Chic

There is no doubt that Chic are the greatest and most enduring disco band, from their smash 1977 debut through their 2020s touring incarnation billed as Nile Rodgers & Chic. When Chic first appeared, disco was already heading toward mainstream saturation and an inevitable downfall. The band bucked the trend by stripping disco's sound down to its basic elements. Specializing in stylish grooves with a uniquely organic sense of interplay, the Chic sound was anchored by the scratchy "chucking"-style rhythm guitar of Nile Rodgers, the indelible, widely imitated, and sometimes outri...