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‘UFO’ almost never happened at all - Bronx sisters ESG were spotted by notorious Factory Records boss Tony Wilson after performing a show in New York with A Certain Ratio and were whisked away to Manchester mere days later to record with legendary producer Martin Hannett. Hannett had been booked to record Joy Division, but after lead singer Ian Curtis’ suicide in 1980, ESG were shuttled into the studio instead to cut their debut 7” – ‘You’re No Good’. After recording the A side, and B side cut ‘Moody’ [which itself would become a breakout dance hit] there was three minutes left on the reel of tape, so Hannett asked the band if they had anything brief that could fill it, saying “go ahead, knock yourself out.” ‘UFO’ was the result, and its unmistakable siren sound is still being snatched today, used in over 530 songs, much to the band’s chagrin. Further shows were with Gang Of 4 and Public Image Limited. The band also played with The Clash and Grandmaster Flash all on the same bill. 𝚁𝙴𝙽𝙴𝙴 𝚂𝙲𝚁𝙾𝙶𝙶𝙸𝙽𝚂 / 𝚅𝙰𝙻𝙴𝚁𝙸𝙴 𝚂𝙲𝚁𝙾𝙶𝙶𝙸𝙽𝚂 / 𝙳𝙴𝙱𝙾𝚁𝙰𝙷 𝚂𝙲𝚁𝙾𝙶𝙶𝙸𝙽𝚂 / 𝙼𝙰𝚁𝙸𝙴 𝚂𝙲𝚁𝙾𝙶𝙶𝙸𝙽𝚂 / 𝚃𝙸𝚃𝙾 𝙻𝙸𝙱𝚁𝙰𝙽.