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About The Show
Jibbies & Loond is a heavy metal podcast hosted by Chris Smith (Jibbies) and Aamir Hydari (Loond).

Every other week, the guys bring you their favorite songs of the moment, field reports from shows, interviews from the metal community and more.

Horns up, f*ckers!


Jibbies & Loond Episodes
Your intrepid duo do their best to sift through the Bill Ward/Sharon Osbourne bullshit (Ward wins), before eventually finding a nice palate cleanser in welcoming Jesse Leach back to Killswitch Engage. Then, as J&L are going through some of their favorite recent and upcoming releases--includ...

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After a hard day at the office and armed once again with a glass each of Old Monk rum; J&L embark on a Metaltastic conversation. Loond gives us a live music update and talks about the In Flames show at Warehouse Live. Our duo goes gaga for Goatwhore and their upcoming new record. Other highly an...

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The celebrations of good cheer, holiness, and consumerism are over, and it is once again time for METAL!!...in all its shapes and sizes. Lots has happened since our duo last sat down together and they dive right in, tackling both the Ratt/Grohl collaboration and Howard Jones exit from Kill...

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It's the end of the year and our duo has been chomping at the bit to get the lists of their favorite records of 2011 out in the open.  So join us as we talk about what really gave us some serious ear-gasms this year.  You can also read our duo's lists right here on GonzoGeek.com.  So ...

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And then there were three.....Jibbies and Loond got a special in-studio visit from Houston ambient/noise/handmade music fixture J.D. Franklin this week, who was kind enough to first ply our duo with The Kracken and then share his thoughts on a wide variety of topics during t...

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Jibbies & Loond Blog Posts
Jibbies & Loond: Machine Head - LIVE!
Monday, February 20, 2012, 9:15 PM :: 47 Views :: Posted By Chris
Please have a look at the first 15 minutes or so of Machine Head’s set from the House of Blues in Houston on Feb. 11, 2012. The band is currently touring ‘Unto The Locust,’ and thoug...
The Jibbies & Loond Show - Episode 027 - Goatwhore vs. Faster Pussycat
Monday, February 13, 2012, 9:39 PM :: 98 Views :: Posted By Chris
Your intrepid duo do their best to sift through the Bill Ward/Sharon Osbourne bullshit (Ward wins), before eventually finding a nice palate cleanser in welcoming Jesse Leach back to Killswitch En...
The Jibbies & Loond Show - Episode 025 - Metal 2012!!
Monday, January 16, 2012, 7:01 PM :: 220 Views :: Posted By Chris
The celebrations of good cheer, holiness, and consumerism are over, and it is once again time for METAL!!...in all its shapes and sizes. Lots has happened since our duo last sat down togethe...
Top 10 Christmas Tweets 2011
Thursday, December 29, 2011, 11:11 PM :: 184 Views :: Posted By Chris
The season of holy babies brings out the humor in all of us. Well, all of us who aren’t too busy bitching continuously about it anyway. Please enjoy my 10 favorite tweets from Christmas 2011: so...
Jibbies' 2011 Metal Top 10
Thursday, December 22, 2011, 11:01 PM :: 184 Views :: Posted By Chris
1.      Trap Them  - ‘Darker Handcraft’ – Prosthetic Records – Producer: Kurt Ballou          &n...
Jibbies & Loond: Top 10 Albums of the Year
Wednesday, December 21, 2011, 6:37 PM :: 220 Views :: Posted By Chris
It’s been a heck of a year for Jibbies & Loond. To help you celebrate, kick off the holidays right, and just generally get your rock on, it is time to present the show’s Top 10 albums ...
Review: Venomous Maximus
Saturday, December 17, 2011, 7:54 PM :: 184 Views :: Posted By Chris
Houston’s Venomous Maximus performs heavy rock from an earlier time. ‘The Living Dead,’ from the band’s 2010 debut 7”, hearkens back to a pre-Pepper COC. Everything ...
The Jibbies & Loond Show - Episode 023 - The First Name of Uriah
Tuesday, December 06, 2011, 4:06 PM :: 166 Views :: Posted By Chris
And then there were three.....Jibbies and Loond got a special in-studio visit from Houston ambient/noise/handmade music fixture J.D. Franklin this week, who was kind enough to first ply our ...
Jibbies & Loond - Mastodon/Black Tusk/Venomous Maximus - Video Special
Monday, November 14, 2011, 9:25 PM :: 238 Views :: Posted By Chris
Every once in a while a perfect bill emerges. One band is doing some low-key gigs to start the tour for its biggest album yet (Mastodon). Another band is doing club dates in support of ...
The Jibbies & Loond Show - Episode 021 - Prehistoric remnants and social disorder
Tuesday, November 08, 2011, 5:04 PM :: 205 Views :: Posted By Chris
Jibbies and Loond were both out in the field this time. Loond comes back with reports of one "one of the greatest show I have ever seen" while Jibbies keeps the fires stoked by describing another...
Small Stone announces SXSW 2012 bands
Sunday, November 06, 2011, 3:19 PM :: 206 Views :: Posted By Chris
This fresh in from Small Stone Recordings: "It is that time of year again, and we are busy working on the Small Stone gigs at the worlds largest rock n' roll Spring Break party known as SXSW. We do n...
GonzoGeek at the Ozzy Osbourne Book Signing
Thursday, October 20, 2011, 2:42 PM :: 302 Views :: Posted By Bruce
Bruce and Chris head north for a night in the company of Ozzy Osbourne and his fans.
The Jibbies & Loond Show - Episode 017 - Keep Metal Panhandler Free!
Monday, September 12, 2011, 9:42 PM :: 282 Views :: Posted By Chris
In this episode, Jibbies and Loond get out into the field, visiting the always sonically spectacular Scout Bar in the southern Houston ‘burbs to take in DevilDriver and Skeletonwitch. A full-met...
The Jibbies & Loond Show - Episode 013 - Nervecell interview
Tuesday, August 02, 2011, 12:24 PM :: 330 Views :: Posted By Chris
Our dynamic duo have a special treat for you this week, a full-length in depth interview wth Barney Ribeiro of Dubai's premiere death metal band Nervecell. The band released their second CD in Europe,...
The Jibbies & Loond Show - Episode 011 - Through The Sonisphere & Beyond The Gates
Tuesday, July 05, 2011, 8:08 PM :: 340 Views :: Posted By Aamir
Not long is Jibbies back from his jaunt across the pond to Austria and it’s Loond’s turn to head for Turkey where he attends Sonisphere Istanbul, catches a set by local Istanbul Metal hero...