Houston Veteran E.S.G. reaches out to another H-Town legend in Bun B for his song "Still Tippin" off of E.S.G.'s upcoming album Everyday Street Gangster, do not sleep on ESG.
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After calling it quits and playing their most recent "final show" nearly a year ago (in that "I'm Jay-Z, and I'm quitting music forever... until I stop quitting music forever and release a new album a couple years later"), seminal South Bronx mutant disco act ESG have already announced a reunion! No one necessarily knows for how long they will be reunited, how many shows they will play, or if t...
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--- - |- 99 Records luminaries (and South Bronx electro/post-punk heroes) ESG aka Emerald, Sapphire and Gold, called it quits last year. Well, fuck that. The Scroggins sisters and company are coming back, playing live, and shutting up all of the impostors. According... ~~- ESG
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Common sense would alert most people, that if you're receiving money because of your shoulder injury, you probably shouldnt go tour Europe as a drummer in your band. But like the saying goes, "Common Sense Ain't That Common".ESG's drummer Valerie Scroggins was arrested last thursday, and faces charges of grand larceny and insurance fraud. Scroggins told her bosses at NYC Transit that she hurt h...
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I got a hold of some more ESG, thank goodness.This is what Can would sound like if they were women from the Bronx. Seriously._A South Bronx Story_ is a collection of lots of out-of-print stuff from the two incarnations of the band--early 80's and early 90's. Here's some of the story - "allmusicguide link":http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4qjp7i42g71rListening through this, I hear...
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Common sense would alert most people, that if you're receiving money because of your shoulder injury, you probably shouldnt go tour Europe as a drummer in your band. But like the saying goes, "Common Sense Ain't That Common".ESG's drummer Valerie Scroggins was arrested last thursday, and faces charges of grand larceny and insurance fraud. Scroggins told her bosses at NYC Transit that she hurt h...
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Wow. Thanks to some research assitance from "terese":http://mog.com/terese I was able to track down a little ESG to listen to."Link to original review with this realaudio file":http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A12811169They're funky. They're women.They're, like, proto-everything.They've been sampled by everybody.They've been making musing since, like, 1978 (before I was born). wikipedia link...
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omg was this show awesome. glad I bought tickets early. everyone was a dork like me and was taking cam vids:CSS (about CSS) had energy on stage. Huge exploding energy. Sounded better than the album even though I was expecting them to be really sloppy. Very impressive. ...that and the tall one was wearing a Jack Daniels t-shirt with two _Wonder Showzen_ logos on the back...she stole my heart wit...
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I got a hold of some more ESG, thank goodness.This is what Can would sound like if they were women from the Bronx. Seriously._A South Bronx Story_ is a collection of lots of out-of-print stuff from the two incarnations of the band--early 80's and early 90's. Here's some of the story - "allmusicguide link":http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4qjp7i42g71rListening through this, I hear...
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The gals of South Bronx, NY. This song was recorded in 1980 and originally released on their self-titled EP ESG (1981). I believe this track was produced by Joy Division producer Martin Hannett. A dance punk classic from the golden era of New York underground music.
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| 2 My Street |
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| 3 Step Off |
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| 4 Be Good to Me |
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