Botch (band)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Botch


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Origin = Tacoma, Washington
Genre = Hardcore punk
Mathcore [ [http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/fr/botchwearethe.htm Botch - We Are The Romans Review ] ] [ [http://ww.sfbg.com/entry.php?catid=85&entry_id=3030 San Francisco Bay Guardian : Article : Stage Listings ] ]
Years_active = 1993 – 2002
Label = Indecision Records
Hydra Head Records
Associated_acts = Minus the Bear
Roy
These Arms Are Snakes
Narrows
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Past_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.

History

The band released two full-length albums and a handful of smaller releases including several singles and an EP. Their second album, "We Are the Romans" is consideredweasel-inline influential on contemporary hardcore. 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 5th, 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

tudio albums

*"The Unifying Themes of Sex, Death and Religion" (Excursion, 1997)
*"American Nervoso" (Hydra Head Records, June 1998)
**Reissued in July 2007 on Hydra Head
*"We Are the Romans" (Hydra Head, November 1999)
**Reissued in September 2007 on Hydra Head

EPs

*"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

*"Unifying Themes Redux" - collected early releases (Excursion, 2002)
**Reissued in 2006 on Hydra Head
*"061502" CD and DVD (Hydra Head, December 2006)

plit albums

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

Related bands

* Minus the Bear - Dave Knudson
* Roy - Brian Cook, Dave Verellen
* These Arms Are Snakes - Brian Cook
* Russian Circles - Brian Cook
* Narrows - Dave Verellen

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/botch Botch on MySpace.com]
* [http://altpress.com/features/69.htm The Oral History Of Botch: Thank God For Worker Bees] at "Alternative Press"

References

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