Leaky Gash

Not Just a Band, a Revolution

Leaky Gash was formed in 1995 as a challenge to the patriarchal male dominated rock scene, theater scene, literary scene and political scene. After only a few practices the Gash began to play around Prague and quickly developed an eclectic and fiercely loyal following.

Within a year D-cup Records released the debut EP Big Bush that carried the single of the same title. D-cup financed a five-city tour of Slovakia and the news began to spread. The Gash was hot and the Gash rocked.

After a parting of the ways with D-cup over artistic differences many people feared that Leaky Gash would die. Fortunately not. The Gash has continued to spread their message, popping up in strange venues in off beat hours to the delight of their adoring fans. Their long awaited second EP Belle will be released this spring on Vamp Records.

Ewell

lead singer and lyricist

"The Gash is about change, it's a message, it's a revolution. It's a movement that's going to spread through all of the former Eastern bloc, make Lenin and his Bolsheviks look like amateurs."

Stig Ripple

lead guitar vocalist

"I really think that as, like, a band, Leaky Gash is taking off where the Velvet Revolution stopped, you know - but in a feminist kinda way. Like, we're not velvet, not soft. We're hard-core - we're the stubble revolution. It's like our duty to just release these Czech women from the bonds of sexist patriarchy and capitalism and like, globalisation, and just let them be free, you know?"

Kate Kunst

bass and vocals

"I let the others worry about Leaky Gash in the big scheme of things. Most of the time I don't even listen to what the other bitches in the band are saying because it bores me. I have a short attention span and I get bored easily. I like rocking out and when the bitches and I are rocking out together that's what it's all about."

Spanky

drums

"When I was a small girl I liked hitting and beating things so it felt natural for me to say yes when Ewell asked me to play the drums in Leaky Gash. It's great because now I can hit and beat things and people come watch me do it. As an outlet the Gash has helped me in this way."