2/01/2007
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01. St. Mathew Returns To The Womb [3:36]
02. C. Thomas Howell As The "Soul Man" [4:51]
03. John Woo [4:16]
04. Japam [2:59]
05. Oma [2:35]
06. Frequency Ass Bandit [5:19]
07. Thank God For The Worker Bees [4:13]
08. Framce [3:47]
09. Third Part In A Tragedy [1:56]
10. Rock Lobster [3:42]
11. Transitions From Persona To Object [7:43]
12. To Our Friends In The Great White North [7:58]
13. Hutton's Great Heat Engine [5:30]
14. Man The Ramparts [7:39]
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Botch is perhaps the greatest "heavy" band of the last 10 years, as anyone who has witnessed the Botch live experience might attest to. When Botch took the stage, not only were they unquestionably the greatest band of the night (regardless of who else was playing), but for that 45 minutes they were the fucking greatest band on earth. The first time one saw Botch was a mind bending experience - though afterwards they claimed their set was terrible, people often thought to themselves, if this was an off night I'd hate to be the bands playing with them on a good day...
A good day for Botch consisted of utterly laying to waste everything in their path and having a grand old time while doing so. The same is true of their recordings, huge monstrous concoctions of metal, noise, indie rock guitar trickery, full of depth and minute secrets which slowly secreted themselves with successive listens. There is no question that part of what made Botch so great is their ability as players, but more important, and even more impressive perhaps, was they way they fit the pieces together - odd time signatures, seemingly impossible riffs made to sound easy, the occasional melodic passages, and devastating anthemic movements that managed to inspire hordes while simultaneously escaping the redundant simplicity of the conventional hardcore sing along.
In their years of existence Botch managed to push out a slew of 7's, split EPs, and two full lengths. With each successive release Botch upped the anti considerably - not just for themselves as a band, but for the underground as a whole. Their first full length, American Nervoso.. (early 98) put them on the map and thrust them into the league of then hardcore heavy weights, i.e. Converge, Coalesce, Deadguy, etc. Following this album with a few years of extensive touring and preparation for the next release, Botch elevated their status within the scene (as well as outside of), and began to grab the attention of the world at large. However it wasn't until the release of their second masterpiece (and we don't use that term loosely) We Are the Romans, that Botch fever took hold nationally and internationally, infecting thousands and garnering the praise of music journalists far and wide.
It's been a long ride since the release of We Are the Romans and much has happened in the meantime. Botch continued to tour both the US as well as the European continent and has seen many new bands emerge, building upon the tracks they themselves helped to create. Bands like Dillinger Escape Plan, Converge, and many others have continued to push the envelope of technical ferocity and awe inspiring performances in the live setting, but still Botch stand alone - proving themselves to be ultimately one of the most entertaining, challenging, and unique entities to have ever existed with in the hardcore realm and beyond it. Sadly, Botch decided to call it quits in February 2002 and played their final show in June 2002.
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.
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