Category: News

Your friend and humble narrator Lou Brutus is featured in a new interview with Mike Stern of Barrett Media.

They cover Lou’s thoughts on his unlikely career in music media, his many adventures with the world’s top bands, as well as the impending 30th anniversary for HardDrive Radio and next year’s 20th anniversary of HardDrive Radio XL.

When asked about his decades of championing new music, Lou quipped, “I always say rock isn’t dead, it just smells that way from being in the pit.”

Thanks to Mike and the BM gang for the time and ink. You can read the piece here.

The first new custom guitar picks from Brutus World Industries have been unveiled for 2026!

Featuring artwork by Alan MacBain, the first two picks are inspired by The Beatles, as the world celebrates the 60th anniversary of their finest album Revolver. The third pick is a tribute to the late Darla the Wonder Dog and reads “Darla Forever” on the back.

The picks are produced by InTune Guitar Picks. They’re the same folks to who do picks for Three Days Grace, Shinedown, Five Finger Death Punch, and many others.

To get a picks and stickers, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to Brutus World Industries PO Box 361 Arnold MD 21012.

We are stoked to announced that Lou Brutus will return as the host of ROCK FEST in Cadott WI! It runs July 16, 17 and 18, with a Bonus Bash show on the 15th. The lineup is again stacked with amazing artists including The Offspring, Limp Bizkit, Gojira, Halestorm, The Pretty Reckless, Hollywood Undead, I Prevail, Machine Head, Set It Off, Static-X, Body Count, Insane Clown Posse, Lacuna Coil, Badflower, Autumn Kings, Story of the Year, Magnolia Park, Upon A Burning Body, Ded, Zero 9:36, Des Rocs, Miss May I, Bones UK, Ill Nino, Butcher Babies, Until I Wake, and tons of others. The Bonus Bash night will feature Candlebox, Buckcherry, Dying Wish, and more. Brutus will be backstage interviewing the bands, onstage hosting the music, and in the pit capturing photos and video. Plus, he’ll be doing a special meet and greet! Hit https://rock-fest.com for info. Here’s some press on the show from Lambgoat, TheMosh, Chaoszine, and ThePRP. See you there!

Here is the Lou Brutus holiday card for this year. It features he and Darla the Wonder Dog in the style of Jack Skellington and his ghost dog Zero in “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” Thank you to Alan MacBain for doing such an amazing job on the art.

To receive a card, you must first send a card. The address is Brutus World Industries PO Box 361 Arnold MD 21012. Supplies are limited to just five-hundred cards, so please act soon.

We hope you have a wonderful holiday season.

As Halloween season reaches its peak, Lou Brutus will celebrate with a plethora of rock star guests on both HardDrive and HardDrive XL.

Beginning Monday October 26 on HardDrive XL, Johannes Eckerström of AVATAR will join LB each night as Featured Artist of the Week. The band drops their phenomenal new album “Don’t Go in the Forest” on Halloween, the same day they begin their In the Airwaves North American Tour in Mexico City MX. All of the other special guests during the week will be talking about Halloween! They include Of Mice & Men, Autumn Kings, Slash, and Halestorm. On Halloween night itself, the guest list will include Five Finger Death Punch, I Prevail, Seether, Mammoth, and AVATAR.

Then over Halloween weekend, it’s the return of HardDrive’s Halloween Hootenanny! It’s two-full hours of hard rocking seasonal music along with Halloween stories from Slash, Seether, Halestorm, Ice Nine Kills, The Haunt, and AVATAR. All different stories from HDXL earlier in the week!

Happy Halloween from Lou Brutus and HardDrive Radio!