The legendary ESG return with their first new album in nearly five years on SOUL JAZZ RECORDS. The new album features their trademark stripped down punk/funk style that has spawned a whole generation of fans and bands thirty years on from their first release, 'Moody' EP onFACTORY RECORDS (and the infamous 99 RECORDS in America). First produced by MARTIN HANNETT (24 Party People anyone!), ESG were instantly accepted into the worlds of punk/new wave, hip-hop and dance music - a unique position that still holds true today. Their track "UFO" is one of the most sampled tracks in the history of hip-hop (PUBLIC ENEMY, BIG DADDY KANE, LL COOL J, MARLEY MARL) Courted by the punk/new wave community they played with groups such as THE CLASH, A CERTAIN RATIO, PUBLIC IMAGE, GANG OF FOUR. The amazing history of ESG begins in the South Bronx where they grew up in the tenements. Four sisters, Renee, Valerie, Marie and Deborah Scroggins, encouraged by their mother, began playing music together as teenagers as a way to keep themselves out of trouble with neighbourhood gang life. Taking their name from their birthstones - Emerald, Sapphire & Gold.