About

Bansha found their name in "A Little Book of Tipperary", sighting the county as his father's Birthplace, lead singer, James O'Connor wanted the bands name to have "Irish roots".
Years prior, both O'Connor, and guitarist, Sean Roche, shared the stage under a different name, as did drummer, John Crofton, and guitarist, Cian Whelan.

After gaining bassist and fifth member, Ciarán O'Brien in early 2024, the band began holding extensive songwriting sessions to build upon O' Connor's catalogue of material "It was really easy the way it worked out , I just had a bunch of ideas and then the lads made them better, so it's a perfect match really, I didn't even know it was grunge until they started playing it, cause during covid I recorded a good bit of stuff, but they were always going to be demos. When it's just one person playing everything and one person writing everything, its not that exciting, just like dj's or masturbation, it's nothing like the real thing. Making music in a band is the real thing. It doesnt matter what the genre is or what instrument is being used, a human can't have sex with themselves, end of story."

The five wasted no time in honing their craft and began performing around the country to great acclaim, with fellow artist and live sound engineer, Russel Hogg saying, "I've never seen a band so ready to blow up as these guys". With this in mind, the band were eager to move forward and in 2025, finished their first EP which was recorded live in The Bunker Studios, Dublin. 

Taking inspiration from the likes of Nirvana, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and The Beatles, Bansha's debut EP will lyrically explore themes of the apocalypse, masculinity, addiction, disenfranchisement, technophobia, friendship, obsession, and the meaning of life. 

The grunge act approach their live shows with a raw intensity and hide nothing on stage, the lead singer is quoted as saying "when we go up there, the main thing is that we feel something real and if we try hard enough, maybe others will feel it too". Through combining three loud guitars, abstract thought, moody melodies, bass heavy riffs and palpable drum beats, Bansha seems to be creating a new kind of grungy and obscure, heavy hitting hard-rock.