ESG (band)

ESG
ESG performing in 2015
ESG performing in 2015
Background information
OriginThe Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S.
Genres
Years active1978–1985
1991–2007
2008–present
Labels99, Factory, Soul Jazz, Fire, Universal Sound, ESG Records
Past membersRenee Scroggins
Marie Scroggins
Valerie Scroggins
Deborah Scroggins
Nicole Nicholas
Nicholas Nicholas
Chistelle Polite
Leroy Glover
Tito Libran
David Miles

ESG (Emerald, Sapphire & Gold) is an American 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]

  1. ^ Trammell, Matthew (February 23, 2018). "ESG's Otherworldly Sound". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2023-02-19. The seminal eighties art band celebrates forty years of its dance-punk music.
  2. ^ Pehling, Dave (January 11, 2023). "Pioneering NYC funk outfit ESG bids fond farewell at Great American". CBS San Francisco. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  3. ^ Terich, Jeff Terich; Green, Liam; Pearson, Paul; Butch Rosser (August 13, 2015). "10 of the Most Sampled Songs in Pop Music". Treblezine. Retrieved December 29, 2015.