disturbed

Disturbed is a band from Chicago, Illinois. It was formed in 1996 when musicians Dan Donegan, Steve "Fuzz" Kmak, and Mike Wengren hired singer David Draiman in Chicago, Illinois. Disturbed was originally founded as a Nu Metal band, but are now regarded as Hard Rock , or Heavy Metal. [1]

History

In its early years, Disturbed recorded two separate demo EPs which it then sent out to different record companies. The band sent two to show the record companies that it was dedicated to its music and that the first EP wasn't a fluke. The band broke out in 1999 with its single "Stupify" and subsequent album The Sickness. The album launched the band into stardom. It also released a completely revamped cover version of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin's theme music for the WWE, called "Glass Shatters." After participating in Ozzy Osbourne's Ozzfest tour in 2001, the band started the Music as a Weapon Tour.

In September 2002, Disturbed's second album Believe debuted at #1, and in 2003, the band participated again in the Ozzfest tour.

"Fuzz" Kmak left the band in early 2003; as singer David Draiman puts it "when Kmak was in the band, Disturbed wasn't totally clicking — personally or musically". The band tells fans that he left for personal reasons. He was replaced with John Moyer.

The group recently toured with 10 Years and Ill Niño in support of its third album Ten Thousand Fists, released worldwide on September 20th, 2005. It debuted at #1 in the U.S. In addition to Ten Thousand Fists the band has released the tracks Hell and Monster, although Monster is currently unavailable to the public because the iTunes offer it came with expired. It is considered an extremely rare song, although some people got it before the iTunes offer expired. Hell is currently streamed on the band's MySpace website. Both of these songs are in high demand and illustrate the band's extremely loyal fan base. In the future, the band is considering creating a "B-side" compilation including those two tracks as well as others. There was a European tour scheduled which has been moved twice due to David Draiman having troubles with his voice.

"I had been taking Prevacid for about four years and my body built up a resistance to it, to the point where it wasn't doing anything anymore," he told MTV.com. "I had a night of drinking in London followed by a full day and night of drinking on a day off in Dublin, because what else is there to do in Ireland but drink? That, coupled with a show where I had monitor problems, and I pretty much trashed my voice." - David Draiman

Now he is off alcohol and has to watch what he eats.

Disturbed is also scheduled to headline the Jägermeister tour in November 2005 and will headline "Music as a Weapon III" in 2006. It supplied the song "Stricken" for WWE New Years Revolution 2006.

The band's singer recently became embroiled in the music filesharing controversy by publicly speaking out against the RIAA's lawsuits against filesharing individuals, despite the fact his record label is a member of the RIAA.

"This is not rocket science. Instead of spending all this money litigating against kids who are the people they're trying to sell things to in the first place, they have to learn how to effectively use the Internet. For the artists, my ass... I didn't ask them to protect me, and I don't want their protection." - David Draiman

On January 7 2006, Draiman said, on a radio show in Seattle, that it "looks" like Disturbed would be on this year's Ozzfest. However, he later said in an interview on January 30 2006 that he never said anything like that to anyone, contradicting his previous statement. Draiman's conflicting statements led to an uproar of criticism from a few fans on Disturbed's official messageboard. This resulted in the shut down of the online community by the band and their management. Although no official statement from the band or management has been made, it is reported by such sources as Blabbermouth.net that Draiman feels that the online community, which had grown to 8,000 has become a source of frustration for the band due to ongoing criticism and quarreling.

After all of this controversy, Disturbed was confirmed as an Ozzfest 2006 band, and headlined on the main stage along with System of a Down. In April 2006, the band completed an Australasian tour supporting Korn and sharing the tour with 10 Years and Hatebreed.

Discography

Studio albums

Other Contributions

• Music as a Weapon Tour (2001)
• Music as a Weapon II (2004)

Singles

Soundtracks

• 2005 - "Prayer" - Used in House of Wax
• 2005 - "Decadence" - Used in Need for Speed Most Wanted
• 2005 - "Ten Thousand Fists" - Used in Madden 06
• 2004 - "Down with the Sickness" - Used in Dawn of the Dead
• 2004 - "Liberate" - Used in Tony Hawk's Underground 2
• 2002 - "Forsaken" - Used in Queen of the Damned
• 2002 - "Down With the Sickness" - Used in Queen of the Damned
• 2002 - "Glass Shatters" - WWF Forceable Entry
• 2001 - "Down with the Sickness" - Used in The One
• 2001 - "A Welcome Burden" - Used in Dracula 2000
• 2001 - "The Game" - Used in Cooler's Revenge (Dragon Ball Z Movie 5)
• 2001 - "Stupify" (remix) - Used in Little Nicky
• 2001 - "God of the Mind" - Used in Valentine
• 2001 - "Stupify" - Used in Lord Slug (Dragon Ball Z Movie 4)
• 2001 - "Fear" - Lord Slug (Dragon Ball Z Movie 4)

TV Shows

• 1998 - Charmed - Disturbed poster regularly seen at P3
• 2000 - Friends - Banner saying 'Disturbed' in musicshop
• 2005 - Homewrecker - Background giant wallbanner of the Ten Thousand Fists album
• 2006 - MTV Cribs - Tour of David's house
• 2006 - The Tonight Show with Jay Leno - Ozzfest special

External links

• Official site
• Myspace site
• Disturbed at MusicBrainz
• Disturbed Singer Blasts RIAA Lawsuits
• Disturbed Lyrics and Song Meanings
• Disturbed Lyrics by Albums
• Interview with Disturbed on The BackStage Pass internet radio show
• Disturbed Videos