▁interview ▁with ▁Brian ▁Cook , ▁he ▁revealed ▁that ▁Bot ch ▁get ▁asked ▁to ▁play ▁re union ▁shows ▁" on ▁a ▁regular ▁basis ." ▁After ▁Bot ch ▁dis band ed , ▁Cook ▁maintained ▁that ▁he ▁would ▁never ▁reun ite ▁the ▁band , ▁but ▁in ▁a ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁interview , ▁he ▁revealed ▁that ▁the ▁other ▁members ▁of ▁Bot ch ▁felt ▁like ▁the ▁band ▁ended ▁too ▁early ▁and ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁been ▁ur ging ▁him ▁to ▁stop ▁saying ▁the ▁word ▁" ne ver " ▁regarding ▁a ▁possible ▁re union . ▁ ▁After math ▁and ▁post - B ot ch ▁activities ▁ ▁Post hum ous ▁releases ▁and ▁re issues ▁▁ ▁Before ▁dis band ing , ▁Bot ch ▁recorded ▁a ▁six - song ▁EP ▁titled ▁An ▁Anth ology ▁of ▁Dead ▁End s — a ▁small ▁collection ▁of ▁songs ▁Bot ch ▁had ▁written ▁before ▁breaking ▁up . ▁The ▁EP ▁was ▁recorded ▁in ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁an ▁event ▁which ▁was ▁described ▁by ▁producer ▁Matt ▁Bay les ▁as ▁being ▁" in cred ibly ▁t ense ." ▁On ▁the ▁album ' s ▁content , ▁Ver ellen ▁said : ▁" Two ▁of ▁the ▁tracks ▁are ▁things ▁we ▁did ▁live ▁that ▁we ▁just ▁wanted ▁to ▁record " ▁and ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁songs ▁was ▁" just ▁a ▁r iff ▁we ▁never ▁got ▁a ▁song ▁written ▁for , ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁just ▁such ▁a ▁good ▁r iff ." ▁H yd ra ▁Head ▁Records ▁released ▁An ▁Anth ology ▁of ▁Dead ▁End s ▁on ▁October ▁ 1 5 , ▁ 2