The Journey Of Disco
By 1979, the music genre that was known as “disco” had reached rock bottom in more ways than one. “Disco Sucks” became the slogan of choice of those who preferred FM rock radio that served up dishes of hard rock entrees by acts like Led Zeppelin, The Who and Black Sabbath. On the evening of July 12th 1979 at a Major League Baseball double-header game between the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers at Comiskey Park in The Windy City, a crate of disco records was blown up on the field between the two games in what was billed …