ROCK FEST 2019

One of the most legendary music festivals on the planet returns! It’s Rock Fest in Cadott, Wisconsin and Lou Brutus is back as host!

The sick lineup runs July 18th thru July 20th. It includes Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, Five Finger Death Punch, Breaking Benjamin, Evanescence, Mastodon, In This Moment, I Prevail. P.O.D., Lacuna Coil, Red Sun Rising, Three Days Grace, Killswitch Engage, Asking Alexandria, From Ashes to New, Shallow Side, Rachel Lorin, Skillet, Starset, Of Mice & Men, Static-X, Dope, and too many more to mention!

Along with his stage duties, LB will be backstage interviewing the artists and in the photo pit capturing images. Be sure to find him for limited edition Brutus Rock Fest items!

Tickets are on sale now and available here. See you there!

ROAD ROCKERS!

Brutus loves taking part in musically themed hashtags on Twitter and so was stoked to be invited by @HashtagRoundup to guest host his own game.

It was Tuesday January 22nd that LB joined up with @MusicalHashtags for #RoadRockers. Basically, it was word play puns mixing automotive terminology with your favorite bands and musicians. Not to be outdone by anyone in the bad pun department, LB led the way when the game began with entries like Avenged Manifold, MiniVan Halen, Linkin Parking Garage, Metallicar, and Pontiac! at the Disco. It got even punnier from there.

The hashtag quickly went to the Top 10 on Twitter worldwide. Many thanks to @RobinDWoskin for the invitation to guest host. Hope you’ll have Lou back again soon!

CHRIS CORNELL: I AM THE HIGHWAY

On January 16, 2019 the music world came together to celebrate the life and music of an artist of great talent and integrity. “I Am the Highway: A Tribute to Chris Cornell” was held at the Forum in Los Angeles. The show featured performances by members of Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, and Audioslave. There will also appearances from a Who’s Who of the Rock world including Metallica, Foo Fighters, Taylor Momsen, Peter Frampton, Ryan Adams, Josh Homme, Fiona Apple, Brandi Carlile, The Melvins, Miley Cyrus, Rita Wilson, and members of Pearl Jam among many others.

While in Los Angeles recording with KISS, LB attended the show and you’ll hear interviews with many of the artists regarding it on upcoming editions of hardDrive XL with Lou Brutus.

THE HOTTEST BAND IN THE LAND: KISS!

KISS Army Radio is coming to SiriusXM to coincide with the kickoff of the band’s “End of the Road Tour.” As a longtime fan and cohort of the band, LB travelled to Los Angeles to spent two-straight days with the band to conduct interviews for the channel.

The interviews were conducted at the KISS rehearsal studios near Hollywood where the band is preparing for their final tour. Lou spent hours with all four band members including Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Tommy Thayer, and Eric Singer. Virtually every facet of KISStory was covered from the pre-fame days up to the preparations for the farewell run.

“I’ve been a KISS Army member since I was a kid back in New Jersey so spending days with the band in a setting like this was a dream come true,” said Brutus.

You’ll hear the band’s words interspersed with the music KISS Army Radio will launch on Monday, February 4 at 5:00 pm ET via satellite on channel 30 and will run through Sunday, February 17. There will also be an exclusive live performance on Monday, February 11 at LA’s famed Whisky a Go Go on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles.

FEAR AND LOATHING AT THE NORTH POLE

The 2018 holiday card from Lou and Darla has been revealed and it may be the best yet!

Based on Ralph Steadman’s “Bats Over Barstow” illustration from Hunter S. Thompson’s landmark novel “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” Lou’s is “Fear and Loathing at the North Pole.” It features he and Darla maniacally sledding through a frozen landscape.

The art was created by LB’s longtime partner in artistic crime Alan MacBain of the Alan MacBain Cartoon Company.

Inside the card the caption reads, “We were somewhere around the Arctic Circle on the edge of the tundra when the eggnog began to take hold. Suddenly there was a terrible HO-HO-HO all around us and the sky was full of what looked like red-nosed reindeer, all swooping and screeching and diving around the sled, which was going about a hundred miles an hour to the North Pole.”

The art can be enjoyed online. A select few physical cards went out to family and friends. Also, as the best way to get Christmas card from someone is to send them card, Lou mailed off cards to a number of listeners who had been kind enough to send to him.