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Hosted by Darby · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 71 episodes
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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.
Darby hosts Amplified w/Darby, a music show with 71 episodes published.
I throw my back out unloading the dishwasher, vent about elevator etiquette, and talk through the albums I kept coming back to over the weekend. Also this episode: William Shatner's Riot Fest tour rider, Marilyn Manson's
This week on Amplified , I'm diving into a seriously strong batch of new releases. I'm talking about the new albums I'm most excited to spend time with, including **Quicksand's ** Bring On the Psychics , **Protest the He
This week on Amplified , I break down another week in rock and music news, including Jack White stepping up after Charlie Crockett dropped Twin Temple, Mastodon's huge new album announcement, Turnstile taking over Camden
The Rolling Stones are back. Jack White has a new album. DevilDriver, Ava Under Fire, Show Me the Body, and a stacked list of new releases make this one of the best New Music Fridays of the year. Plus, I dive into the Ch
It was a slow news week, but there was still plenty to talk about. This episode starts with a personal one. I explain why Sammy Hagar playing the Freedom 250 event hit me harder than I expected, and why it's so disappoin
It's a quiet week for new releases, but somehow the music news is completely unhinged. This week I'm talking about the latest albums from Madonna, Deep Purple, Low Cut Connie and more, plus why next week's release schedu
I spent the weekend listening to a lot of new music and finally had time to really dig into some of this week's releases—including The Pretty Reckless , Truck Violence , Willow Avalon , Beth Orton , and the massive **Met
Metallica's Reload gets the deluxe treatment, and I'm making the case that it deserves a lot more love than it gets. Plus, I'm breaking down one of the strongest new release Fridays we've had in a while with new music fr
Ozzy has a giant new statue, KISS is building an avatar show in Vegas, and Shinedown's Brent Smith shared one of the coolest quotes I've heard in a while. I also talk about new music from Beartooth, Starcrawler, Sleep Th
This week on Amplified, I survived an aerial assault from a gang of territorial birds, got stared down by a beaver with a stronger work ethic than most people, and can officially report that the mysterious cowboy carved
Jake Diab of Autumn Kings joins me for a special episode of Amplified . We've been trying to make this interview happen for a while, but schedules kept getting in the way. I'm glad we finally found a time to sit down bec
This week, a chainsaw artist on a walking trail sparks a conversation about the power of creativity, the importance of art, and the songs that help us through life’s toughest moments. Darby shares a recommendation from t
Episode 61 is loaded with new music and plenty to talk about. This week I dig into new releases from Sublime, Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs, Des Rocs, Genghis Tron, Khemmis, Dirty Heads, Olivia Rodrigo, and more. Then
Rush is back. Anthrax says they may have written their best song ever. Shinedown has thoughts on AI music. Lamb of God threw out a first pitch. And somehow I ended up at a fancy golf resort listening to Hair Nation all w
This week on Amplified, Darby dives into another stacked New Music Friday with new releases from Converge, Evanescence, Death Cab For Cutie, Evergrey, Voivod, Modest Mouse, The 69 Eyes, and more. Plus: Mastodon release a
I run through one hell of a New Music Friday with new albums from All Them Witches, Kurt Vile, Monolord, St. Agnes, Devin Townsend, Violet Grohl, and My Morning Jacket. Plus: Tom Morello launches a new festival, Disturbe
Rock news and massive new releases. I run through one of the strongest release weeks of the year featuring new music from Devin Townsend, Paul McCartney, Willie Nelson, Monolord, All Them Witches, Shinedown and more. Plu
Back from California and catching up on everything that happened while the show was gone for a week. This episode covers the latest releases from Dimmu Borgir, Armored Saint, Anthrax, Primus, Quicksand and more, plus a d
Darby runs through the full New Music Friday release slate for May 8, 2026 — including the long-awaited return of Social Distortion, new releases from Black Veil Brides, Basement, Darkthrone and more. There’s also music
Episode 54. Went to see Jason Isbell live. No opener, no phones, just people actually there. It made a difference. I missed a bunch of releases last week, so we clean that up—Crobot, Haste the Day, Marcus King, and a few
Tom Morello
2 appearances on this show
David Lee Roth
lead singer
1 appearance on this show
Sebastian Bach
Former Lead Singer of Skid Row
1 appearance on this show
Jay Buchanan
frontman of Rival Sons · Rival Sons
1 appearance on this show
James Hetfield
1 appearance on this show
Norah Jones
"Come Away with Me"
1 appearance on this show
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