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July 12, 1979, disco sucks
The 'Disco Sucks' campaign was a white, macho reaction against gay liberation and black pride more than a musical reaction against drum machines. In England, in the same year as the 'Disco Sucks' demo in America, The Young Nationalist - a British National Party publication - told its readers: 'Disco and its melting pot pseudo-philosophy must be fought or Britain's streets will be full of black-worshipping soul boys.' [...]
Films: Alien (1979) - Caligula (1979) - Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979) - Hardcore (1979) - Mad Max (1979) - Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) - The Brood (1979)
Deaths: Jean Renoir - Eric Losfeld - Herbert Marcuse
Trends in music: The Breaks (1979) - Kurtis Blow - Rapper's Delight (1979) - The Sugarhill Gang - 'Disco Sucks' - Lee Perry burns the Black Ark Studios - dancehall reggae (start)
Subculture: The Meaning of Style (1979) - Dick Hebdige
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