The year was 1996. The date was the 4th day of July. The tattered remnants of the hard music community of these once proud United States were clinging to shattered dreams and the nearly forgotten remnants of glory in a rock radio world that had seemingly forgotten how to play things that didn’t suck.
It was during these bleak times a radio show burst upon the scene. A radio show that would help put extreme new rock music on the broadcast map. A radio show that would save America itself. The radio show was hardDrive.
Since its birth, hardDrive has become a respected and influential extreme rock (for those you who don’t know what this is, suffice to say it’s a cross between hard rock and modern rock) radio show in broadcast history. Hosted since its inception by the award winning Lou Brutus, the show has constantly defined what new hard music is all about. hardDrive has given listeners across the continental United States and Alaska their first taste of bands including Disturbed, Godsmack, Rammstein, Slipknot and tool, among hundreds of others. Week after week, hardDrive interviews virtually every extreme musician that exists. ‘Nuff said. As long as hardDrive is on the air, U.S. citizens are assured inflation will remain low, American prestige will remain high, and extreme rock music will always have a home.
In February 2007, hardDrive‘s popularity continued to grow when the show launched a daily daypart, dubbed hardDrive XL – now on the air 5 hours a night, 5 nights a week nationwide! In September 2011, hardDrive and hardDrive XL producer Roxy Myzal was awarded Radio Contraband‘s “Non-Traditional Rock Programmer of the Year.“
Meet the Guys!
~RBG:
U.S. Marine, Optometric Lab Technician, Stripper, “Blackanese” Hibachi Chef, Radio Personality, and most recently, Bilateral Lung Transplant Survivor. Even a short summary of events in RBG’s life seem pretty random. Random Black Guy – who had no prior experience in Broadcast Radio – has wholly committed himself and has been a fixture at 97X since 2013. He chose not to leave 97X throughout his ordeal with a near-fatal lung disease, and he is the recipient of Magic Broadcasting’s 2016 Employee Of The Year Award.
~Ian:
Panama City Born and raised! Ian knew he would grow up entertaining people from a very very young age. With a background in theater and stand up comedy, it almost seems like either he cant turn off the entertainer part of his brain or if this is truly who he is. Always trying to turn everything into a joke or some stupid dad joke joke or bad pun.
He’s usually found out on any given night finding a karaoke bar or open mic night. Seriously, is there anything he does that doesnt require him to have a microphone in his hand? Well yes actually. Odds are he’s seen more movies than you and your loved ones combined. Because of this, he is constantly trying to insert his unasked for movie opinions into any conversation.
Video games are also about 20% of his personality. The old kind. He has an extreme fondness for nostalgia. Whether it’s old video games or TV shows the world has long since forgotten and he incorporates it into his show, stand up and overall personal life. He’s an old soul with a foul mouth, as well as an over opinionated beer drinker.
Connect and follow him here:
U.S. Marine, Optometric Lab Technician, Stripper, “Blackanese” Hibachi Chef, Radio Personality, and most recently, Bilateral Lung Transplant Survivor. Even a short summary of events in RBG’s life seems pretty random. Random Black Guy – who had no prior experience in Broadcast Radio – has wholly committed himself and has been a fixture at 97X since 2013. He chose not to leave 97X throughout his ordeal with a near-fatal lung disease, and he is the recipient of Magic Broadcasting’s 2016 Employee Of The Year Award. RBG is on medical leave after his second lung transplant. If you want to help support him, go to his go fund me page https://gofund.me/7e9e01db
RBG WILL BE BACK!
