ESG

The Bronx quartet combined post-punk dance and funk into infectious repetition playing tracks such as "Dance" "UFO" "You're No Good" and "Moody.

Still retirement would be a real loss: ESG are purveyors of a universal good-time music and their unpretentious style fits this working men's club setting perfectly.

Jump forward a few years and Renee Marie Valerie and Deborah Scroggins have formed ESG (Emerald Sapphire and Gold) released their first album and are being hailed as the cream of New York’s 80s music scene.

Technical difficulties marred the event which could have been called ‘Technology Impeding Creativity: or How I Stopped Relying On Laptops and Picked Up An Instrument’.

In the case of Terrible Truths, they proved simple bass hooks, rudimentary drums, some clashed vocals and a sparse, bass-bolstering guitar line or shimmering, stabbed chords are all they need.

ESG are legendary, a hugely influential and inspirational band that are as relevant today as they were some 40 years ago at the start of their career.

There’s something elemental about a wood block. Same goes for a whistle; the kind gym teachers wear on lanyards and old heads in New York bring out to the club to blow in approval for their favorite disco classics. These instruments of the elementary school music room can be played by virtually anyone as long