of ICP's fan culture so they didn't have to have a metaphorical sign on it that said "WE APPEAL TO JUGGALOS" for the mainstream. Syn and Mike wrote their second album, ''3:33'', entirely on their own, and even had a reasonably budgeted music video for the album's single, "Saved". Said music video would be nominated in the 2004 Detroit Music Awards for Best Music Video (Small Budget). The name of the album came from when they found out that most of the songs they recorded for the album were around that length. However, Zug Izland left Ax & Smash, and the sub-label was abandoned. They then left Psychopathic Records some time later for unspecified reasons.

Now recording independently and without any involvement from ICP, Zug Izland intended to release a third album called ''The Promised Land'' but several of the tracks were leaked online and the band just decided to release the rest of the album on their myspace and laying low for several years. Even underground rock fans and Juggalos didn't know what they were up to. Until 2012, when the band appeared at the Gathering of the Juggalos and announced that not only would Cracked Tiles [[UpdatedReRelease be reissued, with bonus tracks]], ([[KeepCirculatingTheTapes it's unknown if it ever even WAS reiussed]], though it's speculated this reissue was just ''Toxicology'') to commemorate it's 10th anniversary, but that Zug Izland had resigned to Psychopathic, and ICP would be writing lyrics for a new Zug Izland album. They proceeded to release a GreatestHitsAlbum, named ''Toxicology: Zug Izland's Dopest Hits''.

* RevolvingDoorBand: The band has gone through several members in it's span. Originally just comprised of Syn, Mike, Guido, Dan, and Lil' Pig, and the only members to have stayed since it's founding were Syn and Mike. Dan and Guido (RIP) were the first to leave, with Lil' Pig leaving after the release of ''3:33'' and being replaced by 2 Phat. It has been pretty inconsistent from there and now only features Syn, Mike, and 2 Phat as of now.

It didn't really last long though, as even with promises of new albums and more music videos, Zug Izland fell off of Psychopathic once again for unspecified reasons. In 2016, we would finally see an official, independent release for ''The Promised Land'' in the form of ''The Promised Land / Nebula'', an album which contained tracks from ''The Promised Land'' album years ago, and plenty of remixes of past songs. Syn would release a video in promotion of the album, a music video for the song "[[TitleTrack Promised Land]]", as well as stating that the group planned to drop 4 of these kinds of albums. As of this writing (December 2022) only 2 have dropped so far: The first being ''Nebula'' and the second being ''Event Horizon''.

Now recording independently and without any involvement from ICP, Zug Izland intended to release a third album called ''The Promised Land'' but several of the tracks were leaked online and the band just decided to release the rest of the album on their myspace and laying low for several years. Even underground rock fans and Juggalos didn't know what they were up to. Until 2012, when the band appeared at the Gathering of the Juggalos and announced that not only would Cracked Tiles [[UpdatedReRelease be reissued, with bonus tracks]], ([[KeepCirculatingTheTapes it's unknown if it ever even WAS reiussed]]) to commemorate it's 10th anniversary, but that Zug Izland had resigned to Psychopathic, and ICP would be writing lyrics for a new Zug Izland album. They proceeded to release a GreatestHitsAlbum, named ''Toxicology: Zug Izland's Dopest Hits''.

* EarlyBirdCameo:
** The band's first proper song was released on ''[[Music/InsaneClownPosse Forgotten Freshness Vol. 3]]'' in 2001, two years before their debut, ''Cracked Tiles'', even released, and a year before "Fire", the lead single off of ''Cracked Tiles'', released.
*** Excluding singles, there is still "SLAM!", which was released on ''[[GreatestHitsAlbum Hatchet History]]'', which was also released a year before ''Cracked Tiles''.

** The band's first proper song was released on [[Music/InsaneClownPosse ''Forgotten Freshness Vol. 3'']] in 2001, two years before their debut, ''Cracked Tiles'', even released, and a year before "Fire", the lead single off of ''Cracked Tiles'', released.

** This would also become of Rex, the bassist.

* StepUptotheMicrophone: Mike Puwal finally gets a shot at his own verse in "So Perfect".

-> I thought that this could be the promised land..

* FaceontheCover: The cover art for ''Cracked Tiles'' has Syn on the forefront of the cover.
* Fanservice: The music video for "Saved" is one half of [[PerformanceVideo the band playing]] and the other half being half-naked women.

It didn't really last long though, as even with promises of new albums and more music videos, Zug Izland fell off of Psychopathic once again for unspecified reasons. In 2016, we would finally see an official, independent release for ''The Promised Land'' in the form of ''The Promised Land / Nebula'', an album which contained tracks from ''The Promised Land'' album years ago, and plenty of remixes of past songs. Syn would release a video in promotion of the album, for the song "Promised Land", as well as stating that the group planned to drop 4 of these kinds of albums. As of this writing (December 2022) only 2 have dropped so far: The first being ''Nebula'' and the second being ''Event Horizon''.

It didn't really last long though, as even with promises of new albums and more music videos, Zug Izland fell off of Psychopathic once again for unspecified reasons. In 2016, we would finally see an official, independent release for ''The Promised Land'' in the form of ''The Promised Land / Nebula'', an album which contained tracks from ''The Promised Land'' album years ago, and plenty of remixes of past songs. Syn would release a video in promotion of the album, as well as stating that the group planned to drop 4 of these kinds of albums. As of this writing (December 2022) only 2 have dropped so far: The first being ''Nebula'' and the second being ''Event Horizon''.

* AlbumTitleDrop: There is one in the chorus of "Promised Land", as well as multiple refrains and the intro.
-> I thought that this could be the promised land..

* RecycledTheme: "Idiot" uses the same riffs and song structure as a song from the previous album, the song in question being "Life".

* MythologyGag: In "Cry" Syn makes a few references to Joker Card characters from [[Music/InsaneClownPosse the Insane Clown Posse's]] Joker Card mythology. A given, considering the album was written by Violent J.
** In "So Perfect", Mike's verse contains a sample of "Juggalo Homies", a song that he also produced on an album that Zug Izland played a huge part in.

* HypocriticalHumor: The skit at the end of "Synplicity" and "[[Long Title Sunny Day (Lucas Larry Jesus Pieces Remix)]]" has Syn constantly contradicting himself.

* HypocriticalHumor: The skit at the end of "Synplicity" and "Sunny Day (Lucas Larry Jesus Pieces Remix)" has Syn constantly contradicting himself.

* HiddenTrack: In ''3:33'', after "Live" ends, there is a "track 13" which is simply an unnamed track that is 5 seconds of total silence before going into the hidden track, a remix of "Virgo's Tale".

* CallBack: Syn's song that he sings in the skit at the end of ''Promised Land'' would later become a real song, with a feature from Sewerside.
* CaptainObvious: From the skit seen in "Synplicity" and "Sunny Day (Lucas Larry Jesus Pieces Remix)": "Half the lies I tell are not true".

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "Idiot" uses the same riffs and song structure as a song from the previous album, the song in question being "Life".