As a 16yo kid, my band was offered a chance to open for these guys in the mid-90s. We didn't follow up on a phone call to confirm and missed our chance. I regret it to this day. RIP Bryan.
Totally agree. They were oh so close. They still have a cult like following when they tour. In fact, several bands were close to bringing Champaign to the forefront of a Seattle like movement. Hum, Menthol, Love Cup, Milo. Honcho Overload before these guys. My daughter sat next to his son in grade school. They are 12 now. 😊
they definitely have similarities to weezer, but i highly doubt those guys would ever incorporate the “wall of sound” technique, much less to this caliber
I’ll try to be brief. I met a girl from Nebraska in Mexico on a high school Spanish trip. We hooked up and stayed in touch. I flew to Omaha to see her (I’m from Louisiana). She and two of her friends picked me up at airport in an 86 Oldsmobile. We drove straight to “old market” from there. This song came on thru the crusty speakers and I’ve never been so addicted to something after hearing it for a first. It was this song and this band. The di came on at the end and said what I thought was “Thumb”…next day we go to mall in Council Bluff and I’m asking people at Sam Goody and Tape World where the Thumb album is. Didn’t get it. I get back to Louisiana and I’m up one night…listening to college radio and boom…I hear it again. I had a blank tape in and got 3/4 of the song. The next day I went and bought this album on CD. 18 dollars and change. I’ve been hooked ever since, but have never seen them live. Fans of deftones, narrowhead, and failure…you have this band to thank.
I worked at Musicland (same company as Sam Goody) From 94 through 98. The regular price on both CDs were 17.99. Big new releases were on sale for either 12.99 or 13.99. Hum we’re never a big enough band to be on sale like that so if someone wanted their album at a mall record store then that is what they would pay. The prices were lower at Best Buy and Circuit City though.
I love this! I also had a good laugh because I thought you meant Thumb, the Dinosaur Jr show. Which I also have Hum to thank for showing me Thumb. I’ve hung out with Matt a few times and he told me Djr was his fav band so I checked them out and instantly got hooked. Hum truly is something.
Just discovering this band in 2022, I’m a sucker for drummers with raw power, that drummer is beating the absolute piss out of his set. Sad to see he passed. Love the quiet/loud dynamic à la Pixies, and the vulnerable voice over heavy music.
60% guitars, 20% drums, 10% vocals, 10% bass. As to the song itself: 70% flexing the use of drop D tuning, 10% rhythm, 10% lyrics, 8% melody, 2% something else.
This song still absolutely destroys everything in its path 26 years after the fact. This might be my favorite song of all time-from any band-so I’m biased, but it still sounds new to me.
these guys should have been huge. this is prob the best song to come out of that whole era. Ill take these guys over Pearl Jam any day. That middle riff is just sick. great band
Just discovered this song and I am blown away at the sight of pure 🔥 How did they not blow up in the 90s is honestly a ginormous mystery to me. It's like if shoegaze, grunge, 90s alternative, and fucking metal had lovechild. This is amazing 😍
I'm 34 and heard this for the first time like 2 weeks ago on the DirectTV music channel we leave playing in the background at work. I had to check the artist/song cus I was captivated. That bridge riff is SERIOUS. Friggin love it. It reminds me of Smashing Pumpkins meets Deftones but good.
Story time. Few years ago. Mixing audio for a band at the Hollywood Palladium. This was on the pre show playlist. I will forever remember how hyped the crowd was for it & how loud they sang it.
I always thought I was one of the only people listening to hum because noone else was talking about them where I grew up. Pretty cool to realize a lot of us were probably alone in our own little worlds jamming out.
I remember hearing this song for the first time on the radio whilst on holiday in the USA. I went straight into a store and bought it along with the Foo Fighters debut and the first from Better than Ezra - these were the first CDs I ever bought. This song still feels fresh as f*ck and I could honestly never get bored of it. I would happily be tortured by having this played on repeat for the rest of my life.
I remember these guys from back in 1995, I even bought this CD they’re playing from, and I’m 65 years old ha ha ha these guys are fantastic really love it thanks guys😁👊
Genuinely astonishing performance, sounds exactly like the album but better. St Pere is absolutely the standout, his drumming is fucking magnetic, and his passion is electrifying
Strange... this song always takes me back to my early teenage years and just that whole period and feeling of the mid-90's. And then I find this performance which was recorded on July 29th, 1995. I turned 13yo on July 30th, 1995. Crazy...
Damn dude idk why but this hit me in the feels hard. Used to fall asleep nightly from about 12-15 listening to all kinds of albums, volume cranked as loud as it could go. My mom never could believe that I could actually fall asleep like that. Now I’m 32, moms gone and here I am.
Not sure if anybody even knows...they surprise-released a new album...Inlet...shortly before St. Pere's death...in 2020. One of the best albums I've ever listened to.
Anon Heel amen to that! I moved to the USA back in 1996 from Canada....one of the first thing mom and dad did when we arrived was get cable (cuz it was way too expensive back then) so free HBO (the pseudo porn channel) and MTV. I had 2.5 great years of great music television then fucking Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys and all the other boy bands ushered in the posers, pansies and no talent jackasses...sad. The silent second wave of when the music died. Fuck I miss the mid 90s
