Evan Sawdey is the Interviews Editor at PopMatters, and has written for the likes SPIN, Entertainment Weekly, and several other sites. He currently hosts the 'Worldwide Tea' International Drag Race podcast. He lives in Los Angeles with his wonderful husband and can be found on most socials @SawdEye.
In the most simplistic of terms, yes, the soundscape of the '70s was defined by disco, but literally no one – including the very band that helped launch it into the mainstream – had any idea it would turn into a decade-defining cultural movement.