David Mancuso of the Loft speaks with DiscoMusic.com about the Loft experience and the N.Y. Record Pool
I need some help. I wonder how much influence DRUGS had in and on DISCO. Its music, its clubs, its people. When I start wondering, it usually leads to other things. In this case, we will start with an article. I want to hear from all deejays, artists, producers, bartenders, waitresses, bouncers and of course the DISCO patrons themselves. Tell me what you think the influence of DRUGS and DISCO was/is?
I believe it changed the entire face of the world. I remember there was DRUGS before DISCO, but when the world got invaded by the DISCO movement, DISCOS sprang up everywhere. Before DISCO there were relatively few Night Clubs for Dancing. Then afterwards it seemed that there was a Club every few shopping centers! With so many people now going to these DISCOS, the DRUGS of the sixties couldn't keep up with the fast pace of the lifestyle. So the Columbian's came up with an OLD solution to this NEW problem. They started bringing in the former main ingredient of Coca-Cola, cocaine, into the streets and DISCOS of Miami, New York, Philly, Los Angeles and every-other Metropolitan area in the United States.
During the "time-span" of DISCO, Cocaine became the party drug of choice. It was everywhere, and it never left, even when DISCO supposedly died! Do you agree? To what extent? How far did it reach? How many did it hurt? How many were killed?
Consider this research, I need feedback from everyone, then I'll write an article (if I get enough good, juicy stories, a BOOK??) right here! Tell me all! Did DISCO "destroy the fabric of society" as it was predicted? It gave us CRACK? Without the popularity of cocaine in the DISCO era, there wouldn't have been the demand for something like CRACK!! Maybe those soothsayers were right?? What do you think?
"Oh, this isn't part of DISCO music" you might say? Yes it was!! If you went or worked at ANY DISCO in the seventies, this was just as big a part of the atmosphere, as the music being mixed. The musicians who were giving us this great DISCO music were all snorting, smoking and shooting it into their veins. It was part of everything to do with DISCO!
How far did the influence affect you and your life? Think about it, it was the DRUGS in DISCOS that started the COCAINE COWBOY WARS and in turn, AMERICA'S WAR ON DRUGS in the eighties!! That's TWO WARS that DISCO and DRUGS STARTED!!! Face it, it might have been more influential than DISCO itself!!
There are so many different angles one could look at it from. I need to see as many as possible. Send me a comment here, tell me YOUR horror story. Either way, it might be used in my future writing, so make sure you are comfortable telling me anything. With your help, I am sure it will all make for interesting reading.
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