Disturbed
Biography
Heavy metal band Disturbed came together through the matching of a band with a singer. Longtime friends Dan Donegan (guitar), Mike Wengren (drums), and Fuzz (bass) played together in Chicago for some time before hooking up with singer David Draiman around 1997. Draiman had grown up in a religious family against which he rebelled, being expelled from five boarding schools in his adolescence. His anger found an outlet in the thrashing sound of Disturbed, and the band built up a following on Chicago's South Side before a demo tape led to their signing to Giant Records, which released their debut album, The Sickness, in March 2000. The band gained more fans and exposure playing the main stage of the 2001 Ozzfest, then breaking away to do their own self-described "victory lap" around the U.S. that fall. Also during this period, they managed to record a vicious new version of wrestler Steve Austin's theme song that was so good it managed to receive radio play, and they were one of the many bands announced to work on a high-profile Faith No More tribute album.
Disturbed stepped into the studio after stepping off of the road and began work on a new disc that would reflect their growth as a band.
Selected Discography
Indestructible
2008
Ten Thousand Fists
2005
Believe (Explicit)
2002
The Sickness
2000
Inside The Fire (Radio Single)
back to the task at hand, i love disturbed, as you can tell from my name. i really liked them more when they were underground though. they seem overplayed to me. rock on forever!
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why is it that every time there's a system of speech or communicatio n on the internet (which is essentially what the internet is at heart) there are people getting into pointless arguments. if you like a band, that's great, leave a comment saying so. if you don't, just pass it by and comment on a band you do like. bad comments incite arguments and leave everyone feeling bad. just avoid it. just go do something else. just stop bashing on people for their musical tastes.
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AND YOU PEOPLE WHO IS TALKING ABOUT ME YOU SHUT THE HELL UP YOU EMO FU**KS
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EVERY ONE LISTEN. THIS ONE ANYOING JREK NAME IS PETER BUT HES NAME IN HERE IS MAX ADRENALIN WHATEVER AND YOU KNOW WHAT!! YOU REALING NEED TO SHUT THE HELL UP BECAUSE SOME TIME YOUR GOING TO GET.
AND I DONT THINK YOU WELL BE FUNNY SO PETER REAL NEEDS LEARN HOW TO SHUT UP. NOW IT MAKE SENSE NOW WHAT PETER WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO AND THATS REALY HE REAL NAME BUT REALY SHUT UP OK I SEE YOU LATER JREK!!!! |
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Eric I don't know if you can block an artist but you can filter your music. you can block a song from playing by going to the square of the song or artist that is playing (or played) and choose not to play the song for a month. you can also use the up and down thumbs located in the same area. this tell pandora that you want more or less like that.
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moving away from music for just a moment, mark92992, it would be like pros vs joes. you go to a sports bar and the player drops the ball or misses the catch. you scream to the tv as if he can hear you. you curse the ref for making a bad call and the coach for letting that player play. its all relative.
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@ Mark92992: You're question should be "must must people bash bands like retards?" I for one have no issue with someone presenting some evidence to support their claim. Of course when you're a dumbfuck like moomoo and you go and insult the fans too, well then you need to just get a life.
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why must people bash bands, just because you dont like a bands music diesnt me they suck, why dont you get on stage and do better, then you can say if they suck or not
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moomoo, you need to learn to explain yourself in WHY you hate this band rather than insulting us. oh, wait, you're just like Willow, I'm sorry...
I very much enjoyed your comment, mpwebber. you have made good points. I strongly agree with points 1 and 2. |
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moomoo007, if you're going to comment about a band, say something worth reading. I've seen two of your comments today, and both of them were pointless.
On an unrelated note, I miss The Sickness. Ten Thousand Fists and Believe are pretty jamming, but they just don't have the energy and variety that made The Sickness so good. Indestructib l e is hardly worth mentioning-- c a n hardly tell when the song changes. |
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Again with tool, and also White stripes... both bands have side projects which also give an interesting opportunity. by having more than one band to pour your soul into you break the bond and shackles of what your record company will let you play. Also you get the chance to explore a different angle and come back to your main band with a refreshed sense of purging and a different viewpoint.
now the problem with this is spreading too thin. too much bread and too little butter. |
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2. There is an issue of quantity vs quality. many CDs are filled with filler that round the album off and make it marketable but may not reflect the artists ambitions. These songs may not ever see the radio in any capacity.
3. The push for now, now, now, limits your options for curiosity. Look at Tool. they will spend years on their work before releasing it to the public. It proves to be very layered and complex. also rich in meaning. But alas that is an opinion. |
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I think that the issue of variety may come from a few angles.
1. while you and i enjoy music as artful, today it is governed by rules of business rather than spontaneous of inspiration. Everyone wants a paycheck. If you know your target audience you cater to it. Problem being the audience grows too. |
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variety and quality is always low nowadays. (or it just seems like it started, but it's always present.)
I'd like more music if I could distinguish bands. but in all honesty, I can't find much between Disturbed and all the bands above (except the once rap-rock band LP). nothing wrong with the music of any of them but... it sounds all the same. :/ |
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Disturbed is getting really old. They were only cool to begin with, because they were different. Now their songs sound the same and they are no longer heavy (haven't really since Sickness).
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at First I think they sick but I wrong they ROCK and Im sorry that I say that and it was so wrong that I say that again so I just going to hear there songs some more bye guys
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Nice to read a comment that isn't bias (aroylance)t h a t is what I've been talking about.Don't force your absolute beliefs of a bands greatness upon others. Just give your opinion,resp e c t f u l l y . A l s o don't be a dick and tell people how much a band sucks,cause the only person that really sucks is the a**hole leaving an a**hole remark thinking everything they say is f**king facts.
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if your going to put down other bands and people you should learn how to spell first
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I always find it amazingly stupid that people feel the need to decalre that any band is the greatest and all of the rest are somehow inferior. There are so many bands present and past that have played, and do play great music. All bands have their fine points, and their not so fine points. Music is a matter of taste. Disturbed is a great band, as are hundreds of others. Let's just enjoy the gifts of music that we have been given.
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I like 3DG, I'm not a crazed fan. MetalHead, thank you for your rudeness.
I don't find them the best band on the planet and i bet you'll continue to treat me like s**t. |
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im with you on that one metalhead!!! 3DG rocks. and of course so does disturbed.
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Indeed ***MAX ADRENALIN*** . That dude needs to take a chill pill.
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These guys are the best but the best of the best is the three days grace they rock and they are the best band and the wrold and the people who think that they sick then f#uck you!!!!!!!
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Yeah, many of these bands won't last though. There are few bands that have staying power anymore. Sameness is a problem but every once in a while a band comes out with a sound all their own and they'll be an influence for future generations, plus sameness only lasts so long. It may seem long to us but in the music industry these bands are a flash in the pan. If they don't evolve they die.
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Yeah it is sad that radio doesn't have more variety. I'm fortunate enough to have a local radio station that plays everything in rock. They play whatever they want and don't cater to the top 40. Sites like Pandora are a godsend to the music industry, there is so much out there that we never hear.
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say you want to start a band, you might play only music with Nu-metal influence. but should that be all? are there other "ingredients " (influences) to add into your mix? of course.
if no, I think this is where "sameness" takes place. I like Disturbed, I don't find much of difference between any of their albums. most alternative metal (or "Nu-Metal") bands have that too (Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace). even pop music has that, same with gothic metal. it's sad... |
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The Beatles, The stones, Chuck Berry, Elvis and Buddy Holly. Led Zepplin, Black Sabbath, Judas Priests and so on. These bands had more youth fans then adult. Ozzy was seventeen when Black Sabbath came out, who else were they speaking to? Purists today are in their 30s and 40s and yeah they may not like what they hear coming out of Nu Metal but it isn't about them. It has always been and always will be about the youth.
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very true, dragon_night _ a c 2 .
that's why I wish my peers would be more open to music and be willing to at least hear a variety of styles and genres. I've been slowly trying since I've been on Pandora. I'm getting all sorts of suggestions that I don't know where to start. my peers on the other hand, seem to listen to nothing but what's on the radio and what's #1 on the charts. if teens are surrounded by sameness from any genre, music won't evolve. |
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Indeed my dad has been a wealth of knowledge in my life. Probably why I full of useless facts on a variety of subjects.
I was reading the new comments and mpwebber makes a point and it got me thinking. Of course Disturbed and the other Nu Metal are targeted to high school crowds. Who else would they be targeted to. Who do you think shapes the music world? The youth have always shaped rock. That's how it started. |
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I just wanted to add trivia to the conversation about the beginning of metal below. The term "Heavy Metal" was coined by Steppenwolf in the song "Born To Be Wild." It was the theme song for the movie Easy Rider, featuring Dennis Hopper, released in 1968 (huge hit). Granted, rock music may have created metal before, but this is where the name came from. Cudos to dragon's dad.
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I understand what you had said in your earlier posts but still may be ignorant in identifying it on a glance. You are basically dispising "cookie cutter" style songs. "<"insert Lyrics here"> by <"Artist">"
When POD and Sevendust came out i felt that they too fit your desciption. on there debut cds the songs merged into one mass of sameness. |
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Baron, your right about disturbed being targeted to High school crowd. but then too are Korn, Marilyn Manson, Limp Bizkit, and Kittie. However I look back on it after high school as a gateway into the genre. Now that i am on my own i reflect on those bands and appreciate Metallica, Def Leopard, Rage against the Machine, Led Zeplin, lynard Skynyrd, and Motor Head.
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