THE GOPNIKS

Galway skronky alt rock 'n' roll five piece The GOPNIKS "the glamourless grease gang, the thang born of wardrobe and fronted by scrawny preacher thing Mr Ben Cash" released their debut album The Blah Biz Cabaret on Saturday April 18 2026.

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With a sound which may or may not be punk, post-punk, psychobilly or garage rock, Galway's The GOPNIKS defy categorisation and sound like no other band in Ireland. 'Like Tom Waits on speed' according to author Phil Strongman.

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Driven by frontman Ben Cash's acerbic, caustic drone-drawl, with a tightly repetitive guitar, bass, drum, synth backing, THE GOPNIKS released their debut single WHITE CAT in March 2025 followed by MR MANNEQUIN in April. 

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June 2025 saw the release of their second single SEES BANSHEES IN THE TREES b/w COLONEL FLAB DREAM and a sound which moved away from their early gothbilly into something more akin to the spidery eerieness of Dragnet era The Fall. Urban and Western as opposed to Country and Northern.​​

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The full band lineup is Ben Cash - vocals, Patryk (Pakman) Bak - keyboards, Lucas Biggs Packard - guitars, Andy Toma - bass and Adam Martyn on drums.

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"Mix the Dead Kennedys, The Cramps, and The Fall together in a blender and this would be the perfect product, wow, and yet another band I had never heard of until now from Galway called The Gopniks! This is easily a contender for album of the year in my reckoning, and it's their debut album out now on Blowtorch Records, check this out folks you won't be disappointed!" Deko from Paranoid Visions

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"The GOPNIKS make it abundantly apparent that listeners shan’t be coddled as they enter the wonderfully weird world of The Blah Biz Cabaret, nor will the band hold their hand through twisting sonic avenues." Elizabeth Guest