Disco Demolition Night - Wikipedia
Disco Demolition Night was a Major League Baseball (MLB) promotion on Thursday, July 12, 1979, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois, that ended in a riot. At the climax of the event, a crate filled with disco records was blown up on the field between games of the twi-night doubleheader between the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers.
The 1979 riot that 'killed' disco - BBC
2023年9月22日 · In a notorious promotional stunt, a Chicago DJ named Steve Dahl detonated a dumpster filled with disco records between White Sox games at Comiskey Park, leading to a riot. Years later, Dahl...
Why Did 70s Rock Music Hate Disco So Much? - VICE
2016年2月10日 · Steve Dahl was working at a local radio station in the late 70s when he was fired. The reason for his dismissal? Disco. The genre was emerging as the new sound as groovy dancefloor anthems...
The War on Disco | American Experience | PBS
2023年10月30日 · The War on Disco explores the culture war that erupted over the rise of Disco music. The hostility came to a head on July 12, 1979, when a riot led by rock fans broke out at “Disco Demolition...
Letters: Why there was a backlash against disco music
2020年12月26日 · The return to producer-controlled pop music led to rock stations turning into disco stations, the reason for Steve Dahl getting fired and seeing signs of resentment by like-minded people who felt...
When ‘Disco Sucks!’ echoed around the world - TODAY
2009年7月10日 · “Disco sucks!” It was a catchphrase you couldn’t avoid hearing three decades ago when a backlash started to develop against the ’70s dance music genre that dominated Top 40 radio stations.
‘The War on Disco’ Explores the Racial Backlash Against the Music
2023年10月29日 · Premiering Monday on PBS, “The War on Disco” traces the rise, commodification, demise and rebirth of a dance music genre that burned hot through the ’70s, and the backlash against a culture that...
The rise and fall of disco: From the dance floor to freedom
2024年1月18日 · It was Disco Demolition Night, and hatred for the music (run through with racism and homophobia) raged through the sporting arena until well into the early hours of the morning. That wasn’t...
45 Years Ago: 'Disco Demolition Night' Turns Into a Chicago Riot
2019年7月12日 · Rock fans were furious when icons like the Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart and Paul McCartney released disco tracks. Hatred of disco would boil over on July 12, 1979, at Comiskey Park, home of...
How Disco Defined 2020 - The Atlantic
2020年12月23日 · The presumption in the tweet—that disco is a purer, whiter music—was both ahistorical and racist, yet it also seemed to articulate a subtext of the 2020 disco wave.
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