Lou Brutus
| Lou Brutus | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Luigi Vercotti Brutus November 10, 1962 Newark, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Manalapan High School |
| Alma mater | Brookdale Community College |
| Occupation | Radio personality Radio programmer Voice-over talent musician photographer |
| Years active | 1984–present |
Lou Brutus (born November 10, 1962) is an American radio personality, program director, voice-over talent, musician, and photographer. He is best known as the host of the nationally syndicated rock radio programs hardDrive with Lou Brutus and hardDrive XL with Lou Brutus, as well as his work at Sirius XM Radio.
As host of hardDrive with Lou Brutu and hardDrive XL with Lou Brutus, as well as through his music programming for Sirius XM Radio, he has assisted in breaking many rock bands in the active rock radio format notably Slipknot, Stone Sour, Avenged Sevenfold, Godsmack, Disturbed, Five Finger Death Punch, Sevendust and Halestorm among others. He was an early hire for XM Satellite Radio, later merged with Sirius Satellite Radio to form Sirius XM Radio, where he has acted as program director, senior program director, disc jockey, interviewer and voice-over talent. Brutus' voiceovers there include acting as the primary voice of the '40s on 4 channel which he based upon Bing Crosby announcer Ken Carpenter. Brutus has also hosted radio specials and created music channels for artists including Metallica, Disturbed, 3 Doors Down, Rush, Theory of a Deadman, Slipknot, Smashing Pumpkins, A Perfect Circle and others. In 2011, Five Finger Death Punch used Brutus to host their military intelligence themed press conference in Los Angeles, CA for their Trespass America Tour.
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