▁and ▁we ▁ended ▁up ▁on ▁his ▁back ▁deck ▁playing ▁Hel met ▁covers ▁for ▁a ▁couple ▁of ▁hours ." ▁Dave ▁Kn ud son ▁ent iced ▁Brian ▁Cook ▁to ▁join ▁the ▁band ▁by ▁prom ising ▁that ▁the ▁group ▁would ▁record ▁a ▁Dead ▁Kenn ed ys ▁cover , ▁but ▁this ▁recording ▁never ▁took ▁place . ▁Dave ▁Ver ellen ▁was ▁the ▁last ▁to ▁join ▁the ▁band , ▁and ▁only ▁became ▁the ▁vocal ist ▁because ▁he ▁couldn ' t ▁play ▁an ▁instrument . ▁The ▁group ▁selected ▁the ▁name ▁Bot ch ▁simply ▁by ▁" open ing ▁a ▁dictionary ." ▁ ▁Early ▁songs ▁written ▁by ▁Bot ch ▁were ▁described ▁by ▁Kn ud son ▁as , ▁" some ▁of ▁the ▁worst ▁music ▁you ' ve ▁probably ▁heard ▁in ▁your ▁life ," ▁which ▁he ▁attributed ▁to ▁each ▁of ▁the ▁members ' ▁differ ing ▁t ast es ▁in ▁music ▁and ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁experience ▁in ▁compos ing ▁songs . ▁Some ▁of ▁their ▁early ▁song ▁titles ▁included : ▁" Bar ney ▁the ▁Pur ple ▁Din osa ur ," ▁" V eg et arian ism ▁Is ▁An archy ," ▁" Bar bed ▁Rect al ▁Th erm ometer " ▁and ▁" P ud enda ." ▁ ▁Bot ch ▁released ▁F action , ▁a ▁ 7 " ▁EP ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 5 ; ▁that ▁same ▁year , ▁Bot ch ▁went ▁on ▁their ▁first ▁tour ▁outside ▁of ▁the ▁Seattle - area . ▁Dave ▁Ver ellen ' s ▁d ad ▁drove ▁the ▁group ▁on ▁a ▁mini - t our ▁through ▁Canada ▁in ▁an ▁old ▁van ▁he ▁owned