Jared Watson, vocalist of The Dirty Heads grins and shakes his long, shaggy brown hair back under his black beanie. He and his band set up for an acoustic set and immediately slip into a hip-hoppy, really happy reggae tune that everyone in the bar seems to know. Jared steps to the edge of the stage and his ragged voice is almost drowned out by the crowd screaming the lyrics back in his face. Jared takes a break from singing to yell, “You guys are the shit!” Everyone is stoked.
Jared Watson, vocalist of The Dirty Heads at Kefi in Wrightsville Beach, NC. grins and shakes his long, shaggy brown hair back under his black beanie. He and his band set up for an acoustic set and immediately slip into a hip-hoppy, really happy reggae tune that everyone in the bar seems to know. Jared steps to the edge of the stage and his ragged voice is almost drowned out by the crowd screaming the lyrics back in his face. Jared takes a break from singing to yell, “You guys are the shit!” Everyone is stoked. Their new album is called Any Port in a Storm, released in September of last year. As of right now, the boys are working on finishing up an acoustic album and this month marks the beginning of their tour with Mishka.
After their set, I managed to snag Jared for a few minutes. We covered the basic stuff: influences, what’s next for the band, favorite shows (Wilmington was up at the top!), etc. Then we got to talking about some bizarre stuff…
KA: So you guys have a lot of time on your hands while you’re touring; what do you do for fun?
JW: Well, I love to skate, me and Jonjon surf. We love Chef Thomas and MMA, boxing, stuff like that. We’re geeks; we definitely do touristy stuff.
KA: And music? What do you listen to?
JW: I totally have a boner for Kings of Leon right now.
KA: (laughs) That good, huh?
JW: Yeah. Basically all we do is call Chacha. You don’t know what Chacha is?! Dude, you call this number and ask them any question you can think of and they’ll give you an answer for it, like, right away. I’m gonna give you the number, you ready? It’s 1-800-224-2242. It’s awesome.
KA: Well thanks for that, I’ll definitely try it out.
JW: Good. Now let me ask you a question. If you had to be… a mermaid, would you be a normal mermaid, or, like a reverse mermaid? With a fish head and human legs?
KA: Well, I guess a normal mermaid…
JW: See, you’d be this hot human body, but if you were a reverse mermaid, you could have sex. You’d be ugly, but you could have sex.
After their set, I managed to snag Jared for a few minutes. We covered the basic stuff: influences, what’s next for the band, favorite shows (Wilmington was up at the top!), etc. Then we got to talking about some bizarre stuff…
KA: So you guys have a lot of time on your hands while you’re touring; what do you do for fun?
JW: Well, I love to skate, me and Jonjon surf. We love Chef Thomas and MMA, boxing, stuff like that. We’re geeks; we definitely do touristy stuff.
KA: And music? What do you listen to?
JW: I totally have a boner for Kings of Leon right now.
KA: (laughs) That good, huh?
JW: Yeah. Basically all we do is call Chacha. You don’t know what Chacha is?! Dude, you call this number and ask them any question you can think of and they’ll give you an answer for it, like, right away. I’m gonna give you the number, you ready? It’s 1-800-224-2242. It’s awesome.
KA: Well thanks for that, I’ll definitely try it out.
JW: Good. Now let me ask you a question. If you had to be… a mermaid, would you be a normal mermaid, or, like a reverse mermaid? With a fish head and human legs?
KA: Well, I guess a normal mermaid…
JW: See, you’d be this hot human body, but if you were a reverse mermaid, you could have sex. You’d be ugly, but you could have sex.
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