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Artist: Botch
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Group Members:

David Knudson, Brian Cook, David Verellen, Tim Latone

Similar Artists:

Person L, Converge, Coalesce, Watch Them Die, Isis, The Dillinger Escape Plan

Influenced By:

Deadguy, Unsane, Unbroken

Followers:

Architects, Scouts Honor, Look What I Did, I Am the Ocean, Transmission0, The Devil Wears Prada

Formal Connection With:

These Arms Are Snakes, Minus the Bear, Roy
  • Formed: 1993, Seattle, WA
  • Genres: Rock
  • Representative Albums: "We Are the Romans", "American Nervoso", "An Anthology of Dead Ends

Biography

Seattle, WA's Botch is at the forefront of a near revolution in sound in heavy music. A virulent strain of progressive, underground, and sometimes violent heavy metal-infused guitar histrionics steeped deeply in hardcore punk scene aesthetics and the much touted D.I.Y. ethic, with many that community's lowest common denominator, tough-guy minded inflections thankfully absent. It's a subgenre that is most often labeled noisecore. Much like their noisecore peers in bands like Converge and Isis, Botch's sound balks at the established conventions and preconceived limitations of the hardcore genre, with the quartet tastefully and artfully crafting complex, mathematical musical compositions with dexterity, depth, and skill. Advertising copy once appropriately called the band evil math rock. Vocalist Dave Verellen takes his lyrical conceptualization very seriously, filling the band's records with stark metaphors and often incredibly wordy song titles. Botch formed in 1993 when Verellen hooked up with his high school chums Tim Latona (drums), Brian Cook (bass), and guitarist David Knudson -- a lineup that has endured over the years, avoiding the constant changes that many of the band's peers undergo. Two years later, Botch released their first demo on cassette and toured behind it. In 1997, the band joined forces with Boston's Hydra Head Records imprint, a sometimes home to such noisecore genre standard bearers as Cave In, Drowning Man, and other bands. Botch released their first full-length album, American Nervoso, that same year. It was an album that showcased Knudson's incredible guitar playing talents that would soon see him recognized as one of the best players in the underground scene. 1999 saw the release of Botch's We Are the Romans, a profoundly dense, conceptually driven, and meticulously crafted thematic tour de force that heightened the band's notoriety amongst the metal press and garnered them further touring opportunities, including a trip across the pond to Europe (their second) in support of friends/like-minded musicians Dillinger Escape Plan. The next two years saw the band performing live, including an appearance at Krazy Fest 4 in Louisville, KY. ~ Ryan J. Downey, All Music Guide
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Botch
Origin Tacoma, Washington
Genres Hardcore punk
Mathcore[1][2]
Years active 1993 – 2002
Labels Indecision Records
Hydra Head Records
Associated acts Minus the Bear
Roy
These Arms Are Snakes
Narrows
Russian Circles
Former members
Dave Verellen
Dave Knudson
Tim Latona
Brian Cook

Botch was a mathcore band from Tacoma, Washington, that formed in 1993 and disbanded in 2002.

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History

The band released two full-length albums and a handful of smaller releases including several singles and an EP. Its members went on an indefinite hiatus to form Roy, Minus the Bear, and These Arms are Snakes among others. Decibel Magazine inducted We Are the Romans into its Hall of Fame in November 2005. Hydrahead Records plans to release four new Botch items. Included are Unifying Themes Redux, a collection of early 7" songs, compilations, and other rarities. A long-awaited DVD and CD release of Botch's last ever performance at Seattle's Showbox, entitled 061502, was released on December 5, 2006 on Hydrahead Records.

Reunion

As far as a future reunion goes, the band have stated on their official myspace page that, as of right now, "There is no reunion in the works. As proud as we are of the band and as much as we're all still friends, there is no plan to do a reunion. Zero, zilch, nada. However, we do appreciate everyone's continuing interest in the band. Thanks" ruling out the possibility of a reunion.

Members

  • Dave Verellen – vocals
  • Dave Knudson – guitar
  • Tim Latona – drums
  • Brian Cook – bass

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

  • Blind...From Youth Installed (Cassette) (Self Released, 1994)
  • Faction 7" (World of Hurt/Threshold, 1995)
  • The John Birch Conspiracy Theory 7" (Phyte, 1996)
  • An Anthology of Dead Ends (Hydra Head, October 2002)

Compilation

  • The Excursion Compilation (CD) (Excursion, 1995)
  • Hardcore Maniacs #5: All About Friends (CD) (1997)
    • Limited to 1000 copies
  • Unifying Themes Redux - collected early releases (CD/2xLP) (Excursion, 2002)
    • Reissued in 2006 on Hydra Head
  • 061502 CD and DVD (Hydra Head, December 2006)

Split albums

  • Split 7" with nineironspitfire (Indecision Records, 1997)
    • Limited to 2454 copies.
  • The Edge of Quarrel 7" - split with Murder City Devils (Excursion, 1999)
    • Limited to 2200 copies.
  • In These Black Days Vol. V 7" - split with Cave In (Hydra Head, 1999)
    • Limited to 1830 copies.
  • 3-Way Split 10" w/ Knut & Ananda - recorded live Nov 7, 1999 in Rennes (Mosh Bart Industries, 2000)
    • Limited to 1500 copies.

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External links

References

  1. ^ Botch - We Are The Romans Review
  2. ^ San Francisco Bay Guardian : Article : Stage Listings

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