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| Rock'n'Roll fans absolutely hated Disco music. It competed with the Rock market and numerous Rock stars came out with their own Disco songs. Disco Demolition Night on July 12, 1979 is considered by many to be the night Disco died. It took place at Comiskey Park in between games of a double header between the home Chicago White Sox and the visiting Detroit Tigers. The Sox lost the first game and then the umpires called a forfeit against the Sox for the second game because of unplayable field condition. A local radio station had invited guests to attend and bring Disco records with them and they would blow them up in center field during the intermission. They did and the rest is history. While the popularity of 70's Disco waned after that event, it really just evolved into 80's Funk. And on beautiful Pleasure Island, the two sounds lived together for many years with Rock'n'Roll Beach Club on one side of Hill Street and 8TRAX on the other. Long live Disco! |
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