For three decades, Darby has been living rock ’n’ roll at full volume. He’s shared stories and traded laughs with the gods of heavy music—Metallica, Ozzy, Van Halen, KISS, Avenged Sevenfold, Korn, Disturbed, Deftones, and more. As host of a syndicated afternoon drive rock show, he’s built a reputation for cutting through the noise and keeping it real. Now, he’s taking that same no-bullshit energy to the podcast world—where the conversations hit harder, the stories run deeper, and nothing gets turned down. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Signup to Generate a PitchFor three decades, Darby has been living rock ’n’ roll at full volume. He’s shared stories and traded laughs with the gods of heavy music, Metallica, Ozzy, Van Halen, KISS, Avenged Sevenfold, Korn, Disturbed, Deftones, and more. As host of a syndicated afternoon drive rock show, he’s built a reputation for cutting through the noise and keeping it real.
Amplified w/Darby is hosted by Darby. The show has published 101 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Episode 97 - System of a Down, Knocked Loose & Ozzy Osbourne + My Picks of the Week" (20 October 2026, 16 minutes), "Episode 96 Guns N' Roses, Led Zeppelin, The Pretty Reckless + This Week's New Music." (16 October 2026, 23 minutes), and "Episode 95: Metallica, Pearl Jam, Jack White + My Picks of the Week" (13 October 2026, 17 minutes).
Amplified w/Darby publishes roughly a few times a week, with episodes averaging 21 minutes across 101 episodes.
Booking probability for Amplified w/Darby is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Amplified w/Darby requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Amplified w/Darby's contact route on record: verified email.
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Darby hosts Amplified w/Darby, a music show with 101 episodes published.
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Episode #97
This week on AMPLIFIED, System of a Down's latest concert announcement raises a question: How many times can a band tour the same songs before it's time to make something new? Plus, Knocked Loose's Brian Garris has some...
Episode #96
It's New Music Friday, and while this week's releases might not look like a blockbuster lineup, there are some intriguing records worth digging into. Fontaines D.C., Insomnium, The Keening, and plenty more on the radar...
Episode #95
It's Tuesday, which means it's time for my Picks of the Week—and apparently, three new rock records weren't enough this time. There was just too much good music to choose from. Plus, Jack White delivers a surprise worth...
Episode #93
I couldn’t choose just one new rock/metal Pick of the Week this time, so I picked two. One is from a band I’d never heard before this weekend, and the other is a record that kept making me stop and wonder what the hell...
Episode #92
A late-breaking loss from the metal world, Metallica has big plans for Vegas, and Korn has a reunion of sorts. Plus, Oasis is making headlines again, a packed New Music Friday, I pick a fight with amp nerds, and I have...
Episode #91
This week on AMPLIFIED, we get into Slipknot’s massive 2027 tour, Pearl Jam’s surprise Ohana set, Nirvana at the VMAs, the Back to the Beginning film, Judas Priest digging into the vaults, new Candlebox and more. Plus...
Episode #90
It’s a strange week for new releases — not necessarily packed with obvious must-hear records, but there are plenty of things worth digging into. Tom Morello leads the way, along with new music from The Ocean, Nothing...
Episode #88
Three more albums make my Picks of the Week—including a dark, atmospheric new release I couldn’t stop playing, something completely outside the rock/metal lane, and a brutally heavy record from the past with a pretty...
Episode #87
Anthrax is back with its first studio album in a decade, plus new releases from Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats, Emma Ruth Rundle, Nonpoint and more. Also this episode: Scott Ian makes the case for the underrated John Bush...
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Metallica and a legendary filmmaker might be a match that absolutely needs to happen. There’s both messy and very cool news in the Mastodon world, Turnstile continues to show up everywhere, and I’ve had enough of bands...
Episode #86
New music Friday is back, and there’s more here than I initially thought. This week on AMPLIFIED , I dig into the September 11 releases, including a few records I’m definitely checking out, plus a bunch of music news...
Amplified w/Darby
I took Labor Day off. We all know I earned it. Enjoy a previous episode today and join me on Friday for a new episode. Head to amplifiedwithdarby.com for show info, All the news, all the noise, all in one place. Hosted...
Episode #85
You’d think the week after the Grammy deadline would be a wasteland for new music. You’d be wrong. Embarrassingly wrong. This week on Amplified, I’m digging into a surprisingly stacked Friday release list, including new...
Episode #84
A ridiculous amount of new music dropped, so Episode 84 starts with a few records and artists that immediately rose to the top — including Mastodon, Billy Strings and a band you may not know yet but probably should...
Episode #83
This might be the best New Music Friday we’ve had in a long time. There is an absurd amount of new stuff to get into, including some releases I’ve been waiting a long time to hear. Then we get into the news: a concert...
Episode #82
Back from New England and right back into the weirdness. This episode: Queens of the Stone Age give us another taste of their new album, Ghost have more on the way, Julian Casablancas takes a shot at James Murphy...
Episode #81
I'm rushing to catch a plane so this one is shorter but it's still filled with more infotainment than you can handle. New episodes every Tuesday & Friday More at : amplifiedwithdarby.com All the news, all the noise, all...
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Ninth Key joins me for a special edition of AMPLIFIED to talk about the band, their music, what they’ve been building — and what’s coming next. I really liked these guys. Find Ninth Key, their music, socials and more...
Episode #80
Queens of the Stone Age have something new on the way—and, naturally, they found a very Queens of the Stone Age way to tell us about it. Plus, Mastodon’s next record is shaping up to be something special, Ozzfest...
Amplified w/Darby
Sometimes the best rock & roll stories have almost nothing to do with music. Autumn Kings were on the road when their van broke down and left them stranded. Then a guy named Ernie showed up. What happened next went...
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