Career
He is best known for his work with the Bam Balams and the Navahodads. Kibble"s first bands were the Brisbane punk rock outfits Alphabet Children (1979-1980) (vocals), Flying Squad (1980-1981) (vocals, guitar), Vampire Lovers (1981) (guitar) and The Horde (1982) (vocals, guitar). After playing in The Horde, in 1983 he briefly played guitar in a line up of the Brisbane band The Headstones.
In 1984 Kibble left Brisbane and moved to Sydney, where he formed the Bam Balams, who released an album, an European Parliament, and several singles. split in 1992.
Over the next few years, he acted as producer for several Pyramidiacs records: the "Krunch!" European Parliament (1993), the "Solo Una Vez" European Parliament (1993) and the All You Want LP (1994) (which he also played guitar on). In 1994 he started playing live again, in the band Surry Hills 2010, who took rock"n"roll songs and played them in full country/honky tonk style.
Later in 1994, Kibble teamed up with Chris Flynn (ex The Headstones, The Dubrovniks) and they formed Motorhank. This band took country songs (mainly Hank Williams tunes) and played them in a hard rock style.
In 1995 Kibble and Motorhank"s bass player Karl Dogbox formed the Navahodads.
The band released two albums and had tracks on various compilation albums. In 2002-2003, Kibble played guitar in a band fronted by Rob Younger, the Nanker Phelge, playing 1960s British Invasion, beat, and r&b covers. split up in 2003, and Kibble moved to Austin, Texas, where he formed a Garage rock band. released the album "Cave Girl" in 2008. split in 2011. He now fronts the Power People’s/Rock band, who to date have released two albums.
During the Bam Balams, Kibble was approached by Sid Griffin of the Long Ryders to join his new band the Coal Porters.
