Hum had the heaviest tone I've ever heard...and I listen to death metal as well. I was a senior in high school when this came out in 1995, and it blew me away. Their guitar tone was ungodly heavy. This is why I love stoner/sludge/doom.
Christopher Parks Matt Talbott would go on to produce .hopesfall. - The Satellite Years which is one of my favorite albums musically....It is absolutely dripping with HUM influence despite the fact that hopesfall was one of the first "metalcore" bands.
built to velvet waltz "The Satellite Years"...which Matt Talbott produced and very clearly helped write. But it's also their heaviest album..their fianl album "Magnetic North" is probably a bit more user friendly.
I have liked Hum for a long time, but sometimes time goes by and you forget. Holy fuck, they were such a good band and should have been way bigger than they ever were.
I was convinced they should be huge based on their live performances. I was nervous at first they would not pull off Stars live but fuck me, I was totally wrong. Heaviest guitar tone I've ever heard indeed.................................
@@magpiecage9332lucky you, you caught Bryan St Pere’s last live show with the band before he passed away as well as got to see them play Desert Rambler from Inlet before it was released! They likely will never tour again
This song has the shoegazy feel of the first two Smashing Pumpkins albums and the sludgy guitars of a Melvins song while having early emo-Sunny Day Real Estate type lyrics and singing.
coz billy and buzz are influenced by sabbath, thats why theres the connections between those bands, like soungarden crowbar and tool! different sound but similar in some ways!
You know Conan was telling that guitar player how impressive he was. There's no doubt about his ability. And stage presence. Dudes a natural. Hum one of my all time favorite bands.
There's something awesome about four skinny, nerdy dudes from Champaign, IL that turn up to Conan in jorts and t-shirts and practically burn the place down. What a fantastic performance.
@@albert2524 I've always said that if Hum had blown up in 91' or 92' they would've given Nirvana a serious run for their money. You'd Prefer an Astronaut was one of the top five Alternative/Grunge albums ever made. 95' was just too late :(
@@R49_CompleteHum and You'd prefer an astronaut is not grunge. And honestly I'm glad it came out after the grunge/nirvana craze, a lot of influential and great albums/bands came out after grunge in spite of the movement/sound.
I remember first hearing this song on the Howard Stern Show, back when he was on the radio for free (yes I'm THAT old). He played this song to death and arranged for Hum to come on the show and perform. I think he gave these guys major recognition. Howard had cool taste in music for a crazyperson.
I saw them live when I was like 16 years old at this small venue in Socal. They put out 2 albums and got panned when the second one came out I remember. They were just another 90s one hit wonder. There were tons of bands who had the same story.
subsamadhi I love their second album, even more than the first. This may be their only song that got much airtime, but I really like most of their other songs.
DDball Yeah, that's the one that I saw them perform live. They were a cool band. Nice heavy guitar sound. Perfect 90s rock. They got ripped on in Southern California, where I live. But I mean, they put out 2 albums and had a radio hit. So that makes them stand out for the time.
Billy Rodgers Lol, I'm getting the release dates all mixed up. So I guess they have 4 albums in total. I meant to say that I like Downward is Heavenward even more than You'd Prefer an Astronaut. They are both amazing of course.
Gotta love when a band sounds better live than on the album. The little tweaks and addins. They put alot of effort into their sound, I wish more bands did that. The energy is awesome too, especially at the end so fucking great!!!
What palooza was it year other bands on gig who headlined I had to been there but don't remember them I was pretty wasted at some of them though as the good Ol days and good music we didn't know how good we had it I should of cherished it more cuz this new generation of music really SUCKS!!!!
I was in first grade when this song came out and remember standing in the one-stall-inbetween-classroom-bathroom at my school and singing this out loud and assumed no one heard me... 11 years later this album got me through high school when I rediscovered the band. All time favorite band.
The ethereal droning wall of sound that is HUM ... I bought their music (when it was originally released) before everyone else around me even knew about them .... still one of my favorite bands
I bugged the fuck out when I first heard these guys on 120 minutes back in '95. I've been a dedicated fan ever since. Still my favorite band by a long shot.
There were so many bands like this in the 90's that put out awesome music but didn't seem to stick around for long. So glad I lived my teen and high school years during that decade.
I was local to the Champaign-Urbana scene at the time and was fortunate enough to see these guys several times prior to this album.. it was a great scene. Sweet Honcho Overload shirt that the singer is rocking in this video! Check the station ID near the end too.. WICD was the local NBC station for Champaign, IL.
Everything about these guys was unpolished and that's whats so effin' awesome bout HUM. From their appearance to their music, they're just regular joe's you wouldn't even notice walking down the street but they rock out hard. No touched up pro-tools here! I bet the original RCA recording in 95 was full analog.
I totally relate to what you're saying. I went to the U of I at the same time they were getting their start playing at Champaign-Urbana bars and the fact they looked like normal guys was part of their appeal. Plus of course they were the best band on campus...seems like all these positive comments 20 years later validates my opinion back then and now!
+Steven Williams I was looking into what gear they used & found *this*: playgroundstudio.com/studio-secrets/hum-guitar-sounds/ about the recording of 'You'd Prefer An Astronaut'
+Warrior Poet No compression no EQ!! Just ultra lush guitar tracks layed over each other? such simplicity and complexity at the say time! Whoa! awesome find! Thank you
this band was highly underated for there time. they should of got more credit but they still went hard even without the fame. there music has been with me since i was a little kid. and i still listen to it today and im 19 years old
I realize your comment is 10 years old, but you just completely broke my heart (unintentionally of course). We're all proud and thankful for the music that Brian helped bring to us. He will be missed.
First time I heard this was on SF's Live 105 back when Carson Daly was a DJ. It was one of the reasons I became a life-long musician. And I gotta say, the dudes are totally freakin cool! Spent some time after a show with Brian the drummer talking shop. It was the first time he let his daughter have a beer haha! Then Matt ambled up lugging a bottle of Jack. Good times.
Definitely one of the most underated bands of alternative rock. The album is in my top 10 alt albums of all time."I like your hair long" is my favorite song on that album. Bryan St. Pierre is an outstanding drummer.
Wow, what an awesome time capsule/trip back down memory lane with this, all the way back to 1995. I was 15, or 16, at the time this aired, actually even remember watching it too, but more importantly, I was actually happy back then as well. Such great music came from the 90s, regardless of what anyone else says. I sincerely miss those late nights of Late Night with Conan O'Brien, saw so many great bands that I'd never get to see live, and even discovered a lot of great bands that I'd never heard of before. Great time, and memories too. 🙂 On a side note, Hums' , You'd Prefer an Astronaut, was a killer album! 🤘
+Powderfinger I heard that original broadcast on Stern and I've loved this song ever since. But, I knew they wouldn't last when they said during the interview that they wanted to go back home. LOL. BTW, the singer is Microsoft's Bill Gates.
I miss bands wearing a t-shirt and jeans. They look like 4 everyday looking guys, basically stating they don't need gimmicks, just their talent and an actual instrument that they can actually play. And they look like they could have gotten up from the audience and just rocked the shit out of a song they actually wrote themselves.
I just love how they look live. Like a couple D&D geeks just dropped the game one afternoon and just decided become the most METAL band in history.
fun fact they actually played D&D lol
It's like they look like losers/geeks or nerds, but yet, they seem heavy metal and cool
A Strat with a Gibson tailpiece and bridge shoehorned onto it for no logical reason - that is beautiful
Hum had the heaviest tone I've ever heard...and I listen to death metal as well. I was a senior in high school when this came out in 1995, and it blew me away. Their guitar tone was ungodly heavy. This is why I love stoner/sludge/doom.
I agree man . The melodies are so beautiful in there music , but it's so heavy !!
Christopher Parks Matt Talbott would go on to produce .hopesfall. - The Satellite Years which is one of my favorite albums musically....It is absolutely dripping with HUM influence despite the fact that hopesfall was one of the first "metalcore" bands.
+InvisibleTeeth What hopesfall album would you recommend? I'll cue them up on RDIO.
built to velvet waltz
"The Satellite Years"...which Matt Talbott produced and very clearly helped write. But it's also their heaviest album..their fianl album "Magnetic North" is probably a bit more user friendly.
Thanks, I'll check it out.
I have liked Hum for a long time, but sometimes time goes by and you forget. Holy fuck, they were such a good band and should have been way bigger than they ever were.
I was convinced they should be huge based on their live performances. I was nervous at first they would not pull off Stars live but fuck me, I was totally wrong. Heaviest guitar tone I've ever heard indeed.................................
@Isaiah awesome man! have fun at the hum concert! defenitly want to see them live aswell
@@magpiecage9332lucky you, you caught Bryan St Pere’s last live show with the band before he passed away as well as got to see them play Desert Rambler from Inlet before it was released! They likely will never tour again
This song has the shoegazy feel of the first two Smashing Pumpkins albums and the sludgy guitars of a Melvins song while having early emo-Sunny Day Real Estate type lyrics and singing.
so true man
coz billy and buzz are influenced by sabbath, thats why theres the connections between those bands, like soungarden crowbar and tool! different sound but similar in some ways!
I hate when people do this.
Yes I would say this is an accurate description of this particular song :)
Its like that but also not. This is Hum
3:36
That riff could bring dead kings back to life
TBH, that's the only good part of the song.
That’s an incredibly cool riff. I agree.
Possibly the best Riff ever Written in my opinion! No Shit!
@James Cole yea I’m with you. The drum break in the beginning is one of the most awesome things I’ve heard in music!
@@stonethrowjuksayer I swear your username was “im a fucking idiot” because it’d be oh so accurate!😁
Conan ALWAYS had the best musical guests in the 90s!
Wall of Sound + HUM
You know Conan was telling that guitar player how impressive he was. There's no doubt about his ability. And stage presence. Dudes a natural. Hum one of my all time favorite bands.
Being a fellow guitarist himself, Conan looked like he was definitely showing his appreciation, talking to him instead of just the handshake
@@jeremyc9593 Yes and he waited last to talk to him as well. Sign of respect.
@@jeremyc9593true ypu just reminded me of that time Conqn played Freebird for his last late noght show lol that was an awesome goodbye.
There's something awesome about four skinny, nerdy dudes from Champaign, IL that turn up to Conan in jorts and t-shirts and practically burn the place down. What a fantastic performance.
Man, I like how Matt used his his kinda growly singing voice for "I found her out back," at 2:20. Just adds some more intensity to the song.
RIP Bryan St. Pere
The lead singer is wearing the same clothes I wear when I mow my lawn.
you really should wear long pants when you mow
@@mckman6700 why?
Yep, the slacker thing. The early to mid 90's was like that though. Put in too much effort unnaturally and you'd get snuffed out as a poseur.
SO AWESOME!!
That's because mowing the lawn rocks! grass has that kind of effect on people
Let's make sure this recording survives the apocalypse so the survivors know what they missed.
this survivor sure as hell didn't miss it
Right when Grunge was dying and Hum came back something just as heavy with Post-hardcore and some Alt Metal, just what we needed.
They didn't blow up as much as they should've because they were too late for the Grunge boom.
@@albert2524 I've always said that if Hum had blown up in 91' or 92' they would've given Nirvana a serious run for their money. You'd Prefer an Astronaut was one of the top five Alternative/Grunge albums ever made. 95' was just too late :(
@@R49_CompleteHum and You'd prefer an astronaut is not grunge. And honestly I'm glad it came out after the grunge/nirvana craze, a lot of influential and great albums/bands came out after grunge in spite of the movement/sound.
I think I missed the Train to Mars I was out back getting a corporate job. :(
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These nerds rock. I loooove them!
RIP Bryan
best performance in late night television history
I remember first hearing this song on the Howard Stern Show, back when he was on the radio for free (yes I'm THAT old). He played this song to death and arranged for Hum to come on the show and perform. I think he gave these guys major recognition. Howard had cool taste in music for a crazyperson.
This could easily be one of the most underrated bands ever. I discovered them on XM radio today
I saw them live when I was like 16 years old at this small venue in Socal. They put out 2 albums and got panned when the second one came out I remember. They were just another 90s one hit wonder. There were tons of bands who had the same story.
subsamadhi I love their second album, even more than the first. This may be their only song that got much airtime, but I really like most of their other songs.
DDball Yeah, that's the one that I saw them perform live. They were a cool band. Nice heavy guitar sound. Perfect 90s rock. They got ripped on in Southern California, where I live. But I mean, they put out 2 albums and had a radio hit. So that makes them stand out for the time.
DDball
there second album you mean electra 2000????
Billy Rodgers Lol, I'm getting the release dates all mixed up. So I guess they have 4 albums in total. I meant to say that I like Downward is Heavenward even more than You'd Prefer an Astronaut. They are both amazing of course.
Gotta love when a band sounds better live than on the album. The little tweaks and addins. They put alot of effort into their sound, I wish more bands did that. The energy is awesome too, especially at the end so fucking great!!!
I saw them at Lollapalooza, one of the loudest bands I've ever seen. They have a new record out, it's awesome.....
'95?
Love it loud
What palooza was it year other bands on gig who headlined I had to been there but don't remember them I was pretty wasted at some of them though as the good Ol days and good music we didn't know how good we had it I should of cherished it more cuz this new generation of music really SUCKS!!!!
Rip Bryan
I want to start a band like this. It's like a mixture of all my favorite music: Punk, Alternative, and Metal.
Absolutely. What instrument do you play?
Seth Drouin
Guitar
SkateDriveways
Sweet, same here. Also saxophone haha
Me to man .
Seth Drouin Bass and trombone here lol
To sound so raw and unrestrained while playing so tightly together as a band.... awesome.
Wall of Sound!
Dude, these guys rock so hard if they played in your garage your windows would blow out.....then the walls ...
I was in first grade when this song came out and remember standing in the one-stall-inbetween-classroom-bathroom at my school and singing this out loud and assumed no one heard me... 11 years later this album got me through high school when I rediscovered the band. All time favorite band.
well Ima have to listen to these guys discography now
they put a new album out a few months ago, super worth it man
LesClaypool OnBass judging by your profile picture and name, you have very good taste in music.
10/10 for the Honcho Overload shirt. Honcho was HUM’s crazy uncle of a band.
I will never get enough of this song.
Im from Danville we covered this in my band, everyone went nuts.The 90's were the shit!
...garage band perfection...
nah its more grunge.
You’re both wrong lmao
The riff at the end of this song has always slayed me.
The ethereal droning wall of sound that is HUM ... I bought their music (when it was originally released) before everyone else around me even knew about them .... still one of my favorite bands
@@thedude3706 Lol. I hope he didn't break his arm patting himself on the back so much.
RIP Bryan St Pere, you were one hell of a drummer.
Conan is awesome for having had Hum on his show.
Most overlooked and underrated bands EVER!
GOSH DANGIT! TAKE ME BACK TO THE 90'S NOW!!!!!
Loved/love these guys. No one has EVER sounded heavier while wearing cut-offs.
Hum and early Weezer are my absolute favorite guitar sounds. I really like The Beths guitar sound from Future Me Hates Me, as well.
This is the song that will be playing when the world ends...the best f__kin band ever.
The repped all the dozens of nerdy math rock and post hardcore bands we saw at the small clubs in the 90s on National TV.
My god, what a perfect mix between a total wall of sound, melody, and harmony.
Thank you for Deftones "Around the Fur."
Saw them at Lollapalooza in Phoenix mentioned. Failure played earlier that day. Awesome.
This is like a heavy Nirvana mixed in with some Weezer and Deftones. Just love it.
they were a huge influence on Deftones. Cover of White Pony is inspired by the cover of Hum's album You'd Prefer an Astronaut.
everyone forgets about dinosaur jr. :(
This riff is legendary...
I bugged the fuck out when I first heard these guys on 120 minutes back in '95. I've been a dedicated fan ever since. Still my favorite band by a long shot.
These guys and sponge were my favorite mid nineties bands, then along came Godsmack!!!!!!
The audio quality doesn’t do this song nearly enough justice
Bring back the 90’s!
This audience didn't know they were about to get their faces rocked....
This song and Filter’s Hey Man Nice Shot were two bad ass songs from the same year.
Sometimes I forget how long Conan has been on the air.
Hot damn. This is a treasure.
this is the performance where i first heard of HUM and have loved them ever since.
It was awesome then
It's awesome now
and it will be awesome...there...
conan had the best musicians at times on his shows
i really wish that they had more live videos of this band back in the 90s
Now THIS is alternative.
Headbanging at 4:13 gives me goosebumps every time!
There were so many bands like this in the 90's that put out awesome music but didn't seem to stick around for long. So glad I lived my teen and high school years during that decade.
I was local to the Champaign-Urbana scene at the time and was fortunate enough to see these guys several times prior to this album.. it was a great scene. Sweet Honcho Overload shirt that the singer is rocking in this video! Check the station ID near the end too.. WICD was the local NBC station for Champaign, IL.
drummer is fricken awesome
holy shit Conan is huge
that distortion is brutal. amazing.
Thank you for putting this up. It's been probably 13-14 years since I've seen this.
one of the best bands ever. big Deftones fan. But no comparison.
You can hear it plain as day too. Some Deftones guitar riffs/melodies are almost 1:1 knockoffs of Hum. And Im a huge Deftones fan too.
That's funny because Chino said himself that HUM was a huge influence in Deftones sound.
Everything about these guys was unpolished and that's whats so effin' awesome bout HUM. From their appearance to their music, they're just regular joe's you wouldn't even notice walking down the street but they rock out hard. No touched up pro-tools here! I bet the original RCA recording in 95 was full analog.
I totally relate to what you're saying. I went to the U of I at the same time they were getting their start playing at Champaign-Urbana bars and the fact they looked like normal guys was part of their appeal. Plus of course they were the best band on campus...seems like all these positive comments 20 years later validates my opinion back then and now!
Steven Williams Probably so was full analog, as they do like to record that way and Matt Talbott now owns his own analog studio., Earth Analog.
+Steven Williams I was looking into what gear they used & found *this*: playgroundstudio.com/studio-secrets/hum-guitar-sounds/ about the recording of 'You'd Prefer An Astronaut'
+Warrior Poet No compression no EQ!! Just ultra lush guitar tracks layed over each other? such simplicity and complexity at the say time! Whoa! awesome find! Thank you
Yeah... you know it man.
this band was highly underated for there time. they should of got more credit but they still went hard even without the fame. there music has been with me since i was a little kid. and i still listen to it today and im 19 years old
One of my all time favorite bands.
I remember watching this that night. Awesome song...awesome clothes. Champaign represent!
My band used to do this song as our only cover. I love playing the drums to this song.
the guitars are so freakin loud. awesome.
Well, enough people remember them to make them a headliner at a music festival in Chicago a year ago. They still have a lot of fans.
sat and ate dinner with the drummers dad earl tonight...hes so proud of his son
I realize your comment is 10 years old, but you just completely broke my heart (unintentionally of course). We're all proud and thankful for the music that Brian helped bring to us. He will be missed.
what an amazing interlude of just sound and melodic guitar work... fucking great ... always loved this song one of my all time fav's
Look how young Conan and H.U.M looks!
First time I heard this was on SF's Live 105 back when Carson Daly was a DJ. It was one of the reasons I became a life-long musician. And I gotta say, the dudes are totally freakin cool! Spent some time after a show with Brian the drummer talking shop. It was the first time he let his daughter have a beer haha! Then Matt ambled up lugging a bottle of Jack. Good times.
We need to thank them for their influence on Deftones ❤❤
I wish more people aware of Hum.
my co-worker told me about this song, it is truly awesome.
I’m surprised I don’t hear them on “influential” lists more... clearly deftones and others dug then
They came out the same time as the deftones.
@@deftone4656 They were still a huge influence on deftones.
Hum formed in '91
The white pony cover was influenced by the ypaa cover. I think I heard chino say that
@@deftone4656 bit earlier and I can hear a bit of influence in there
Lookit those short shorts! I miss this band!
Saw them live in Cincinnati at Sudsy Malones (laundromat/bar) in the 90's. Still the best concert I ever witnessed. Wish they would tour once more...
Hum are the most obscenely 90s band ever and I love them
So much noise… AND I LOVE IT!!!!! 🤘🤘
Damn, this brings me back to senior year!!!!!! Oh no, have I reached the age, where I am now saying, "When I was young........" I MISS THE 90's xo
I was one year old when this performance happened. Had a friend show me “You’d Prefer An Astronaut” in 2017 and been a fan since.
As long as houses have garage's and basements... Garage rock will never die
Garage Rock is a very specific genre of music. This is post hardcore/ emo
@@bleachno9 not really. Music made in a garage is garage rock
@@cradoccrandall6202 lol, ok. Just letting you know as someone who actually knows about music and its history.
Definitely one of the most underated bands of alternative rock. The album is in my top 10 alt albums of all time."I like your hair long" is my favorite song on that album. Bryan St. Pierre is an outstanding drummer.
Wow, what an awesome time capsule/trip back down memory lane with this, all the way back to 1995. I was 15, or 16, at the time this aired, actually even remember watching it too, but more importantly, I was actually happy back then as well. Such great music came from the 90s, regardless of what anyone else says. I sincerely miss those late nights of Late Night with Conan O'Brien, saw so many great bands that I'd never get to see live, and even discovered a lot of great bands that I'd never heard of before. Great time, and memories too. 🙂 On a side note, Hums' , You'd Prefer an Astronaut, was a killer album! 🤘
thanks a million for uploading this gem! Hum is one of the more unknown bands of the 90s and deserve more recognition! Great song
Raw power. Raw sound. Totally awesome! Highly underrated band, for sure.
The poster of this video is the coolest person of all time.
Heard these guys play live on a re-broadcast from an old Stern show. They sounded bad-ass and I had to check 'em out. Glad I did.
+Powderfinger I heard that original broadcast on Stern and I've loved this song ever since. But, I knew they wouldn't last when they said during the interview that they wanted to go back home. LOL. BTW, the singer is Microsoft's Bill Gates.
+ExclusiveLM Rock on Mr. Gates! :)
Deftones owes this band for it's sound
Chino was influenced
Okay never knew Hum was on Conan
thanks for the upload!
I miss bands wearing shorts.
lol me too bro
I miss bands wearing a t-shirt and jeans. They look like 4 everyday looking guys, basically stating they don't need gimmicks, just their talent and an actual instrument that they can actually play. And they look like they could have gotten up from the audience and just rocked the shit out of a song they actually wrote themselves.
Welcome to the 90s, my friend.
You do?
Jorts even...