I loved Hum. Have two of their albums, both of which I wore out listening at the gym.

Hey, no need to tell me about how great Hum is. Back in the day my friends and I used to play their stuff all the time. Too bad it ended up in a Caddy commercial.

Anyone else looking forward to the new years show at the double door?

The Belltower (new window)

My favorite unknown 90's band

You guys remember Nirvana? Now there's an underrated '90s band.

I like Hum, but they didn't seem all that different from what Smashing Pumpkins were doing. less pretentious maybe...

Thyomorb: You guys remember Nirvana? Now there's an underrated '90s band.

Good stuff.

Too bad most kids were listening to Crash Test Dummies, Toad the Wet Sprocket, the Offspring, and Live circa 1994.

I like Hum, but they didn't seem all that different from what Smashing Pumpkins were doing. less pretentious maybe...

I thought the same thing the first time I heard them.

Stars is pretty kick ass though.

She thinks she missed the train to mars.. (new window)

Not amused.

FeedTheCollapse: I like Hum, but they didn't seem all that different from what Smashing Pumpkins were doing. less pretentious maybe...

Well, they WERE both ripping off the Poster Children.

Yay Hum!

Bob Wood_National Program Director: Not amused.

That album has an "Awesome Sound"

This actually came out in 1996, but I didn't look it up until after I previewed. Can a mod correct that?

/never submit links half-asleep

FeedTheCollapse: I like Hum, but they didn't seem all that different from what Smashing Pumpkins were doing. less pretentious maybe...

Hum's from Champaign IL so of course they were influence by SP, but the only factors I hear in common in their final products are loudness and use of feedback.

Hum was more song-oriented and influenced by hardcore/early Emo. They also wrote as a band and it shows in the way the parts work together. Billy Corgan was a shoegazer in a grunge costume who wrote by himself and made everyone else play along, and he was influenced more by arena rock and hair metal.

I'd compare Hum to Weezer more than I'd compare them to SP.

I saw them in concert in '96 in SF, it was a terrific show. Fantastic band!

learn2fly: I like Hum, but they didn't seem all that different from what Smashing Pumpkins were doing. less pretentious maybe...

I thought the same thing the first time I heard them.

Stars is pretty kick ass though.

She thinks she missed the train to mars.. (new window)

I really liked that song when it came out. Did that really come out 13 years ago, though? Damn... you kids get off my lawn!

The Pod is my favorite song from Hum. I listen to it often, just for the bit at the end.

The lead singer formed a band later on called Centaur, and it's worth giving a listen.

Wow, it's amazing how the opening riff sounds nothing at all like smells like teen spirit.

Nope. Not a bit similar.

/I miss the feel of flannel.

Downward is Heavenward is my favorite Hum album, with "If you are to Bloom" being one of my most favorite songs ever penned.

I lived in Chambana when they were around...good band. I worked with one of the members ex-girlfriends, she had pretty eyes...not that that has anything to do with thier music though.

learn2fly: Stars is pretty kick ass though.

Agreed - that album is one of the highlights of the 90s for me...

I wondered if these were the guys from Champaign.

Being from and participating in the Chambana music scene, I approve this greenlight.

We all deserve an astronaut.

I recommend this little ditty, straight off the streets of Seattle. Its even under underground.

madrad6: We all deserve an astronaut.

...or maybe we all prefer an astronaut.

/Jumped the album-title-reference gun.

They weren't underrated.
They were rated accurately... which is why I've never heard of them.
Not good.

Matt from Hum recorded a record I did at his studio (in Tolono, IL). Nice guy and as you can expect a great amp collection. He allegedly doesn't like when people at the studio bring up Hum but then he kept bringing it up to me whenever he had an opening.

//he coaches high school football now, so he's probably tough. That's why I let him ramble on about his glory days

februarymakeup: FeedTheCollapse: I like Hum, but they didn't seem all that different from what Smashing Pumpkins were doing. less pretentious maybe...

Well, they WERE both ripping off the Poster Children.

Yay Hum!

Well Hum and the Poster Children had the same bass player so there's bound to be some overlap.

also came to discuss THIS, leave terribly disappointed

Wow! A Chambana music thread! And I'm sure Allerton Park looks like that today...farkin ice.

Hum, Urge Overkill... man, what the hell happened to bands who actually played rock? I have to go to Sweden (Hellacopters) to find actual rock bands these days.

HappyHarryHardOn: also came to discuss THIS, leave terribly disappointed

That is one of the soupiest albums I have ever heard in my entire life, if that makes any sense. It took me a few times to get through but once I actually sat down and forced myself to the listen to the whole thing I got it. The album is uniquely Ween in every way. I can understand not liking it but I love anything those Ween boys do.

Captain Fantasy is one of my all time favorite songs.

Always happy to have some Ween talk.

Rickenbacker: Wow! A Chambana music thread!

Any place that produced and also has a street named for REO Speedwagon is OK in my book.

learn2fly: Stars is pretty kick ass though.

She thinks she missed the train to mars.. (new window)

Love that tune. We used to play it when I played drums in my son's old band.

Gunny Highway: HappyHarryHardOn: also came to discuss THIS, leave terribly disappointed

That is one of the soupiest albums I have ever heard in my entire life, if that makes any sense. It took me a few times to get through but once I actually sat down and forced myself to the listen to the whole thing I got it. The album is uniquely Ween in every way. I can understand not liking it but I love anything those Ween boys do.

Captain Fantasy is one of my all time favorite songs.

Always happy to have some Ween talk.


I came for this, thanks mang.
Pretty much the most underrated band ever. Each time I see them live, it's better than the last.

/hail boognish

i'm pissed that tickets to Hum's NYE show sold out before i could get them

/liked her hair long

Loved Hum. Met the lead singer before a show in a Boston bar. He was just sitting alone. We talked for a while, and he was very cool. Gotta love a band that names an album Fillet Show.

Gunny Highway: Bob Wood_National Program Director: Not amused.

That album has an "Awesome Sound"

Going down?

"Stars" is still one of my favorite songs. Now I get to listen to it every evening when the Cadillac commercials are on.