DISTURBED BAND PAGE
 DISTURBED
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CURRENT NAME
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Disturbed |
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FORMER NAMES
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ORIGIN
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USA |
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STATUS
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Active |
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FORMED IN
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LABEL
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Reprise Records |
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GENRE
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Nu-metal |
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STYLE
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LYRICAL THEME
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BAND ADDED
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2004-08-30, 00:00 |
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LAST UPDATE
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2007-01-19, 22:44 |
The Chicago-based band Disturbed have extraordinarily become
one of the USA biggest metal bands. Lacking the melodic know-how of
peers such as Linkin Park and even Slipknot, the group have consistently
failed to make any headway outside their own country. Thanks also to
their rent-an-idiotic-quote singer Dave Draiman, the band have received a
number of severe write-ups in the British music press, while their
attrocious pre-teen lyrics and generic metal noise are likely to appeal
only to the try-hard depressive 12-year-olds that refuse to look beyond
major label output.
"What I'm trying to do from a lyrical perspective is bring back the
majesty of metal," says vocalist David Draiman, defining Believe, the
follow-up to Disturbed's multi-platinum debut, The Sickness. "We have a
responsibility," he continues. "Two and a half million people invested in
us and believed in us with the last album. We owe it to them and to
ourselves and to everything we stand for, to respect the lineage and the
tradition and the purity of metal. We have to remain faithful to what
metal--true, true metal--was first established to be in the name of Black
Sabbath and a hundred other great bands: Judas Priest, Iron Maiden,
Queensryche, Metallica, Pantera, even Soundgarden....All of those bands
had songs that spoke about grand things." True metal groups honor the
legacy whose thumbnail history Draiman sketches. It's one of the genre's
endearing traits: fierce loyalty expressed loudly. Metal requires that
quality from its best bands and fans in order to survive. As a pro!
duct of natural selection, the oft-maligned genre has gathered strength
from continuously swimming against the current over the course of its
Ozzy-and-Iommi-conceived 33-year history. Disturbeds history began in
Chicago, Illinois, where the nu-metal outfit initially attracted a great
deal of media attention with their March 2000 debut, The Sickness.
The band comprises long-time associates Dan Donegan (b. Oak Lawn,
Illinois, USA; guitar), Fuzz (b. Covington, Kentucky, USA; bass), and Mike
Wengren (b. Chicago, Illinois, USA; drums), and the charismatic Dave
Draiman (b. Brooklyn, New York, USA; vocals). Draiman, who also suggested
the band's name, provided an immediate focal point when he joined the
three other members in 1997. The quartet soon built up a sizeable
following on the Chicago rock scene, but national success beckoned when their
demo caught the attention of the major Giant Records. The Sickness
polished off the rough edges of their demo, leaving a fairly traditional
metal sound with the occasional nod to electronica in the style of White
Zombie or System Of A Down. In common with most of their nu-metal
contemporaries the band also rattle out a desultory but interesting cover
version of an 80s classic, in this case Tears For Fears' "Shout". Believe
debuted at number 1 on the Billboard chart in October 2002.
In November of 2003, former bass player, Steve "Fuzz" Kmak was released
from the band due to differences between him and the other members.
Auditions went on for months trying to find the perfect replacement and
eventually led to the establishment of former Union Underground bassist,
John Moyer, as the new bass player.
Disturbed is currently working on their 3rd album set to be released in
spring of 2005 as long as everything goes as planned. They will also
be playing a few shows over the course of the 2004 summer including the
Rolling Rock town fair in Latrobe, PA on July 31.
| Session musicians Add - Fetch |
| Unknown / none |
