The War on Disco traces the culture war that erupted over the rise of disco music. Originating in underground Black and gay clubs, disco unseated rock as America’s most popular music by the late 1970s. But many diehard rock fans didn’t want to hear it. The hostility came to a head on July 12, 1979, when a riot broke out at “Disco Demolition Night” at a baseball game at Chicago’s Comiskey Park.

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