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 screen a self ...

The band announced the Hamtramck appearance on its Facebook page, with a simple flier that says “ESG Live, The Hamtramck Labor Day Fest, Monday, September 5, 2022.” ...

It’s telling that when I ask Renee Scroggins, vocalist and one of the founding members of early 80s New York band ESG if there are any final things she’d like to add to the end of our interview, ...

When Renee Scroggins formed a band called ESG with her three younger sisters in 1978, the notion of creating a ground-breaking mix of punk, funk and soul that would be sampled countless times by hi… ...

A funk band from the South Bronx, ESG recorded for 99 Records and Factory back in the early 1980s. Their stripped-down but deeply polyrhythmic tracks have always crossed over between white and ...

ESG, the rhythmic no wave band that formed in 1977 in the South Bronx will end its illustrious, influential 38-year career at Hard French’s Pride weekend blowout. It will be the first time the ...

ESG began when Ma Scroggins bought her daughters instruments in a bid to save them from the South Bronx streets. Two decades on, one of the most sampled bands in history are still going and, as ...

A founding member of influential South Bronx funk band ESG is still struggling to get millions of dollars in royalties — including money from a song considered one of the most sampled in mode… ...

2xCD compilation documents the career of the South Bronx sister act who became a major influence on hip-hop, dance music, and dance-punk.

As you'll see up above, the release also features artwork from John Foster inspired by the band's self-titled 12-inch from 1981, which had also been used for the A South Bronx Story compilation in ...

There are many twists and turns in the fascinating South Bronx Story of Emerald, Sapphire and Gold. The territory covered stretches from NY's arty downtown scene to the UK's post-punk explosion.

While there’s been compilations of the four Scroggins sisters’ work before, this two disc set – disc 1 contains the whole of the previous and most notable anthology, 2000′s South Bronx Story - is ...