Rare Bird Lit to Release a Paperback Edition of “Sonic Warrior” by Lou Brutus


Lou Brutus. Photo by Robert Fortenberry

Radio legend Lou Brutus will see a softcover edition of his music memoir Sonic Warrior: My Life as a Rock N Roll Reprobate (Tales of Sex, Drugs and Vomiting at Inopportune Moments) via Rare Bird Lit of Los Angeles, due out July 13th. Pre-orders are on sale now thru Amazon, Barnes & Noble or wherever you buy books. It’s also available in all formats as an eBook or audiobook narrated by Brutus himself.

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Slipknot, Disturbed, Staind, Limp Bizkit, Papa Roach and More Booked for Rock Fest


Rock Fest has set most of its lineup, according to a report by The PRP. Slipknot, Disturbed, Staind, Limp Bizkit, Papa Roach, and dozens of more bands will head the bill at the annual fest held near Cadott, WI from July 16th-18th. One direct support act to headliner Limp Bizkit is still pending for Saturday, July 18th. They will be revealed on January 24th.Continue reading


Radio Legend Lou Brutus To Host Rock Fest


Lou Brutus. Photo by Robert Fortenberry

Lou Brutus. Photo by Robert Fortenberry

Rock radio legend Lou Brutus will be hosting Rock Fest in Cadott, WI on July 16-19, 2015. The four day event will feature over 50 bands including Avenged Sevenfold, Shinedown, Breaking Benjamin, Chevelle, Nickelback, All That Remains, Pop Evil, and others.

Brutus is frequently onstage to host some of the biggest festivals in music including Knotfest (San Bernardino, CA), where this past October, he also hosted its worldwide webcast. He’s also acted as stage host for Rock on The Range, Rockstar Uproar, Rockstar Mayhem, Sonic Boom, Band Camp and countless other concerts and festivals. He has traveled the globe for three decades covering many of the biggest music events in history including Live Aid, Live 8, Live Earth, and The Wall at the Berlin Wall.

He is best known for his eighteen plus years of national syndication hosting hardDrive and hardDriveXL, heard on over 100 radio stations in the United States and Europe, as well as his work on other national radio platforms. He’s done local shows in Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington DC, and Providence.

Brutus has also hosted radio specials and/or created radio channels for Metallica, Slipknot, Stone Sour, Rush, Disturbed, Theory of A Deadman, Smashing Pumpkins, and numerous others.

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