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..."Years later we joked that Zep had singlehandedly caused the birth of disco when that album hit the streets."... Disco as I knew it was already fading by the time In Through The Out Door was released. I think the beginning of the end for Disco was the night in 1979 that rock DJ Steve Dahl held court at Comiskey Park where fans brought in their own disco records to be blown sky-high during the 7th inning stretch of a Chisox game.

Steve Dahl

Wow, a whole stadium full of “Disco Sucks!” :) I’ve not heard of that event before.

The vast majority of disco did suck. And what followed in the early 80’s sucked pretty hard as well. Political correctness was rearing its ugly head in music more than ever before. Not that there wasn’t some good stuff as well, but I just remember the 80’s bringing on the first era where I “looked back” to find the music to which I liked to listen. I guess you could say it was my first experience knowing what it was to listen to “oldies.” I was no longer a part of the NOW generation.

The guys that we ragged on about the birth of disco being spawned by Zeppelin were much too young to remember all of that. They would have been < 10 years old when In Through The Out Door was released. Thus, as 2nd generation Zeppelin fans, they were ripe for being told stories by us guys who “were there!” :) It sure ticked them off.

...”...at Comiskey Park where fans brought in their own disco records...”

Uh, scratch that...they brought in whatever disco records they could find and probably didn’t even have any of their own unless they were received as gifts from well-meaning friends or family. HAHH!