Hum - Stars live on MTV's 120 Minutes

The band Hum plays "Stars" live (July 29, 1995) on MTV's 120 Minutes.

[@seanjohnson8910]

They found their drummer when they heard him playing along to Rush from his apartment window.......SIX MILES AWAY

[@FACEL1FT]

Wow damn I love Rush, but who doesn’t I guess!

[@eatsleeprollercoasterrepea6609]

I’m surprised it wasn’t further. 1:16 1:30

[@ChainChomp122]

Rest In Peace, they’re both jamming together now

[@AudibleVisibIe]

is this fucking true?! Because I love rush and I've only recently discovered hum. So sick

[@jeremycampbell9048]

​@@AudibleVisibIeits true except for the 6 miles, they were in Urbana and heard him from the street

[@arthurbutulan3743]

RIP Brian St. Pere. This drum performance alone changed lives 😭

[@SayHello2Kevin]

Such a bummer to learn he's not with us anymore. I watch this performance mostly for his drumming.

[@EJR914]

You're so right

[@zachwillard5342]

Yup!

[@tyrekecantrell5941]

Monster behind the kit

[@chrisclausen4093]

Six when and what did he parish from?

[@GrizzlePawz]

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.

[@derekpillers8796]

This is what life in the summer of '95 sounded like. 100%

[@shizukaPNW]

lucky ahh

[@stevefisher2553]

YES

[@richevans609]

Wow.....I was frigging 20....lol

[@johnnixon]

It was a great time to be a teenager! 🤘

[@killiangrey1]

Especially in and around Champaign-Urbana, IL

[@MrAlienautopsy]

I can't imagine why this band never quite caught on. They deserve to be millionaires for this song alone.

[@michaelpenny1950]

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. 😊

[@princealexander6155]

Michael Penny don't forget poster children

[@thecautious1289]

and american football...

[@rosalievaldes5647]

Because music executives phase out all things good even when things are going well

[@rainerseitz]

Hopefully the money from being featured in a Cadillac commercial helped them on their way to millionaire status.

[@joeycalderon1556]

I'm high, in my bed, rocking back and forth to Hum's Stars. Same in 2024 as it was in 1994.

[@JOMT2]

Same brother

[@06mrselfdestruct]

This band is the reason you have Deftones, one of their biggest inspirations...

[@deftone4656]

Deftones released adrenaline 4 months after this came out. Deftones were inspired by British new wave

[@fhumperdink8897]

Nope. Electra 2000 came out on 1991.

[@games6543]

More like the other way around

[@jimmymyers]

@@fhumperdink8897 no 93, filet show was 91

[@dftns19]

That's not even a little bit true, but I like both so don't read anger into that.

[@HammernFrank]

Fan: “What’s the average lifespan of your drums? “ Drummer:”One song”

[@ArchstantonsMTgrave]

He's beating the skins like they owe him money

[@corey6393]

That cymbal mute at 4:04 always made me happy. RIP Brian St. Pere, you are one of the best.

[@iand4374]

He died??? Fuck....

[@jjgjr75]

I still can't believe he passed. Only 53. Such a monster drummer.

[@rebeccawalter645]

I love when people notice the "moments" in a song.

[@land-smith-abbinante]

This is a legendary cymbal mute in rock history. I'm tearing up reading all the comments

[@gossard56]

Fuck ya! I've watched this video dozens of times but just noticed the cymbal mute and chuckled.....then i scroll down and see your comment!

[@guLizaah]

The drumming in this song alone gave me the shivers every single time. Safe travels, Bryan!

[@claytonmanuel6797]

I guess it's pretty randomly asking but does anybody know of a good website to watch newly released movies online?

[@foxeverett8164]

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[@claytonmanuel6797]

@Fox Everett thanks, signed up and it seems like a nice service =) I really appreciate it!!

[@foxeverett8164]

@Clayton Manuel glad I could help =)

[@cordmckeithen7075]

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.

[@JimmyFranceable]

$18 in 1995?

[@ryangossett8211]

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.

[@meteorockogist]

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.

[@izidororaziel4918]

The Greatest Song of the nineties that the most people never hearded of.

[@y2jace124]

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.

[@arobb4481]

You should check out some early Pearl Jam when Dave A was their drummer. Watch their SNL performance of Rearviewmirror.

[@itswilsonyo]

@@arobb4481 Dave was their best drummer. I miss PJ with Abruzzese like crazy.

[@COLTRONNN]

smashing pumpkins.

[@kidkique]

There's a documentary on KZbin called Pixies loud quiet loud 👍

[@Breedlove88]

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.

[@sensiblycynical]

Mine too. Will always be my favorite song of all time

[@kevincosgrove948]

Fuk yeah. Soooo heavy and groovin

[@jjgjr75]

This whole album has to be my favorite along with Downward.

[@vidjal]

This is like what Weezer could have been if they had balls.

[@Rollerblade270]

This is my description of Hum when I try to turn people on to them.

[@swissidol8403]

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

[@fhumperdink8897]

Great analogy.

[@12monkeys95]

Hell yeah!

[@user-fw8rd5ud4q]

Yes!

[@martyacosta8359]

This song never gets loud enough for me...

[@seanjohnson8910]

Have you heard the cover by Evergreen Terrace? It's a little louder..

[@christianmartinez4901]

Came to rewatch this video immediately after hearing the news. Rip Bryan Pere, absolute beast of a drummer.

[@Wurdswurth]

Why I like this song then and now: 75% drumming, 10% guitars, 8% melody, 5% lyrics, 2% unpretentious appearance.

[@geekguitars]

Oh my oh my, back when MTV was still legit. That performance was balls deep!

[@rockyelectric3090]

somewhat true

[@jeremybalfour4645]

The drummer is bad ass! This band should have been bigger then they ended up being.

[@Dan-cj9yg]

It's like 90% guitar, its the whole reason it kicks ass.

[@ecoRfan]

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.

[@michaeljandrok1209]

Heaviest non-metal band ever. These guys sounded like a jet aircraft about to take off from your living room.

[@kevincosgrove948]

Hah. Yes

[@ippotsk]

that interlude riff sounded pretty fucking metal though tbh

[@vapordreams983]

Pretty sure they were alt metal.

[@3badthebad]

happy metal 🙂

[@meteorockogist]

Love this!

[@danfesta4465]

Who knew a young Bill Gates was once the frontman for a kick ass rock band

[@justinjohnson1766]

Dan Festa Forreal he does look like him.

[@Jeff_____]

Kip from Napoleon Dynamite

[@fhumperdink8897]

Lol!!!

[@rocker4577]

HELL NO

[@plasticpirate]

@@Jeff_____ I sing in a big band that got a huge hit sounds like something he would say

[@colinpoitras8769]

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

[@syprixk9192]

22 years later, I listen to them for the first time. Fuckin amazing band, jesus they sound so fuckin good.

[@blackzom12]

I rarely "like", but hell yes

[@Krow52]

At ease.. at ease

[@norbertlukacs5679]

settle down. ya, its def great super cool 1-hit but honestly think more talented /creative than PJ?

[@soulkiss1001]

please reply at what minute and secound the middle riff you love is

[@astroknott5263]

RIP Bryan St. Pere. Guy destroyed the skins something serious here

[@super8mm68]

the D they play with the dropped d tuning is possibly the coolest note ever played

[@kennerfee100]

I wish there were more bands like Hum.

[@SilverCali11]

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.

[@cotmouf]

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 😍

[@jamesrichard5290]

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.

[@drivewaytv4400]

I remember when it came out. They were on Howard stern and he was making fun of the singer for looking nerdy

[@billle5159]

three bands that define rock musc in the 90s that still is previlent , my bloody valentine, smashing pumpkins and hum

[@simonhorrocks2995]

That guitar sound is just unbelievable

[@pk7422]

First, i really miss 120 Minutes. Second, this is one of those songs that will stay with you until you die. That's how good it is!

[@deltablues1957]

The drummer murdered that snare. Best band out of the entire '90's. I wish they'd come back with new material.

[@lewismacnab7248]

You're in luck!

[@jjgjr75]

They just did and it's magnificent!

[@Loud0glbc]

New album!

[@DaniloGuarniero]

90's were the shit

[@DefChains34]

Bro, I couldn't agree with you more. I grew up in this era and it's got a ridiculous amount of music in a decade! 88' baby!!!!👌🤟🤙💯😎

[@gdoumerc1984]

Alex K - the last great era of music in my opinion.

[@bobbysarsonas4163]

Never forget this band...HUM👍🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭 till now 1997-2024...from Davao city Philippines....

[@diomiherrington]

Bryan St Pere was an animal. Incredible drummer and a huge influence on me.

[@bluemcdaniel99]

He played drums like this was the last time he ever would. SheesH!!

[@bluemcdaniel99]

😔.

[@Tddj11]

I never knew they looked like a bunch of nerds...Great song...

[@hahasimp]

As a nerd, That makes me love them more

[@Sannystac07]

TD Miela I noticed this right off too haha

[@geekguitars]

Nerds rock the house.

[@rosalievaldes5647]

90s alt rock was pretty much all nerds. The last era of nerds that rocked

[@dyr234]

mudhoney,hum,smashing pumpkins(gish and siamese dream era),swervedriver,rein sanction, & tree people@magikmike2013

[@puckmccormick7129]

there's something absolutely mesmerizing about the way Matt and Tim play their guitars

[@steveblankenship1742]

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.

[@mikebenneig653]

Miss 1995. 29 years fly by. I was 18 back then.

[@Driver8takeabreak]

It's incredible they reproduce the intensity of the recorded version live. Just such a great song.

[@vhspunk1974]

RIP Bryan, incredible drummer. ✌️

[@JackKrausGuitar]

drums sound sick

[@bigE35094]

This song was the shit back in the mid 90s...nobody had this sound back then...great band

[@NS1.]

I can't get enough of the heaviness on this album. I wish I knew how to get that distortion sound. SO freaking heavy. 😎👍

[@erinantrim2652]

One of my favorite songs. Man I miss mid 90's emo/indie rock

[@jeffryharrison2]

RIP Bryan. Thanks for bringing some great rhythm to this crazy world.

[@edgytryhard]

best live performance of all time

[@daewonjang3597]

When I first came across it on TV, I liked the sound of running erratically and I felt like my heart was opening.

[@anti0918]

Hum puts the NOISE in CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOISE.

[@anyfuckenusername]

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.

[@SpyralStormTeacup]

💚💚💚

[@agent_ninety9]

Im 43. Had this album growing up. This is progressive metal & always has been to me.

[@ApriliaRacer14]

Just rediscovered this song...guitar is getting plugged in the amp tonight!!!

[@daryl142003]

+Ducati Drew Drop D goodness

[@MrCoolguy1988]

Dude same here

[@zebracorn4281]

Haven’t played my guitar in over 5 years. This also makes me wanna get back into it.

[@bennett138]

This band is still killing it... the new album rips. It's also great to see a resurgence with younger kids.

[@sensiblycynical]

Hum will always live on forever. RIP Bryan 😥

[@popcultureo4246]

Rest In Peace Bryan St. John.

[@danielsartain8330]

This reminds me of middle school. I had this CD and would play it so loud on the old boombox.

[@antoniosianez2970]

Rest In Peace Bryan.

[@user-ch9ho1mv8j]

This perfection is from hours of practicing amazing ! Studied for the test and nailed it !

[@davidstrange2983]

Fuckin beautiful song

[@matthewrenaud1503]

Iv'e said it before and i will say it again I miss the 90's...To me the music will never die.

[@abelsalazar454]

What a time to be alive truly. Was in my mid 20s. The best time ever

[@scottcameron3644]

Matthew Renaud the 90’s music was the best. Can’t stand the crap they try to push on us nowadays.

[@Doug333]

Hum just hits right, you can never go wrong with playing their music

[@antoniomessercola6057]

RIP Bryan St Pere 💔

[@daryl142003]

I use to fall asleep listening to this song, back when cd players were big haha, great song!

[@stereos182]

daryl142003 I thought I was the only one hahaja

[@samanthaperatsakis6341]

daryl142003 I do that all the time

[@hancegreen3414]

I’m 14 I’ve got into CDs about 2 years ago I’ve got prob 60 More or less 😂😂😂

[@dyr234]

@@hancegreen3414 CD's never get old. i love album's

[@Jason-to5cs]

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.

[@MoneyBooBoo]

Godspeed Bryan and thank you so much

[@scottcameron3644]

Damn I miss the 90’s 😢

[@mwdanny]

Btw folks. They have anew album. And it’s absolutely amazing.

[@mikem4696]

What a time to be alive! ❤

[@jeffreysouth4951]

To me this album is one of the best sounding ever

[@juststained]

This opened all my mixtapes back in the day...

[@FYI9102]

the fact that they can play live like this blows my fucking mind holy shit

[@ryanf7362]

The seminal moment of 90’s rock was this song right here.

[@braescanlon1829]

best song of all time ever. the best performance of it. pretty much im saying its the best thing ever.

[@Tdunksmane]

Brae Scanlon well said man with excellent album as his picture. Well said. Fucking helmet.

[@norbertlukacs5679]

helmet rules

[@fhumperdink8897]

Unsung and stars might have been the 1st 2 songs I ever fell in love with.

[@games6543]

@@Tdunksmane fucking helmet man

[@kevincosgrove948]

How cool is this tune? It couldve been on Headbanger’s Ball Saturday night and then 120 Minutes Sunday night. Slammin’

[@PitchBlackForge]

Hiwatt and Orange gear explains that guitar tone, So good.

[@jasonbiggs603]

man those drums are awesome

[@jerrysale9937]

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😁👊

[@antalvizo2302]

RIP Bryan. One of my favorite drummers.

[@timcarter1983]

Cool of Henry Rollins to sit in on drums.

[@MikeM-xc2ip]

Best performance I ever heard

[@derekboch143]

I still have this cassette tape in a drawer. I have no tape-deck anymore.

[@airborneandrowdy]

We never deserve the Matt Penfield. Dude was a legend of knowledge.

[@ryangossett8211]

Except he mispronounced Illinois. The “s” at the end is silent.

[@jimjamthejammer4929]

Got this CD at a Goodwill for 50 cents. Miss going to stores like Harmony House!

[@nealsoad]

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...

[@lukerogers151]

The cymbal choke is my favourite fucking thing ever.

[@brennanchaudhry8925]

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

[@jadenmadden2016]

This one of the most underrated songs not just from the 90s but of all time it is excellent and that riff is phenomenal

[@ryan3656]

The biggest talent of the 90s

[@adderon7476]

Fender Prodigy with a hardtail. Rare.

[@tunneledbyvermin]

This snare sound is incredible

[@cbj101]

Shoutout to Davenport, Iowa and the Bix 7 shirt!

[@GordonBazsaliJr]

saw these guys at the Elbo Room in Chicago. i was trippin. soooo. good.

[@btran213]

take me back to the 90s

[@scottjensen7045]

Killer song. Regeeking on it 25 years later. Actually damn near metal

[@matthewbuxton4476]

Metal 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤙🤘🏽🤘🏽!

[@BikeHikeLikeMike]

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.

[@APR_LNN]

When MTV used to play Music!

[@geekguitars]

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

[@skarath]

@@geekguitars Clear Channel bought all the radio stations in '97. It was hard to bust though that Iron Curtain to the masses after that.

[@drunkensolution7329]

HUM are f'n giants in what they do. This shit is top notch.... I miss the 90's. I'm stoked that they are working on new material!

[@danielantoniosorescu5171]

RIP Bryan! :( Legend of a drummer.

[@OfficialDiRT]

"Illa-noise" Thanks, Matt Pinfield. I have my new band name.

[@israalvarez595]

Absolutely face melting live performance.

[@mr.steinhaus6014]

God the 90s were great. Last truly great decade I’d wager…

[@RunDCM]

21 years later MTV plays my sweet teenage mom who got catfished. My my how the mighty have fallen. Don't worry Viacom owns all the other shitty networks that use to play videos too.

[@richevans609]

Legendary Tune right here!!!!

[@rickmiller3735]

I'm here because Hum is awesome.