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Bryan St. Pere, the drummer of Champaign, Illinois alternative rock group Hum, has died. He was 52. A cause of death was not given.
Hum was co-founded by Talbott in 1989. St. Pere joined the Illinois rock group a year later after the departure of its founding drummer, Jeff Kropp. The band released their first studio album, Fillet Show, in 1991, Hum’s classic lineup—featuring St. Pere, Talbott, guitarist Tim Lash, and bassist Jeff Dimpsey—was settled by 1993’s Electra 2000, and, in 1995, the band broke through with the RCA-released You’d Prefer an Astronaut, featuring the signature single “Stars.”
Hum released just one more record, 1998’s Downward Is Heavenward, before disbanding in 2000. They reunited sporadically for concerts and tours, before solidifying their return last year with comeback album Inlet.
In the following years, St. Pere pursued a career in healthcare, according to Stereogum. However, he regularly partook in various reunion shows and filled in on drums for Steakdaddy Six and Castor.
St. Pere was also a member of the Indiana-based band Amblare.
Though he sat out for Hum’s 2015 reunion tour, St. Pere rejoined the group to put out 2020’s Inlet — the band’s first album in more than two decades.
“We’re kind of an uptight band. We don’t go into the studio to drink beers, and record rock and then leave,” St. Pere said during an appearance on the Crash Bang Boom Drumming Podcast last year. “We’re a little bit meticulous, and me, I tend to overthink things.”
He added with a chuckle, “We put a lot of pressures on ourselves to not suck.”
