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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.
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Jul 12, 2021 · Culturally, Disco Demolition Night supports the evidence that the 1970s represented a time when Americans gravitated to radical grassroot alternatives on both the right and left out of frustration ...
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Jul 10, 2018 · The Disco Demolition Night fracas was a jolt to the music industry. Soon radio programmers were moving their playlists away from disco, which they declared was an oversexed genre. By 1980, disco, just a few years removed from total pop music dominance, was sidelined. In 2001, the Florida Marlins, promoted a “Salute to Disco” night.
In 1979, rock DJ Steve Dahl donned a combat helmet to blow up a crate of disco records, a stunt now known as Disco Demolition. Paul Natkin/Curbside Splendor. It was the summer of 1979, and disco ...
Remembering Disco Demolition Night 43 years later. Some of more than 7,000 fans of a 50,000-crowd at Chicago’s White Sox park storm the field following the first game of a scheduled doubleheader ...
May 10, 2018 · The ruckus of Disco Demolition Night was already underway before the game even started. “I remember from the get-go, it wasn’t a normal crowd,” said Alan Trammell, the Tigers’ shortstop and now Hall of Famer. The first game started at 6 p.m. and ended a little after 8 p.m., with the Tigers winning.
Jul 5, 2009 · The White Sox’ Disco Demolition Night seemed like a simple, fun way to drive up attendance, but things quickly went awry 30 years ago at Comiskey Park.
