ESG

It wasn't by design that, with their lean and lively style of funk, South Bronx band ESG affected post-punk, no wave, rap, and house music. They opened for Public Image Ltd. and A Certain Ratio, released records on the same label as Liquid Liquid, and became favorites of DJs who spun at groundbreaking dance clubs like the Paradise Garage and the Music Box. ESG simply aspired to play their music, straightforward in structure and yet utterly unique in character, and sell lots of records. They never approached commercial saturation, but copies of their 1981 debut reached the hand...