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 to support the “Lightyear & Slow Gherkin” 4-track split CD.
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 2018, the band played a few shows in California as well. .
Slow Gherkin reunited to play a concert at Santa Cruz’s Rio Theater on June 18, 2011. This was followed by a second reunion show in New York City in 2014. and in 2016, the band reunited again to play at the Asian Man Records 20 year anniversary show and released…
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In 2002, the band released Run Screaming , their final album. and played their last show that same year.
They released their second album, Shed Some Skin , in 1998.
They released their first album, Double Happiness , which was distributed by Asian Man Records , in 1996.
Slow Gherkin was formed in 1993 by teenagers AJ Marquez, Zack “ZK” Kent, Phil Boutelle, and James Rickman.