A brief chat with Whirr

Yellow Scene: When did the band form and what were you looking to do?

Nick Bassett: We were just looking to straight-up rock, dude. Get ass and smoke grass. We started back in 1998.

YS: Describe the sound…

NB: Bro, the first song on our record tells you what we’re all about. The first line is, “Shallow, I’m wading.” We’re all about the women in the ocean. “Drifting down your seams.” That basically means, “I’m f&*king you.” The whole band is basically, if you took an R&B and soul band, and made it into rock. We like Drake a lot, the Delfonics, the Stones, and we like to rock too. The lyrical content is about straight up getting ass. That’s not even a joke.

YS: Do you like playing Colorado?

NB: Yeah, we’ve played Denver. We played somewhere, but they got mad at us because we put a hole in the wall and I had to pay $50 out of my damn pocket. Other than that, it was cool. You can smoke buds there – I like that. Hell yeah.

YS: What are your plans for the set?

NB: Bro, I tell you right now, we’re doing a couple of covers bro. Merciful Fate’s “Melissa.” We’re opening up with that, and closing with BOC [Blue Oyster Cult]’s “Burnin’ For You.” [Nick proceeds to sing the song, including the guitar riff.] You like that song? We’re playing it dude. We’ve got the harmonies down and everything.

YS: What’s next, after the tour?

NB: Hell, I don’t know. Hopefully we’ll make a million bucks and retire.