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     DISCO DEMOLITION NIGHT AT OLD COMISKEY PARK (1979)

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   Jun 21, 2014 · 633. 114K views 9 years ago. A Bill Veeck between-games promotion goes terribly wrong, resulting in the forfeiture of the second game. Brad Palmer's radio broadcast is covered with video of the ...

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   Jun 20, 2023 · ChrisB. 183 subscribers. Subscribed. 0. 11 views 9 months ago. Disco Demolition Night was a Major League Baseball (MLB) promotion on Thursday, July 12, 1979, at Comiskey Park in Chicago,...

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   7K. 201K views 1 year ago #discomusic #weirdhistory #musichistory. On July 12, 1979, the term "disco inferno" took on a whole new meaning. As the "disco '70s" drew to a close, Chicago radio...

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5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Disco_Demolition_NightDisco Demolition Night - Wikipedia

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   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 .

6. ultimateclassicrock.com › disco-demolition-nightHow 'Disco Demolition Night' Turned Into a Chicago Riot

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   Jul 12, 2015 · An anti-disco promotion called 'Disco Demolition Night' went off the rails on July 12, 1979 at Chicago's Comiskey Park.

7. www.bbc.com › culture › articleThe riot that 'killed' disco - BBC

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   Sep 22, 2023 · The 1979 riot that 'killed' disco. Netflix's The Saint of Second Chances tells the story of the Chicago White Sox owners whose notorious "disco demolition" stunt has been blamed for toppling an ...

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   What happened at Disco Demolition Night?

   • 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.

   Disco Demolition Night - Wikipedia

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   Why did Mike Veeck start Disco Demolition Night?

   • Mike Veeck told UCR that he got the idea for Disco Demolition Night in 1977 after he’d staged a successful disco dance promotion. “I was just mesmerized by the fact that we drew 20,000 people. At the end of the night a record plugger named Jeff Schwartz and I were talking about drawing 20,000 to listen to this terrible music.

   How ‘Disco Demolition Night’ Turned Into a Chicago Riot

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   What happened at 'Disco Sucks'?

   • Dahl got the crowd chanting “Disco Sucks,” a message matched by homemade banners hung from the stadium’s upper deck. “They’re not gonna shove it down our throats,” he yelled into a microphone. “We rock ‘n’ rollers will resist—and we will triumph!” The records were detonated, tearing a crater into the midfield sod.

   “We rock ‘n’ rollers will resist—and we will triumph!” - PBS

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   Was the police a nihilistic '80s album?

   • The Police (1978): Dark, New Wave-ish singles about suicide ("Can't Stand Losing You") and prostitution ("Roxanne") were met with initial confusion. This was, after all, still the late '70s -- not the nihilistic '80s. In time, this would be understood as one of the best debut albums ever.

   How ‘Disco Demolition Night’ Turned Into a Chicago Riot

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9. www.reddit.com › r › chicagoRemembering Disco Demolition Night 43 years later : r/chicago

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   From the wiki. Following Chicago's Disco Demolition Night in mid-1979, disco music's mainstream popularity fell into decline. In the early 1980s, fewer and fewer disco records were being released, but the genre remained popular in some Chicago nightclubs and on at least one radio station, WBMX-FM. In this era, Chicago radio jocks The Hot Mix 5 ...