Sunday, March 30, 2008

Botch-We Are The Romans 00'



This northwest band made "hardcore history" within Seattle in the late nineties with their ferocious guitar riffs, precise spastic drumming, vengeful screaming vocals, and an appetite for neurotic perfomances. Botch was group unlike no other who
inspired many others (Fall From Troy, Blood Brothers) to adopt their
insatiably eclectic uncanny rhythms. If you haven't heard of them then
you may live in Kansas, a poor state of mind, or perhaps you're
just trapped in the 80's-revival-new-wave-electro-dance-rap-scene. Either way, Botch is fuckin' unearthly and i was fortunate enough to witness their intense spectacle back in 2000. They caused a wave of terrorific madness among the crowd and proved to be the best live hardcore/franitcore/mathcore i've ever seen to this day! Their album "We Are The Romans" was their 2nd release among 3 and contains 10 tracks of manically-raw-ruthless-rhythms that'll test your limits and push you to the edge. It's beautifully devestating.
To Our Friends in the Great White North
Mondrian was a Liar
Transitions from Persona to Object
Swimming the Channel Vs. Driving the Chunnel
C. Thomas Howell as the "Soul Man"
Saint Matthew Returns to the Womb
Frequency Ass Bandit
I Wanna Be a Sex Symbol on My Own Terms
Man the Ramparts
We Are the Romans

P.S. after botch split up, band members went on to form such northwest acts as Onalaska and Minus the Bear for all you emo-kids.

1 comment:

owlknees said...

Reminds me of Give up the ghost.

I wish I could take music like this, but I just cant anymore :(