Grand Forks, ND had some UBER Hum fans as well. Like tattoos and shit on their ankles showing a devotion to this band. This story was relayed to me by them:

400 Bar, Minneapolis, 1997, I think? Uber fans go to see Hum. Great show. Hang out afterwards during which Uber fans' car is stolen. Hum gives them $ to rent car, ride to rental place, and place to stay for the evening.

Is this the same band? HUM, the band that is apparently mean and vindictive?

In spite of this act of kindness, Chavez still wins.

But Hum is not crap!

Ike

i use to really like chavez, and sort of like hum. then maybe a year ago, after not hearing chavez in a very long time, i put in some record i found and felt embaressed about doing this in front of my boyfriend claiming that chavez was going to be good. it wasn't. it wasn't at all. wow i wish i could remember which record this was, all i can think was that it was something along the lines of shitty 90s alternative. which is weird since i can't remember ever thinking that about them. can anyone think of what record this may have been?

kenoki wrote:can anyone think of what record this may have been?

'siamese dream'?

As stated, both great bands.

However, Chavez for me please!

Tom wrote:Chavez, hands down.

Even if their music was bad (which it wasn't). They had some really great videos.

I can't remember the name of the song. I think it's the first one off Gone Glimmering.

The video is a bunch of greased up guys (the band?) wearing animal masks struting on a runway. Amazing.

AND James Low on the What's up Matador video was pretty great too.

I've only seen the "Unreal Is Here" video. Are there more? And where can I find them?

Also, I never got to hear Chavez live. So anyone with some bootlegs should definitely upload them to the gmail account.

Hum: too many major seventh chords, never had the asymmetry of Chavez.

The show was the James Lo and Tarver, who brought some real insight into the what hadn't yet been beaten completely into the ground venn intersection of which gets called 'rock'. Whatever Sweeney was doing on the guitar didn't clash too much and the vocals weren't mixed too high... haha. Still... not crap.
Scotty, well, he was in LA most of the time.

I always sort of resented Chavez because they used to be a stellar band called Wider, who I really liked a whole lot.

I felt kinda betrayed.

I would support an EA-based initiative to convince Chavez to reunite.

I'm just saying...

The world needs them.

Matt Talbot is a super-great guy, and I used to listen to Hum quite a bit 10 years ago.

But...

I still listen to Chavez as much as possible. It's really no contest. Apples vs. Oranges.

I'll jump on the reunion bandwagon if it means that they only play shows consisting solely of EA 'board members. Something bugs me terribly about these super-hyped reunion shows full of people I don't like.

Ooh. How 'bout a Chavez and Hum show just for EA forum members?

Since we're relaying Hum stories, I have one: My college friends and I went to see Hum at the Exit/In in Nashville in '96. They were opening for My Bloddy Valentine (who were really really great btw), and Hum had a horrible set due to technical difficulties. Matt's pedals were refusing to cooperate with him, and to top it off, the neck of the electric bass snapped right off during one of their songs. They had to leave the stage prematurely. I felt bad for them.

But then, MBV came on and during one of the noise freak-outs, the guitarist (who'd been swigging on cough syrup during the set), while kneeling, manipulating his pedals, eyes closed, softly whispered to his guitar, "I love you." One of the top ten best rock moments I've ever witnessed.

russ wrote:I'll jump on the reunion bandwagon if it means that they only play shows consisting solely of EA 'board members. Something bugs me terribly about these super-hyped reunion shows full of people I don't like.

Ooh. How 'bout a Chavez and Hum show just for EA forum members?

Russ, this is the best idea that I've seen on this forum. Though we might have a hard time getting Clay 'Moneybags' Tarver to come back.