Book cover for Disco Demolition: The Night Disco Died by Steve Dahl and Dave Hoekstra

Disco Demolition

The Night Disco Died

Steve Dahl
Dave Hoekstra
2016 Released
250 Pages
3-4 Hours
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Curbside Splendor PublishingISBN 9781945883002

  • This coffee table-sized book will be ideal as a gift for Chicago history and music culture buffs.
  • This book will include interviews and firsthand accounts from recognizable Chicago personalities, including Chicago White Sox icons Mike and Bill Veeck, legendary White Sox organist Nancy Faust, 1979 White Sox manager Tony La Russa, Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen, Disco and House DJs, and others.
  • This is the first book about Disco Demolition Night, and it is authored by Steve Dahl, the radio promoter responsible for organizing the event.
  • The book will serve as an oral history of this event, told through the voices of those involved, and will examine the controversy surrounding the event.
  • Notable Chicago photographer Paul Natkin took each photo included throughout the book, which also includes headshots of those interviewed for the book.

    • Dave Hoekstra

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