Perhaps you have heard all those wild stories of excess and energy from the good old days of rock’n’roll, when Iggy still raged with the Stooges and the noise of electric guitars dictated the tempo of the wild days and nights. Now imagine this circus transported through time and space to contemporary Cheb. A tough border town, life on the edge. And Esgmeq at the centre of it all.

It’s been said that rock’n’roll was invented so that the members of Esgmeq could stay alive. Esgmeq are wildness personified, and their shows are just as out of order as their lives. Their music is at once foul, free, and raw. That is how they live their lives. And that is how they play.

The music of Esgmeq recklessly and in quick succession interchanges inspiration from bands like Rye Coalition, The Yah-Mos or Nation Of Ulysses, with admiration for classics like the Sonics or the MC5. Esgmeq is punk, without the high street fashion gear or the contrived poses.

“Anything you would like to tell your fans?” — “We play punk’n’roll. Esgmeq.”