Artist
Hum
Hum is an alternative rock artist from Champaign, USA formed in 1989. 5 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Alternative Rock · Champaign, USA · Best alternative rock albums
- 5
- Releases
- 1991–2020
- Active years
- 1989
- Formed
Artist
Hum is an alternative rock artist from Champaign, USA formed in 1989. 5 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Alternative Rock · Champaign, USA · Best alternative rock albums
Hum is an American alternative rock band from Champaign, Illinois. They are best known for their 1995 radio hit "Stars." Hum has not been consistently active as a recording or touring group since 2000. The initial line-up of the band formed in 1989, with guitarist Andy Switzky, guitarist Matt Talbott, bass guitarist Akis Boyatzis, and drummer Jeff Kropp. Matt and Andy met at a cafe named Treno's, in Urbana, Illinois, where Andy worked. Discussions about music led to the two forming the nucleus of Hum. Matt had previously played in the local group We Ate Plato and was presently a member of Honcho Overload; Andy had performed in the semi-serious live band Obvious Man and had studio experience with Designer Mustard Gas. The group performed at Akis' basement for their initial months. Due to a suggestion from Rick Valentin of Poster Children, the band chose the name Hum (over contenders like Grendel's Arm, Pod, and Feedbag), an intentional vague description of their sound, and went through a second drummer before overhearing Bryan St. Pere playing along to a Rush record out of his apartment window and recruiting him. This line-up was not to last long, though, as Akis left home for Gr…
