Botch was an American
mathcore band that formed in 1993 in
Tacoma, Washington. The band, featuring
Brian Cook,
Dave Knudson, Tim Latona and
Dave Verellen, spent four years as a garage band and released several demos and EPs before signing to
Hydra Head Records. Through the label, Botch released two studio albums:
American Nervoso (1998) and
We Are the Romans (1999). The group toured extensively and internationally in support of their albums with liked-minded bands such as
The Blood Brothers,
The Dillinger Escape Plan,
Ink & Dagger and
Jesuit. Botch struggled to write a third studio album, and in 2002 the group broke up due to tensions among the band members and creative differences. Hydra Head posthumously released an EP of songs the group had been working on before they split titled
An Anthology of Dead Ends, and a live album documenting their final show titled
061502 in 2006.