Search deep enough in the underground of Denver’s music scene, and that’s where you will find Hot White. The best noise rock band out of Parker, CO since, well… ever. Hot White is not creating the kind of music you would expect from two teenagers who met at a suburban middle school.

Tiana Bernard, Darren Kullback and Kevin Wesley are Hot White

Band members Darren Kulback and Kevin Wesley have been playing together since 2004, they started out jamming together in Kevin’s basement, with Darren on drums and Kevin on guitar. They quickly moved on to playing various house and basement shows, and with bigger aspirations in mind formed their first band, Ghastly Poisonous Gas. Ghastly Poisonous Gas, which was made up of three other friends from school, gained much popularity around UNC in Greeley, where Kulback’s good friend attended college and booked shows.

Being in a band for the first time gave the boys their first taste at performing live outside of the school talent show setting. As well as a chance to be creative, writing their own songs and experimenting with different sounds — blasting drumbeats and severely distorted guitar tones.

After the break-up of Ghastly in 2006, Darren and Kevin continued playing together and soon formed Hot White. The band started with the two teenagers playing mostly instrumental music. With fragmented yet grounding drum beats and a drilling guitar that Wesley can make sound like just about anything.

The band has a somewhat cult-like following, which includes groups of do-it-yourself rock kids from all over Denver. The crowd is looking to have fun and hear good music for as little money as possible. This crowd doesn’t care where you’re from or what you do, just be able show them something they haven’t seen or heard before, as Hot White has done.

After playing a string of shows at various venues including frequent appearances at the late, great Monkey Mania on Arapahoe Street, the boys met UCD Junior, Tiana Bernard.

Tiana is now the third member of Hot White, her shrill voice and manic bass playing can be heard on the band’s debut, which was recorded and released this past December.

With their new member the band has been playing shows all over Denver, most recently DIY venues BlastOmat and Rhinoceropolis. They also completed a 10-day tour of the Southwestern U.S. The band toured with Attractive and Popular, from Arkansas who they met playing a show at Rhinoceropolis.

The band toured from December 15 to the 24, coming back to Colorado just in time for Christmas, but not ready to come home at all. This is a band that enjoys life on the road, Wesley said. The long hours spent in a rank van, the adventure of not knowing where you’re going to sleep the next night and sleeping on the floor when you get there. But Hot White’s favorite part? Meeting new people. The band made many connections while on the road, and were stoked to see some real fans at their shows. They are currently in the works to record a new split 7” with Arkansas-based band, Mother Hug.

With a demo and a successful tour under their belt, Hot White is pushing on to bigger and better things. Definitely go check them out next time they play Denver’s Rhinoceropolis.