▁" fl atter ing ," ▁but ▁that ▁" It ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁great ▁if ▁there ▁were ▁a ▁ton ▁of ▁people ▁at ▁our ▁shows ▁in ▁ 9 8 , ▁but ▁that ' s ▁now ▁how ▁it ▁goes ." ▁The ▁members ▁of ▁Bot ch ▁aren ' t ▁im pressed ▁with ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁bands ▁who ▁they ▁inspired , ▁often ▁describing ▁these ▁new ▁acts ▁as ▁ri pping ▁them ▁off . ▁Kn ud son ▁admitted ▁to ▁ri pping ▁off ▁Sound g arden ▁and ▁Sep ult ura ▁while ▁writing ▁for ▁Bot ch , ▁but ▁said ▁that ▁playing ▁the ▁songs ▁that ▁you ▁love ▁is ▁part ▁of ▁progress ing ▁as ▁a ▁music ian , ▁and ▁that ▁" S ometimes ▁you ▁can ▁make ▁[ copy ing ▁another ▁band ] ▁into ▁your ▁own ▁thing ▁and ▁then ▁own ▁it — which ▁is ▁how ▁I ▁feel ▁we ▁did ▁it ." ▁Cook ▁said ▁being ▁ri pped ▁off ▁really ▁b um med ▁him ▁out , ▁and ▁that : ▁▁ ▁Musical ▁style ▁and ▁lyr ics ▁▁ ▁Bot ch ' s ▁musical ▁genre ▁is ▁typically ▁described ▁as ▁no is ec ore ▁or ▁met all ic ▁hard core . ▁The ▁group ' s ▁techn ically ▁and ▁complex ly ▁composed ▁music , ▁along ▁with ▁their ▁use ▁of ▁odd ▁time ▁sign atures , ▁often ▁g arn ers ▁them ▁the ▁label ▁of ▁math core ▁or ▁math ▁rock . ▁▁ ▁In sp ired ▁by ▁bands ▁like ▁Hel met ▁and ▁Alice ▁in ▁Ch ains , ▁when ▁Bot ch ▁formed ▁they ▁started ▁playing ▁in ▁drop ▁D ▁tun ing . ▁According ▁to ▁Brian ▁Cook , ▁in