The Age Of Disco
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A couple dances at the disco club 2001 Odyssey in Brooklyn, New York in 1979. Disco is a music style that originated in the mid-’70s and carried well into the ’80s. A culture began to form out of the American nightlife scene when people were throwing their own disco house parties or setting up makeshift discotheques. The music style then became popular on the radio and among club-goers in major cities. Disco was seen as a reaction against the rock and roll scene and by the 1970s, a disco scene was well underway with a booming drug culture and a specific group that identified with the lifestyle.
