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Lou Brutus, self-proclaimed as Radio's Last Hope, King of All Mediocre and Rock Radio Rabble Rouser has been one of the most acclaimed radio hosts of the last two decades.

Through his sixteen plus years of national syndication, eleven plus years on Sirius XM Satellite Radio and successful work in Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington DC and Providence he is an instantly recognized voice to radio listeners across the U.S.

He 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.

Lou is considered to be one of the finest interviewers in the media. His deep knowledge of music has made him a favorite of artists as diverse as Metallica, Disturbed, Reba McEntire, Theory of A Deadman, Smashing Pumpkins, Rush, Tool, Wynonna, Slipknot, A Perfect Circle, KISS, Rancid, Saliva, S.T.P., Stone Sour, Fleetwood Mac, The Ramones and 3 Doors Down.

His 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” has celebrated its 15th anniversary and is now in its 16th season. It airs on over 110 radio stations each week and has 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, is also growing in reach and is heard on nearly fifty radio stations every Monday thru Friday night.

As Senior Program Director of Active Rock at Sirius XM Satellite Radio Brutus oversees New Hard Rock channel Octane, the fire breathing fury of Liquid Metal, the action sports channel Faction, the gin soaked madness of Rock Bar and the The Grateful Dead Channel. Additionally at Sirius XM he's received major kudos for building the nation’s first ever punk rock radio station Fungus 53 and the creative maelstrom of Special X where he appeared as maniacal musical dictator Generalissimo Ortega. His satrad credits also include a dizzying array of themed micro-channels celebrating Halloween, baseball, Christmas, UFOs, driving and a myriad of other subjects.

Also at Sirius XM, he is host of the lauded Artist Confidential interview/performance series where he has welcomed an amazingly diverse array of talent including James Taylor, KoRn, Hank Williams Jr., Smashing Pumpkins, Harry Connick Jr., Cheap Trick, Indigo Girls, Snow Patrol, Reba McIntire, Fall Out Boy, Wynonna, Graham Nash, Snow Patrol, David Gray, Evanescence, George Thorogood and The Fray to name only a few.

His creative flair has led him to national success as a performer in the Ohio State versus Michigan football rivalry band the Dead Schembechlers with whom he has appeared on HBO. Lou is the group’s lead singer, songwriter and official mouthpiece, Bo Biafra. He is the composer of the world’s first cow punk rock opera, Hee Haw Hell, which was recorded by legendary swamp rock band Dash Rip Rock. Additionally, he has several baseball inspired pieces he’s written and recorded featured on the Diamond Cuts album series, which he released under the moniker of Lou Brutus and the Perfect Pachydermus Percussion Pitches. His latest musical foray is as the creator and lead singer of the Grumpy Old Punks, which he describes as “middle age punk rock rage.” Their self titled debut album “Grumpy Old Punks” was be released in 2011 with the follow up "Anarchy in the Prostate" early in 2012.

He has also produced his own series of comic books, "The Adventures of Brutusman," as well as bottled his own line of micro brewed beers "Lou-in-Brau" and "Brew Loutus Ale."

In what little spare time he has Lou is an accomplished photographer. His lighthouse photography has graced magazine covers and he also works as an on field Major League Baseball photographer. He has shot every team in both the National and American Leagues working in the photo pits at Camden Yards, Wrigley Field, Citi Field and a myriad of other ballparks. He is believed to be the only collector of cards and memorabilia related to baseball player Joe Smith.

Brutus is currently working on three different books. The first is a coffee table book of his backstage pass and ticket stub collection entitled One Man & Two Thousand Concerts: The Backstage Pass Collection of Lou Brutus, the second is an unauthorized autobiography Dead Schembechlers: The Rise, Fall & Redemption of The Best Damn Punk Band in the Land he is co-writing with Joe Oestreich while the third is a baseball themed children's book illustrated by Alan MacBain.

He works around the clock seven days a week, apparently needing very little sleep.

Releases second Grumpy Old Punks album "Anarchy in the Prostate" 2012
Becomes a Grammy Award voting member of NARAS: National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences 2011
Forms the all star band Grumpy Old Punks, an old school punk rock band that lampoons Middle Age angst and anger 2011
Backstage at 48 Hours Festival, Rock on the Range, Rockstar Uproar and many more music fests
Featured in Disturbed's career spanning film "A Decade of Disturbed" 2010
Travels the country for backstage coverage of Rockstar Mayhem, Rock on the Range, Rockstar Uproar, Band Camp, Ozzfest and Carnival of Madness 2010
Re-launches “The Adventures of Brutusman” as a downloadable online comic 2010
Backstage reporter from Rock on the Range, Rockstar Uproar & Rockstar Mayhem 2009
Album Premiere special host for Disturbed, 3 Doors Down, Rush and Theory of A Deadman 2008
Releases “Rodriguez to Ruin” with the Dead Schembechlers 2008
Backstage coverage at Bonaroo, Rock on the Range and Rockstar Mayhem 2008
Appears in the HBO original film “The Rivalry: Michigan vs. Ohio State” 2007
Hosts the FMQB’s Album Premiere Special for Smashing Pumpkins “Zeitgeist” 2007
Hosts the FMQB’s Album Premiere Special for Rush’s “Snakes and Arrows” 2007
Accredited Major League Baseball on field photographer 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010
Broadcasts live from the Grammy Awards Red Carpet, The Grammy Legends Awards, Clive Davis Party & Music Cares Show at Grammy Week 2006 & 2007
Writes world’s 1st Cow Punk Rock Opera “Hee Haw Hell” for legendary band Dash Rip Rock 2007
Forms the Dead Schembechlers, a band based on the Ohio State/Michigan football rivalry, creating an international media firestorm 2004 to present
Hosts national backstage coverage from Live 8 in Philadelphia 2005
Appears on NBC's "The Apprentice" with Donald Trump 2005
Hosts for the album release broadcast for Slipknot's "9.0 Live" 2005”
Host of nationwide backstage broadcast of the "From the Big Apple to the Big Easy" benefit show at NYC's Madison Square Garden 2005
Hosts the nationwide album release show for Slipknot’s “Volume 3: The Subliminal Verses” 2004
Host of the FMQB album release broadcast for A Perfect Circle’s “Thirteenth Step” 2003
Attends his 2000th concert, an Ozzfest show in Philadelphia 2002
Featured in the book KISS: Alive Forever 2002
Goes on the road, reporting on and living with Stone Sour 2002
Sets the record for Billboard Airplay Awards Nominations…without a win (sigh) 2001
National voice of the first Rolling Rock Town Fair concert 2000
Backstage coverage from "Metallica's S&M Show"/NYC 1999
Full Senate Access to the Presidential Impeachment Trial and Vote 1999
Live broadcasts from the Winter Olympic Games/Nagano, Japan 1998
CNN reports as naked listeners deliver donuts to the IRS National Headquarters for Tax Day 1998
"Naked Twister" broadcast covered live by TV news helicopters and lots and lots of police 1998
ABC News with Peter Jennings features his Clinton/Lewinsky songs "A-Monica, the Beautiful" and "The Star Spangled Boner" 1998
Immortalized in the song “Lou Brutus” by 300 lb. schizophrenic street singer Wesley Willis 1998
Stage Host for Collective Soul at the Molson Ice Polar Beach Party/Churchill, Canada 1997
His Microbrew "Lou-in-Brau" quenches the parched 1997
Live backstage reports from Metallica's "Million Man Mosh"/Philadelphia 1997
Forms P.U.S.M.A.C.: People United to Stop Morissette the Anti-Christ 1996
Eddie Van Halen names his all star charity band "The Lou Brutus Experience"/Chicago 1996
Microbrew "Brew Lou-tus Ale" hits livers 1995
"Brutusman Versus the Mutant Zombie Cheeseheads from Wisconsin" Comic Book 1995
Backstage interviews from the shores of the arctic ocean with Metallica and Hole at the Molson Ice Polar Beach/Tuktoyaktuk Canada 1995
Live reporting from Frank Zappa's Final Concert/Frankfurt, Germany 1992
Interview with Lars Ulrich used in the film "A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica" 1992
Backstage coverage of The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert/London, England 1992
Leaps two stories into "The Crustacean Death Pit" (a crab filled pool) 1991
"The Adventures of Brutusman" comic book first published 1991
Reports live backstage from "The Wall" concert and private rehearsals/Berlin, Germany 1990
"Buried Alive" underground in a coffin (no, really) for forty eight hours 1990
Swills Chevas Regal from the bottle with Hunter S Thompson/Boston 1989
Attempts to jump Block Island Sound on winged mini-bike "Brutus Beach Beast"/Matunick, RI 1988