Celebrating 20 Years of Disco Donnie Presents: Attack of the 50ft Raver Zombies
With 20 years of being in the business, we’ve certainly seen many evolutions of rave culture here at Disco Donnie Presents. From Jnco’s, to fuzzy leg warmers, teddy bear backpacks, and kandi, rave attire has always been known to raise a few eyebrows. With most society unaccustomed to the appearance of the party-goers, Donnie decided to poke a little fun at his rave family with Attack of the 50ft Raver Zombies.
Taking place on January 24, 1998 at State Palace Theater, the inspiration for Attack of the 50ft Raver Zombies was fairly innocent, “I took something from my childhood that I was interested in and basically tried to make it into a party,” Donnie says, “I used those early memories as the catalyst for what I was doing.”
As a kid, you probably could’ve found Donnie in front of a black and white TV watching horror films on the UHF channel, “It was interesting to me,” Donnie recalls, “you had like The Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Planet of the Apes, The Blob… when I was trying to come up with a different theme for a show, I just strung some of those movie concepts together.” For Donnie, using this format to think of new themes worked for quite some time too, but we digress.
Thick in the burgeoning rave movement, those on the outskirts of the culture weren’t really sure what to think of ravers, “It was kinda like this time where everyone was down because [people thought] ravers were terrible; nobody liked ravers, you know?” Trying to bring some comedy to opinions of outsiders, Donnie started brainstorming, “I took something from my childhood that I enjoyed and I tried to make a party theme of an old movies from the 40s and 50s – what would it be like if instead of Godzilla or giant 50ft woman, its like a 50ft raver. Back then, people were scared of aliens, in the 90s, people were scared of ravers.”
Attack of the 50ft Raver Zombies had a rather haunting lineup as well. Headliners included West coast rave favorite Astral Matrix, Chicago house legend DJ Sneak, and “Get Get Down” creator Paul Johnson.
Many parties derived from the Attack of the 50ft Raver Zombies theme – but we’ll save those for next week.
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A Special Thank You to all Partners, Staff and Volunteers for Ultimate Music Experience
Though we’re saying goodbye to the fourth edition of Ultimate Music Experience, all of us at Disco Donnie Presents, Global Groove Events, and Sugar Society would like to thank the hundreds of volunteers, dancers, and staff whose hard work, organization and planning made our Spring Break weekend an unbelievably memorable time.
We also want to recognize and thank the City of South Padre Island, Schlitterbahn Beach Waterpark, Clayton’s Beach Resort, the South Padre Island Police Department, and the South Padre Island Fire Department for their continued assistance and support! We couldn’t have done it without you.
We’ll see you all next year!
Thank You for an Incredible Fourth Edition of Ultimate Music Experience!
Wow! We’re going to be recovering from that Spring Break for quite some time!
All of us at Disco Donnie Presents, Global Groove Events, and Sugar Society would like to thank everyone who came down to South Padre Island for Ultimate Music Experience. These past few days have been unforgettable and after reading our Twitter feed this morning, we know all of you agree.
Thousands upon thousands of dance music fans met on the dance floor at Schlitterbahn Beach Waterpark this past March 13-15th. Tiësto brought the house down on Thursday and Bassnectar had the crowd eating out of the palm of his hand on Friday. DJ Snake and Zedd closed out the three-day experience performing sets filled with massive energy and insane track selections to Saturday’s sold-out crowd. It was impossible to keep our feet from movin’ all night.
So as we close the chapter on this year’s event, we would like to give a tremendous THANK YOU to all you who made Ultimate Music Experience such an unbelievable success. We couldn’t have done it without you!
Check back here for uploaded photos by Rukes. We’ll see you next year!
Gates Open for Third Day of Ultimate Music Experience
Gates for the final day of Ultimate Music Experience are open now so run, don’t walk, to Schlitterbahn Beach Waterpark for the most anticipated Spring Break event to ever hit the region. Still need tickets? Grab your last minute tickets online or at the gate!
Brazzabelle, Sandro Silva, DJ Snake, and Zedd will be providing the mood music for the evening ranging from the boom of the big room to the bounce of electro. So, UME day three – you ready to turn down for what?
Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and use the hashtag #UME14 to stay connected with Ultimate Music Experience for the next few days!
Day Two Was Incredible! Thank You Ultimate Music Experience
The second day of Ultimate Music Experience was ridiculous! We are still trying to recover. Keys N Krates kicked off the night with their live, bass-fueled sounds, which were a perfect segue to Paper Diamond’s killer set. Zeds Dead gave us all a dose of bassmentality while Bassnectar had the crowd eating out of the palm of his hands with the eclectic journey we’ve come to expect from the leader of the Bassheads.
Gates open for the final day of UME at 6:00 PM today! Tickets are still available online and at the gate. We’ll see you there!
Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and use the hashtag #UME14 to stay connected with Ultimate Music Experience for the next few days!
Featured Updates
- Women of the Disco: Part 16
- Celebrate the women shaping the electronic music industry in Women of the Disco: Part 16, featuring stories, insights, and career advice from behind-the-scenes leaders.
- Women of the Disco: Part 15
- From local scenes to worldwide signals, women are setting the industry's frequency.
- Women of the Disco: Part 14
- Women of the Disco is a celebration of these fierce women who are not just participants but innovators, defining the future of the scene.
- Women of the Disco: Part 13
- Women of the Disco is a celebration of these fierce women who are not just participants but innovators, defining the future of the scene.
- Women of the Disco: Part 12
- Women of The Disco is an initiative to highlight some of those powerhouses who are trailblazing the path and shaping the future of EDM.
- Women of The Disco: Part 11
- Women of The Disco is an initiative to highlight some of those powerhouses who are trailblazing the path and shaping the future of EDM.
- Women of The Disco: Part 10
- Women of The Disco is an initiative to highlight some of those powerhouses who are trailblazing the path and shaping the future of EDM.
- Announcing OUTLET - A Mental Health & Wellness Resource
- Providing information, tools, and resources relevant to mental health and promoting the continuance of mental health initiatives.
- Announcing Disco U!
- Disco Donnie Presents has always been in the business of furthering lives with the power of music, and we've recently extended that idea with the formation of our Disco U program.
- New Scholarship at Blair School of Music Honors Music Promoter Leon Jackson
- A new scholarship fund has been established at the Blair School of Music in honor of Leon Jackson, the late music and event promoter who introduced a generation of Nashvillians to electronic dance music.
- Disco Donnie Presents Honors First Responders, Veterans, and Gold-Star Families with $1,000,000 Ticket Donation
- Disco Donnie Presents Honors First Responders, Veterans, and Gold-Star Families with $1,000,000 Ticket Donation.
