Lou Brutus / Harddrive Radio
Sunday Nights 9-11pm
Lou Brutus has been one of the most acclaimed, beloved and respected radio hosts of the last three decades.
Through his twenty-three plus years of national syndication and successful work in Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington DC and Providence, he is an instantly recognized voice to radio listeners across North America.
Brutus has garnered tremendous amounts of positive press for both his intensely creative on air work and ground breaking original programming… all without ever running afoul of the F.C.C. Publications such as Rolling Stone, USA Today and Entertainment Weekly have sung the praises of his work.
He was named The Best Nationally Syndicated DJ in America by his peers at the 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 at the Rock Radio Awards. He is the only winner in the history of those awards. Lou has also won or been nominated for a long list of other honors.
Whenever asked what he does for a living Lou simply answers, “I’m a professional music fan.”
Brutus is considered to be one of the finest interviewers in music media. His deep knowledge of multiple genres has made him a favorite of artists as diverse as Metallica, Disturbed, Reba McEntire, Theory of A Deadman, Smashing Pumpkins, Avenged Sevenfold, Rush, Tool, Wynonna, Slipknot, A Perfect Circle, KISS, Rancid, Stone Temple Pilots, Stone Sour, Fleetwood Mac, The Ramones and 3 Doors Down.
Lou’s roots in the music community go deep through many genres. He has the ability to move through the worlds of Active Rock, Alternative, Country, Punk, Metal and Classic Rock with a strong understanding of each genre as well as connections with the movers and shakers.
His nationally syndicated “hardDrive with Lou Brutus”. It airs on over 100 radio stations each week in the United States, Canada and Europe. It’s been instrumental in helping to break such platinum level acts as Five Finger Death Punch, KoRn, Slipknot, Disturbed and Godsmack. It has become radio’s preeminent Active Rock program. The weeknight version of the show, hardDrive XL, has also grown in reach and is heard on dozens of stations every Monday thru Friday night for over a decade.
In what little spare time he has Lou is an accomplished photographer including on field for Major League Baseball. His music photography has been used by Gibson Guitars, Washburn Guitars, Cheap Trick, Skillet, Stone Sour, Halestorm and many others. Additional images from Lou have graced magazine covers as well as having been used by National Geographic, Huffington Post, Getty Images, The Associated Press, BBC Science Focus, Zaikei News of Japan, The Global Times of China, aeroTelegraph of Germany, Lighthouse Digest, and others.
His music photography has been used by Gibson Guitars, Schecter Guitars, Washburn Guitars, Cheap Trick, Skillet, Stone Sour, Halestorm and many others.
On April 14, 2020 Rare Bird Books of Los Angeles will publish Lou’s first book SONIC WARROR: My Life As A Rock and Roll Reprobate – Tales of Sex, Drugs, and Vomiting At Inopportune Moments. It’s a collection of insane-but-true stories from his many years in the music world. It features a Foreword by Corey Taylor and original illustrations by Alan MacBain. He has also voiced the audiobook version being released by Recorded Books. Brutus also hopes to release a coffee table book of his music memorabilia collection entitled One Man – Three Thousand Concerts: The Greatest Collection of Rock & Roll S*** in History as well as a book of his rock star interviews.
Lou works around the clock, seven days a week, apparently needing very little sleep, living on black coffee and loud music. He lives with Darla the Wonder Dog who orders him around all day.
