Slow Gherkin
Slow Gherkin is an American ska punk band from Santa Cruz, California, United States. Slow Gherkin was formed in 1993 by teenagers AJ Marquez, Zack "ZK" Kent, Phil Boutelle, and James Rickman. They released their first album, Double Happiness, which was distributed by Asian Man Records, in 1996. They released their second album, Shed Some Skin, in 1998. In 2002, the band released Run Screaming, their final album. The band played their last performance in 2002. They played a reunion concert at Santa Cruz's Rio Theater on June 18, 2011. Their next show was in New York City in 2014. In 2016, the band reunited to play at the Asian Man Records 20 year anniversary show and released two new singles on "Lives". In 2018, the band played a few shows in California as well.. On August 29, 2025 the band reunited once again playing a show in their hometown of Santa Cruz. The following month in September 2025, the band played the Supernova Ska Festival in Hampton, VA. In November 2025 it was announced that Slow Gherkin will travel to the United Kingdom to play Manchester Punk Festival in April 2026, followed by a five-date UK tour with Lightyear.
Genre: ska-punk, ska
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Top Tracks
- Salsa
- Salsa 3 (Live)
- Christmas Wrapping
- Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)
- Real Bands R4 Life
- Years Off My Life
- Achilles' Dub
- Weasel
- Factories
- Este Toro
- Thumbs Down To Generation X
- Meat Dance
- Salsa III
- Bad Driver
- Operation Thunderballs
- Bluetelle
- Hava Nagilah
- Zen And Soccer
- Drunken Sailor
- For Laura
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