American Nervoso

Artist: Botch
Label: Hydrahead Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 711574402922
EAN: 0711574402922
ASIN: B00000IKAC

Release Date: 1999-05-20

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Tracks:

Hutton's Great Heat Engine
John Woo
Dali's Praying Mantis
Dead For A Minute
Oma
Thank For Worker Bees
Rejection Spoken Softly
Spitting Black
Hives

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Customer Reviews:

I just pulled out this album again after not having listened to it in a few years..........2006-06-23

I bought this CD about 4 or 5 years ago, and just pulled it out again the other day. At one point, I was a huge Botch fan, but I preferred We Are the Romans to this disc. In retrospect, I still prefer that album, but American Nervoso thankfully lacks the toughguy posturing that somewhat mars its successor -- it's an album that better illustrates a sense of humor and disdain for self-importance.

Dave Knudsen's guitar playing has always been pretty interesting in a Greg Ginn- or Robert Fripp-on-crack sort of way, especially on "John Woo" and "Hutton's Great Heat Engine." Though his work on this album sort of pales in comparison to his work on We Are the Romans ("Transitions From Object to Persona" comes to mind). Nonetheless, there are some real gems here worth checking out.

A couple of things have always bugged me about this disc, however. My biggest gripe is Tim Latona's drumming here is really sloppy (see the opening of "John Woo"), especially in comparison to their later work. Of course, that coupled with the spotty, Steve Austin-esque production (my other gripe) may please some people, particularly punk fans (I've gained an appreciate for grimy production and sloppy playing over the years). I was always really surprised that Matt Bayles produced this disc, though, since a lot of it sounds like it was committed to a four-track casette recorder. It's not so much the lo-fi quality this disc has, however, as it is the inconsistency between tracks -- tracks like "Dead For a Minute" and "Thank God For Worker Bees" fall just short of the glossy production of We Are the Romans, but "Spitting Black" and "Oma" sound very tinny. I'm not saying this is necessarily a bad thing, just very uncharacteristic of Matt Bayles.

Overall, though, this is a good disc and I do recommend it.

How About I.......2006-05-02

This is by far my favorite Botch album. For any fans of bands like Converge or Burnt by the Sun than you NEED this album.

It has the same sort of weird feel as Mastodon but a lot more vicious.

Track highlights for me would be "Hutton's Great Heat Engine" and "Spitting Black." Check these two tracks to get a good feel for this album.

Highly reccommended.

back in the day..........2005-12-16

Botch always seemed to generate mixed reviews, for some reason, and by looking at other people's reviews on here, it seems that nothing much has changed. Let me start out by saying that this album is one of the best of the incredibly inventive mid to late 90's hardcore scene. Before this album came out, I was familiar with Botch through various 7" releases and compilations, but it wasn't until this album came out that they started taking their chaotic structures to new heights. This is when they started to come into their own, definately. At this point, they started to mix more experimental elements into their already great, noisy and chaotic style. I remember seeing them live back in '98 with Jesuit and being blown away by both Jesuit and Botch. I wound up seeing Botch 3 or 4 more times before they called it a day, and they were great every single time. Their sets were very chaotic, filled with lots of guitar pedals and strobe lights hooked up to various drums that were sure to send an epileptic into a seizure. Every time I hear this album, I'm reminded of the good ol' days before hardcore meant MTV2 tours, eyeliner, and bands that are essentially clones of Drowningman.
If anybody out there likes their hardcore unpredictable, angry, chaotic, and noisy, be sure to pick this album up, 'cause it still remains one of my favorites from an era when there were alot of great hardcore bands, not just a couple good ones in a sea of clones.

The last 2 guys are both idiots.......2005-07-05

Fair enough, norma jean are influenced by botch, so its unlikely that you can like one, yet dismiss the other. But please, to the guy below me, dont try and make up facts yourself. Converge influenced by botch??? Call me crazy, but it its kinda hard to be influenced by a band that started over 5 years after you.

I personally prefer we are the romans to this release, even though its still a worthy pick-up. Its just as abrasive as any other noisecore slab you have in your collection. Check out AODE too.

this last guy is an idiot.......2005-03-26

whoever wrote the last review and gave this cd one star is a complete retard and needs to go be trendy, wear tight pants and eyeliner. for starters, it is not possible to be a real norma jean fan without liking botch, considering they cite botch as one of their biggest influences. so do converge and a mess of other bands. in addition to this, comparing the agony scene to botch is like comparing the killers to depeche mode...there is no comparison, and the agony scene is the most generic metalcore band on the face of the earth. so kill yourself, whoever you are. and those of you who are looking for good music to listen to, check out The Power And The Glory, BOTCH, Isis, Cave-In, Converge, Norma Jean and Old Man Gloom

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