Cock E.S.P. draws on the most extreme, subversive and absurdist elements of both popular and experimental Twentieth Century music and performance art, creating abstract high-energy entertainment. Influences include punk rock, modern composition, improvised free-jazz, Japanese Noise music, hardcore industrial, 80’s metal and electronica.

Although the group has dabbled in various musical styles and techniques over the years, the most recent and most successful has involved the showcasing and amplifying of mistakes and equipment failures. E.S.P. began to realize that such unintended sounds actually had a greater capacity for chaos and intensity than those sounds they actually wished to create. Thus, recent studio recordings were carefully edited to isolate and emphasize these sounds, creating an intricate web of pure noise.

The Cock E.S.P. live performance has evolved drastically over the years, starting out as a standard recital of the recorded music, and eventually ending up as a drunken absurdist theatrical production utilizing homemade costumes, props and elaborate stage lighting set-ups; combining the worst elements of MTV’s “Jackass” with a literally crippling level of ineptitude.