ESG (Emerald, Sapphire & Gold) is an American dance punk / funk / rock band formed in the South Bronx in 1978. ESG has been influential across a wide range of musical genres, including hip hop, and dance-punk. The band's track "UFO" is one of the most sampled songs in history. [3]

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First Release from ESG's new album called: "Are You Serious?" "NOT MY FIRST RODEO" ESG. 14,412 likes · 133 talking about this. The Official Page of ESG.

Jan 4, 2022 · ESG — an acronym for Emerald, Sapphire, and Gold — are a familiar name in the ‘80s post punk realm alongside groups like Liquid Liquid, DNA, and Bush Tetras. Known for their simplistic skeletal funk incorporating nothing more than bass, drums, vocals, and guitar, their defining quality was minimalism.

Jan 26, 2024 · ESG, the iconic 1970s punk-funk band from the South Bronx, created one of hip-hop's most sampled records. And this Saturday, the band will play a sold-out show in Brooklyn and...

Come Away with ESG is the 1983 debut album by American rock band ESG. Released by 99 Records, the album incorporates songs from ESG's first EPs, ESG and ESG Says Dance to the Beat of Moody. In conjunction with its 35th anniversary, Fire Records reissued the album to glowing reception in 2018. [2]

ESG (Emerald, Sapphire & Gold) is an American dance punk/funk/rock band formed in the South Bronx in 1978. ESG has been influential across a wide range of musical genres, including hip hop , and dance-punk .

Apr 7, 2025 · ESG and Fanny were celebrated during a Kathleen Hanna and Tamar-kali curated show honoring women trailblazers in music at New York's Lincoln Center ... “I had never heard a band that mixed punk ...

Feb 23, 2018 · ESG performs a rare set at Bowery Electric on March 8, celebrating forty years of otherworldly sounds. ♦ Published in the print edition of the March 5, 2018 , issue, with the headline “Bass ...

ESG is a musical snapshot of the melting pot that was New York City at the beginning of the ’80s, which captured a unique hybrid of disco, funk and hip-hop, that has endured into one the most influential legacies in dance music, with grooves populating …