No Offense “Village People,” But…

By | January 5, 2018

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The Village People pose for a Casablanca Records publicity shot circa 1980 (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

The Village People was a music group that emerged in the late 1970s after disco became popular. The group was a compilation of different singers each portraying a historically masculine persona. After disco caught on and discotheques began popping up across the country, the majority of the counterculture population just wanted to puke!

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Up until the disco era, rock and roll had been dominating the music scene. Disco became popular with the urban nightlife scene and became mainstream almost overnight. In the beginning, audiences were primarily gay, African American, Italian American, Latino. Dances were more choreographed instead of just the mindless swaying and jumping that was seen at places like Woodstock. It was thought of as the answer/antidote to the counterculture music era.