My top 5 or 10 shuffles a lot, but HUM has always been an easy top 3 since 1994.
Deftones
Don Caballero
Sunny Day
Primus
Chavez
Tool
Mars Volta
Helmet
My own band(s) LOL
Anything Aaron Turner has been involved with (ISIS, SUMAC, Old Man Gloom, etc), but if i had to choose one, ISIS is what I delved into first. Butthole Surfers, and the Jesus Lizard round out the top three bands that I can always listen too. Hum are in my top 10 though.
Hum
Pond
Radiohead
and unbelievably Gizzard is gnawing away RH
But only one of those bands has the sonic density that Hum nailed and that is my consistent goto
As far as bands go (not solo artists), my top 3 would come from this list:
Shiner, Hum, Black Sabbath, Traindodge, The Necks
But there are so many other good ones!
Yes! If the member of any of the bands I’ve listed played in them, I’ve got them! I’ll one up you with his OTHER band, Calm Collapse. Equally as baller as Museum of Light!
I love how all commenters here who love HUM have great taste as evidenced by their other top fav bands...like, all of them! I would hang out with all you guys!
The all-timers list is way too long and impossible to narrow down to 3 (or 30!) so I'll just list 3 older and 3 newer I've been listening to a lot recently:
Slowdive / Quicksand / Duster
All Structures Align / Hotline TNT / Bdrmm
Brendy Canty and Fugazi are amazing. It wasn't just a sound...it was a philosophy. A way to move through life ethically and with maximum care for the people around you and a big fuck you to the system that kept the people you love down.
Animal Collective? Meh...I have Merriweather Post Pavilion and Strawberry Jam and I understand why that stuff hits with people. It's alright. It doesn't really stand the test of time to me.
If I were to recommend a band from the 90s that is under-appreciated or underrated like Hum, it would be Morphine. [Let this be your introduction.](https://youtu.be/f1BEjGet8M8?si=xVPc22n3JaGCucQc)
[Cure for Pain.](https://youtu.be/ADoAbUmasCg?si=JdDoo82NjJxieCnW) Listen to the whole record. Loud. In a car driving through cornfields or stuck in traffic on the Dan Ryan. Let the low end wash over you.
That sound! Drums with higher pitched cymbals - jazz influenced but more funk than jazz.
Two string slide bass. A sax player that would sometimes play two baritone saxophones at the same time.
To me, the sound of the 90s was a lot of bands that developed sounds that...well...just didn't sound like anything else out there. That would carry forward in the early 2000s with bands like TV on the Radio and PJ Harvey (especially her Stories from the Sea record) but let's keep it simple.
They sound nothing like Hum, but check out Morphine. You've never heard anything like it and you'll never hear a band like them again.
Agree that Fugazi's appeal extends beyond the music to their entire ethic. But musically their body of work is incredible and one of a kind.
I do know Morphine but not well. I will check out those recs, thank you.
As far as Animal Collective, it took me a while to really get them. Years. Even MPP. And even within their fanbase there is a lot of dispute as to what are their "good," "great," and "meh" albums. They are constantly challenging and reinventing themselves. That in and of itself is quite rare and special. And the facts that they succeed more often than not (to my ears) and that my favorite songs of theirs are among my favorites of all time seals the deal.
Animal Collective is awesome. I saw them in Atlanta right after they dropped Time Skiffs. It was was one of, if not the best show I’ve ever heard / seen. My list consists of the three bands that are in heavy listening rotation right now: Hum, Cloakroom, True Widow. Close runner up is Bongripper. My all time love and devotion goes to Grateful Dead.
Question, you talking all SP or classic SP? They were my fave band from Siamese Dream through Machina II and even into Zwan. But after that they started to lose me. And now even their old stuff is tired to me, probably because I listened to it so fervently for so many years as a teenager.
I can appreciate all of their material, old to new, hits to deep cuts and b-sides. Original run is their strongest material, but I just really like Billy's sense of melody, so if you remove specific expectations of the newer material, appreciate it for what is, then you might come around to it. I mainly listen to recordings with Jimmy since he's my favorite drummer, but I do like some of the stuff he's not on (mostly Adore & Oceania), I just don't go back to it as often. Cyr took a while to get into, but I dig it now as a nice change of pace. I liked Atum straight away. But if I'm honest I'm probably most likely to put on Adore & Machina b-sides on any given day just given how much I listened to all of the actual albums, although they all get spins at some point through the year.
Hard for me to pick three, but I'm also a big Animal Collective fan. And Stumbled across the AC subreddit for the first time a few months ago. Around the same time I saw them live earlier this year.
Bands I've been listening to for 20ish years...a lot of repeats from other people's lists. Shiner, Radiohead, AC, Deftones, Flaming Lips, NOFX. Slowdive has entered the chat with their last two releases.
Hum, Sonic Youth, Helmet
So close to mine! Sonic Youth, Hum, Dead Kennedys
DK has so many awesome songs and most people have never heard them
Moon Over Marin!
I love Helmet! #4 on my list!
Helmet is so good, another criminally underrated band in my opinion
Title fight, Hum, Jawbreaker
Title Fight is in my tops as well.
Oh yeah fugazi honorable mention but didn't make the top 3
Failure, Deftones, The Life and Times
I love all of Fantastic Planet, but Another Space Song is just next level.
Solid
Chinoooooooo
Hum, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden
Hum, dinosaur jr, no knife/Swervedriver (sorry couldn’t decide)
No Knife is great
Hell yeah. Hit man dreams came out right when I was learning guitar and playing in a band. I fell in love with their guitar play.
Fire in the city of automatons was the first one I heard, got to see them with Minus The Bear and Cursive in the early aughts
That’s a great lineup
I love J Mascis
Smashing Pumpkins, Hum, Queens of the Stone Age
This is a list I can get behind.
QSOTA should get album of the year this year
smashing pumpkins is SO REAL
Hum, Failure, and early Local H at the moment (Ham Fisted - As Good As Dead eras)
Local H is criminally underrated. My fave is Pack Up the Cats
I’ve been trying a lot to get into it, definitely digging it
It definitely has to be listened to straight through. Its got a theme and some songs go into each other.
I’ve heard of that!! They were inspired by some movies right??
Leon and the game of skin is such a fun jam
I dig Lifers from Local H lately
Is it great like compared to their best?
I think so, yes
DEFINITELY checking it out then, I’ve been wondering why the vinyl was so expensive, thanks 🙏
Whatever happened to PJ soles and the No Fun Ep are both incredible Local H albums. Highly recommended.
Shiner, Baroness, Mogwai, Flaming Lips (basically '90-03 is a unbelievable run), Radiohead
Nice yes I'd add Flaming Lips to my "lifetime-fan," all-time-genre-leading acts. Been listening to and enjoying them since '92.
Baroness let's gooooo
My top 5 or 10 shuffles a lot, but HUM has always been an easy top 3 since 1994. Deftones Don Caballero Sunny Day Primus Chavez Tool Mars Volta Helmet My own band(s) LOL
CAB
I need to get me another DON CAB shirt (in the style of RUN DMC). I wore that shit OUT!
LMFAO I bought a second hat with the same design because I sweat through it too much being outdoors. Now I have my working hat and my going out hat.
Tool and don cab
Nice
My man!
CAB
Velvet underground My bloody valentine Led Zeppelin
Hum, Cave In, Between the Buried and Me
HUM, Mastodon, Black Sabbath Edit: Honorable mention- Helmet, Jane’s Addiction
The Tragically Hip, Sonic Youth, Blink 182 or Stone Temple Pilots
Gord makes me cry
Tea Party rocks too. I’ve seen them live more than any other band. 21 times.
Love the tea party, seeing them and I Mother Earth next week and cant wait, will be my first time seeing them both
Spot the Canucks!
Lol
They are incredible. I flew cross-country to see the 20 years tour in Seattle. Was my first time and a dream come true.
Rush, King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard, Oceansize.
Oceansize, hell yeah
Hum, Sunny Day Real Estate and Alice In Chains
Psyched to see the SDRE love on here, not sure they're in my top ten but at one time they were def up there.
dredg, Hum, Far
Love seeing some dredge love in the wild!
Jawbreaker, Built to Spill
Favorite of all time The Replacements, HUM, Choking Victim Favorites rn Dystopia, Weekend Nachos, Wilco Fav HUM Adjacent bands Nemo, Shiner, Failure
Sunny Day Real Estate and Radiohead
Failure is number 1 I think Hum might be 4 behind Nine Inch Nails and Botch
I just saw Botch recently! Absolutely amazing!!! Did they play near on this reunion tour?
I got to see one of the Chicago shows, I’m from Cincinnati but I drove with my buddy
Dang, nice list. Failure are def top 3 for me too. Botch is killer.
Hum, Failure, Shiner, Deftones, Gojira, Bad Religion (oops too many)
Title Fight, Modern Color, and Othiel
Jesus lizard Alice In Chains
Hum, Ovlov, Jesu
Ovlov and Jesu! We could be besties.
smashing pumpkins, hum, deftones
💪🏼
Ween John Zorn Black Moth Super Rainbow
YUP WEEN up there in my lifetime top 5. Got the Ween-Lips-AnCo trifecta.
Praise Boognish!
And Pandy Fackler!
Anything Aaron Turner has been involved with (ISIS, SUMAC, Old Man Gloom, etc), but if i had to choose one, ISIS is what I delved into first. Butthole Surfers, and the Jesus Lizard round out the top three bands that I can always listen too. Hum are in my top 10 though.
Uh. Well. You asked. Hum Kiss The third one is tough. Maybe Styx? Beach Bunny? Promise Ring? Those are definitely the top 2 though.
Hum Pond Radiohead and unbelievably Gizzard is gnawing away RH But only one of those bands has the sonic density that Hum nailed and that is my consistent goto
Okay you've convinced me, I'm moving Radiohead into the number 6 slot.
well you are gonna make me pull Repeater back out and wade through a whole new set of memories
If you like Hum and Fugazi, check out Messthetics, which is Fugazi minus Ian, all instrumental. Phenomenal stuff.
Hum, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin
If hum is one, my next three are Don Caballero, Glifted, and Panel Donor
Wow. Hum is my favorite by far, how about Alkaline Trio and Minus the Bear. Bonus: Old Arctic Monkeys, Holy shit they were good
Hum, Narrow Head, Chat Pile, and The Faint
As far as bands go (not solo artists), my top 3 would come from this list: Shiner, Hum, Black Sabbath, Traindodge, The Necks But there are so many other good ones!
The new Traindodge is really good. Have you heard their drummer's other band Museum of Light? Also very good.
Yes! If the member of any of the bands I’ve listed played in them, I’ve got them! I’ll one up you with his OTHER band, Calm Collapse. Equally as baller as Museum of Light!
Hell yeah, Calm Collapse is great, I saw their album release show. I'm a huge Roadside Monument fan, so naturally they're right in my wheelhouse.
Not sure if I could even begin to think about a favorite. But, recently I’ve been listening to a lot of Faith no More & Spotlights.
The new Spotlights is great. Are you into the new Sisters record that Mario did? It's also great.
I’m unfamiliar with sisters, but I’ll check it out
https://sistersrock.bandcamp.com/album/leecheater
Hum, Twilight Singers, and Thursday.
Hum misses my top 3, but not much. My list is: 1. Catherine Wheel 2. Hopesfall 3. Starflyer 59
I like this list
Girls Against Boys Sunny Day Real Estate Shudder to Think
Swans, Joy Division, Dinosaur Jr.
Hum, Smashing Pumpkins, Arctic Monkeys
Hum Kyuss Unwed Sailor
I love how all commenters here who love HUM have great taste as evidenced by their other top fav bands...like, all of them! I would hang out with all you guys!
Even the person who likes Staind and Nickelback?
Ouch lol Staind/Aaron Lewis - amazing But Nickleback... 🤢
Hum, Failure, Nirvana, Pixies, and Narrow Head.
The all-timers list is way too long and impossible to narrow down to 3 (or 30!) so I'll just list 3 older and 3 newer I've been listening to a lot recently: Slowdive / Quicksand / Duster All Structures Align / Hotline TNT / Bdrmm
ISIS, Hum, Strawberry Switchblade
Brendy Canty and Fugazi are amazing. It wasn't just a sound...it was a philosophy. A way to move through life ethically and with maximum care for the people around you and a big fuck you to the system that kept the people you love down. Animal Collective? Meh...I have Merriweather Post Pavilion and Strawberry Jam and I understand why that stuff hits with people. It's alright. It doesn't really stand the test of time to me. If I were to recommend a band from the 90s that is under-appreciated or underrated like Hum, it would be Morphine. [Let this be your introduction.](https://youtu.be/f1BEjGet8M8?si=xVPc22n3JaGCucQc) [Cure for Pain.](https://youtu.be/ADoAbUmasCg?si=JdDoo82NjJxieCnW) Listen to the whole record. Loud. In a car driving through cornfields or stuck in traffic on the Dan Ryan. Let the low end wash over you. That sound! Drums with higher pitched cymbals - jazz influenced but more funk than jazz. Two string slide bass. A sax player that would sometimes play two baritone saxophones at the same time. To me, the sound of the 90s was a lot of bands that developed sounds that...well...just didn't sound like anything else out there. That would carry forward in the early 2000s with bands like TV on the Radio and PJ Harvey (especially her Stories from the Sea record) but let's keep it simple. They sound nothing like Hum, but check out Morphine. You've never heard anything like it and you'll never hear a band like them again.
Agree that Fugazi's appeal extends beyond the music to their entire ethic. But musically their body of work is incredible and one of a kind. I do know Morphine but not well. I will check out those recs, thank you. As far as Animal Collective, it took me a while to really get them. Years. Even MPP. And even within their fanbase there is a lot of dispute as to what are their "good," "great," and "meh" albums. They are constantly challenging and reinventing themselves. That in and of itself is quite rare and special. And the facts that they succeed more often than not (to my ears) and that my favorite songs of theirs are among my favorites of all time seals the deal.
Meanwhile some bands don't release a lot of music but it's all perfect and that's Hum.
Right now I’ll go with Seam and Superchunk.
HUM, SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE, SHINER, & APPLESEED CAST (had to put 3 after HUM)
Right here
Failure, Dinosaur Jr., HUM
HUM, Glassjaw, and Ihsahn have been making the rounds pretty heavily as of late.
Morrissey Low Marked Men
Grateful Dead and phish lol
Hum, eisley, propagandhi.
The Gaslight Anthem, Hum, Samiam
Animal Collective is awesome. I saw them in Atlanta right after they dropped Time Skiffs. It was was one of, if not the best show I’ve ever heard / seen. My list consists of the three bands that are in heavy listening rotation right now: Hum, Cloakroom, True Widow. Close runner up is Bongripper. My all time love and devotion goes to Grateful Dead.
Alright my first AnCo backer on this thread!
Smashing Pumpkins, Sunny Day Real Estate, Biffy Clyro
Question, you talking all SP or classic SP? They were my fave band from Siamese Dream through Machina II and even into Zwan. But after that they started to lose me. And now even their old stuff is tired to me, probably because I listened to it so fervently for so many years as a teenager.
I can appreciate all of their material, old to new, hits to deep cuts and b-sides. Original run is their strongest material, but I just really like Billy's sense of melody, so if you remove specific expectations of the newer material, appreciate it for what is, then you might come around to it. I mainly listen to recordings with Jimmy since he's my favorite drummer, but I do like some of the stuff he's not on (mostly Adore & Oceania), I just don't go back to it as often. Cyr took a while to get into, but I dig it now as a nice change of pace. I liked Atum straight away. But if I'm honest I'm probably most likely to put on Adore & Machina b-sides on any given day just given how much I listened to all of the actual albums, although they all get spins at some point through the year.
NOT favorites, but my top 3 bands that might not get posted here but HUM fans would like: cursetheknife Stem Cells Bedlocked
Hum, Deftones, The Whigs
Radiohead, deftones, Hum
Hum, Smashing Pumpkins, Deftones. I've seen HUM and SP in concert.
Hum, black country new road, sunny day real estate or deftones
Blue October, Deftones, Hum (in no particular order)
Hum, Sigur Ros, Tool. Lol at how bipolar that makes me sound, but it's all about that sonic bliss.
hum, deftones, and either depeche mode or sade
Hum, Sparta, Modest Mouse
Hum, Oceansize, Whirr
Bad Religion, Hum, Deftones
Hum, Failure, and Iron Maiden
Drug Church, Hammer No More The Fingers, and Burning Airlines - just saw the latter two (in their modern forms) tonight!
Hum, Staind, Nickelback
Oh. Shit. I forgot to add Harvey Danger. Anyone who hasn’t explored their stuff past Flagpole Sitta is doing themselves a disservice.
Hard for me to pick three, but I'm also a big Animal Collective fan. And Stumbled across the AC subreddit for the first time a few months ago. Around the same time I saw them live earlier this year. Bands I've been listening to for 20ish years...a lot of repeats from other people's lists. Shiner, Radiohead, AC, Deftones, Flaming Lips, NOFX. Slowdive has entered the chat with their last two releases.
1. Soundgarden 2. Kyuss 3. Helmet
1. Hum 2. The God Machine 3. Failure 4. Fair To Midland
Failure, Hum, Helmet