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.

[3] They played a reunion concert at Santa Cruz's Rio Theater on June 18, 2011.

[3] In 2016, the band reunited to play at the Asian Man Records 20 year anniversary show and released two new singles on "Lives".

[citation needed] In 2007, Rickman started The Stitch Up, with MU330 front man Dan Potthast.