Steve Dahl

His debut single was My Bologna.

And the Chicago DJ Steve Dahl, best known for being the guy who encouraged everyone to take their disco records to a Chicago sports field where they were blown up in the Disco Sucks movement.

He then moved on, releasing a parody song called Ayatollah, his parody about the Iran hostage crisis.

This song could have nearly had a second life in the mid-90s.

disco.

So there was a shock jock DJ named Steve Dahl, and he organized a night.

He was going to detonate a crate of disco records between games of the double header.

But it led to a riot, and that's right.

But in general, Chicago was resistant to hip-hop.

One reason for this ties in with the creation myth of house, that it was made by Black homosexuals sheltering away from the rampant homophobia and racism of Steve Dahl's Disco Demolition Night.

Disco sucks.

Disco sucks.

Few years ago with Dern.

But, so Tom Thayer is on Steve Dahl's podcast.

And Steve says, "Hey, you know, congratulations.

You guys are in the movie Nebraska." And we're like, "Wait, what? I don't know what you're talking about." So I, I, I rent the movie.

[laughs] Yeah.

Um, but Steve Dahl, you know, the DJ in Chicago that I worked with all the time-

Yeah

...

The event we started our deep dive with.

It was led by a local Chicago radio personality named Steve Dahl.

Yeah.

And his personal motivation is the perfect microcosm for this whole backlash.

...

Steve Dahl phase.

[laughs] That's exactly right.

Uh, I don't remember the year, but that was, um, eh, not the brightest day in White Sox history.

Oh, my God.

But yeah, no, Dad, bold to say from your time when you are the Steve Dahl fan of anti-disco.

But I like disco.

What? Okay, then you need to admit Victim of Love is a pretty good album.