It’s New Year’s Day which means it’s time for the official “Lou Brutus Top Ten for 2010!”
10. Rob Zombie “Werewolf Women of the SS”
09. Alter Bridge “Isolation”
08. Nonpoint “Miracle”
07. Avenged Sevenfold “Welcome to the Family”
06. Godsmack “Cryin’ Like A Bitch”
05. Sevendust “Unraveling”
04. Anew Revolution “Head Against the Wall”
03. Disturbed “Another Way to Die”
02. Five Finger Death Punch “Bad Company”
01. Stone Sour “Say You’ll Haunt Me”
Continuing his longtime holiday tradition, LB has once again distributed an original Christmas card to his close personal friends with a cheery message of “Merry Brutmas & Happy Lou Year!”
For 2010, the card pictures Brutus as the Grinch Who Stole Christmas complete with Max the Dog and Mount Crumpit in the background. The card was illustrated by Lou’s longtime artistic co-conspirator Alan MacBain. “I’ve done so may projects with Lou drawing him has become second nature. Yet I don’t think I’ll ever get over having to illustrate his monobrow. It’s…unnatural,” said the obviously shaken artist.
Want Alan to illustrate something for you? You can contact him thru his Facebook page here.
The card was done in a limited edition of 100.
In honor of Slipknot regrouping for live shows next Summer, Lou Brutus dipped into his private collection of rock goodies for some holiday treats.
One lucky fan of Lou’s Facebook page and another who follows him on Twitter found themselves with a rare Slipknot CD single that has been autographed by all nine band members!
“I miss Paul, I’m glad the guys are getting together to play and I’ve got a treasure trove of Slipknot stuff that I knew the other maggots wouldn’t mind sharing in,” said Brutus. “It just seemed like a good thing for the holidays.”
Amber Ray Pedersen of Iowa and Ken Wasson of Wisconsin scored the discs. More goodies are on the way including items from Stone Sour and Avenged Sevenfold. To win you must be a fan of Lou’s Facebook page here and/or follow Lou here on Twitter. Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and Good Luck!
Lou Brutus once again took on the persona of Michigan Wolverine loathing, Ohio State Buckeyes loving rock star Bo Biafra, front man for the notorious Dead Schembechlers.
The group headlined their somewhat annual Hate Michigan Rally at Skully’s Music Diner on High Street in Columbus, OH on Friday November 26th, the night before the rivalry game between the two schools. A sellout crowd of 600+ insane Buckeyes turned out.
Check out these recent articles on the the group in the Detroit Free Press, Columbus Dispatch, Associated Press, The Other Paper, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Cincinatti Enquirer, Pat Forde of ESPN, Columbus Alive and a new one in the Detroit Free Press. See the band’s Bomb Ann Arbor Now video here.
LB is also continuing writing the unauthorized autobiography of the band, Dead Schembechlers: The Rise, Fall & Redemption of the Best Damn Punk Band in the Land. It will delve into Bo Biafra’s life, the history of the group and the true story of The International Wolverine Conspiracy. It will be filled with sex, drugs, rock n roll, violence, insanity and pigskin.
For more on Dead Schembechlers hit their official website, Facebook or Bo Biafra’s Twitter page.
Also, in case you missed Bo/Brutus and the band in HBO’s film “The Rivalry: Michigan versus Ohio State,” be sure to pick up a copy now on DVD.
The wealth of online communications and social networks used by Lou has begun to catch the eye of many in the media. Writer Chuck Armstrong of the radio website All Access has begun a multi-part series reporting on Lou’s online endeavors. In the article he covers Lou’s new comic book, Facebook work, Twitter presence and, of course, this website. Chuck refers to Lou as a “mold-breaking personality” with “killer insight” and other things that will surly inflate Lou’s already massive ego.
Click here for the first part of this interview or click here for the second part. We’ll post the third and final part of the series on Friday November 26th.