Disco Bloodbath

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Disco Bloodbath is a true-crime memoir by James St. James recounting the rise of the 1990s New York Club Kids scene and the notorious murder involving fellow club personality Michael Alig.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
true-crime book
adaptedAs Party Monster (1998 documentary)
Party Monster (2003 film)
linked to: Party Monster
alternateTitle Party Monster
author James St. James
countryOfOrigin United States
depicts Club Kids subculture
LGBT nightlife
drug use
murder investigation
featuresCharacter Andre "Angel" Melendez
James St. James
Michael Alig
focusesOnEvent killing of Andre Melendez
focusesOnPerson James St. James
Michael Alig
genre memoir
true crime
hasLGBTTheme true
hasNonfictionSubject celebrity nightlife
drug culture
homicide
language English
literaryStyle first-person narrative
mainSubject Club Kids
linked to: New York club kids

Michael Alig
New York City nightlife
murder of Andre Melendez
narrator James St. James
notableFor account of Michael Alig murder case
portrayal of New York Club Kids scene
originalMediaType print
placeOfPublication New York City
portraysSubculture Club Kids
linked to: New York club kids
publisher Simon & Schuster
setInLocation New York City
setInPeriod 1990s
settingVenueType nightclubs
underground parties
subjectOccupationDepicted club promoter
nightlife personality
timeOfNarrative early 1990s
late 1980s

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Party Monster basedOn Disco Bloodbath
James St. James notableWork Disco Bloodbath
James St. James wrote Disco Bloodbath
Michael Alig inspired book "Disco Bloodbath" by James St. James
linked to: Disco Bloodbath
Michael Alig subjectOf book "Disco Bloodbath"
linked to: Disco Bloodbath
New York club kids documentedIn Disco Bloodbath