There were definitely artists who went disco because they loved the music. But you get the feeling that most of the rock bands who went disco had something rather basic and craven on their minds. For nine solid months in 1979, every single that topped the US charts was a disco record. The Grateful Dead went disco on 1978’s Shakedown Street. There seemed to be a general feeling abroad that making a disco record was straightforward.

Source: The Guardian December 08, 2018 10:01 UTC