▁constant ▁" p oking ▁fun ▁at ▁the ▁scene " ▁wasn ' t ▁warm ly ▁received ▁by ▁their ▁pe ers . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁playing ▁complex ▁music , ▁Bot ch ▁act ively ▁avoided ▁common ▁hard core ▁s tere ot ypes . ▁Before ▁walking ▁on ▁stage , ▁Bot ch ▁war med ▁up ▁the ▁crowd ▁with ▁pop ▁music ▁instead ▁of ▁heav ier ▁music . ▁Bot ch ▁sold ▁a ▁t - sh irt ▁that ▁featured ▁two ▁sh irt less ▁hom osex ual ▁males ▁sitting ▁close ▁on ▁a ▁c ouch ▁with ▁the ▁words ▁" B ot ch : ▁The ▁Best ▁Boy ▁Band ▁Ever " ▁written ▁directly ▁below . ▁Cook ▁designed ▁the ▁sh irt ▁by ▁trac ing ▁an ▁image ▁out ▁of ▁a ▁hom osex ual ▁por n ographic ▁magazine ▁and ▁" d rew ▁a ▁be er ▁bott le ▁over ▁the ▁co ck ," ▁which ▁was ▁meant ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁" re bell ion ▁against ▁all ▁the ▁typical ▁sk ull ▁and ▁switch bla de ▁imag ary " ▁that ▁is ▁pre val ent ▁in ▁the ▁hard core ▁scene . ▁Bot ch ▁wrote ▁songs ▁such ▁as ▁" C . ▁Thomas ▁How ell ▁as ▁the ▁' S oul ▁Man '" ▁which ▁open ly ▁mock ed ▁straight - edge ▁bands ▁like ▁R ac etra itor ▁and ▁other ▁bands ▁with ▁" lo fty ▁political ▁ide als ." ▁Bot ch ▁also ▁c ited ▁living ▁in ▁Ta com a , ▁Washington ▁and ▁being ▁isolated ▁from ▁Seattle ▁as ▁another ▁reason ▁for ▁not ▁being ▁accepted ▁into ▁any ▁regional ▁music ▁scenes . ▁In ▁a ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁interview