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)
Top Five Songs in order
1. Deify 2. Dropping Plates 3. Indestructib l e 4. Stricken 5. Prayer |
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CD's in order best to worst.
1. Sickness 2. Ten thousand fists 3. Indestructib l e 4. Beleive |
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Is it me or are they getting even better with time? I didn't think it was possible.
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BEST BAND EVER!!! who has seen them live... "better than the album. They just came to NM for the new CD
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To: F**kin A.........Le t ' s see if you can do even remotely close to them!!!! They rock!!!!
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it is better to be repetitively AWESOME than to suck in many different ways
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Lol Trollz try sooooo hard to get attention. Just ignore them. I personally like some of Disturbed's music, but sometimes it can get a little repetitive.
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Cookie cutter sound..You obviously have NO ear for sound and horrible taste in music. Disturbed are awesome musicians,I hardly doubt anyone can or would try to disagree with that
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norcalsti listens 2 britney spears i bet, only a fvcking f@g/homo or tampon music listener would think disturbed isnt fvcking bad@ss!!!!!
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hey norcalsti
first off disturbed is f**king amazing you just cant handle havin the truth smashing your teeth in and second of all if they are using cookie cutters then they must be making cookies COOKIES!!!!! ! ...DO YOU HEAR ME.... COOKIES!!!!! ! ! ! now how can you not like cookies |
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Norcalsti, that's not that bad of a "cookie cutter" PATTERN. They definitely have a distinct sound, one you either hate or love. I personally think these guys deserve awards for being so damn great.
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Hey, norcalsti. These guys are good in their own right, they have definite talent. It's not really that cookie cutter because they added in the missing pieces to nu Metal before the downfall of nu Metal. They have allot to offer and besides, most Metal bands use that order in their music.
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does not sound that good for a band that seems to try so hard. have never been into them because of their "cookie cutter" sound.
chorus verse chorus verse chorus bridge yawn repeat |
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ir's nice to see another Chicago band that actually has real solid music, and not just a crash and burn one hit wonder.
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burlybig dude you dont know a thing. I doubt you are a crack baby, and did you even know that Inside the Fire was based off of Draiman's girlfriend's suicide by hanging? If you knew anything about the band you would know that he wrote that song in memory of her. He rebelled because he disagreed with all of the religious things the boarding school (a private school where they can teach whatever the hell they want) was telling him, and the music was his outlet for that anger. Ignorant b**tard.
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not Nearly as good as the first but Even Bands like Sabbath , Deep purlple put out Mediocre albulms in betwen comming back with kick a ss folwups this aint a bad albulm but the first was way better
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disturbed rocks!! definitely my favorite band...i think indestructib l e is awesome though, but i agree with necroblivion about believe...an d burlybigball s should know all the facts before belittling one of the best bands in my opinion. neither you nor i knows exactly where he got his anger from. i truly hate ignorant people like you who condescend amazing bands to compensate for your own inadequacies . Yeee disturbed!
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What I want to know is how come Disturbed has an every other album rule. Every other album is phenomenal. The sickness... great. Believe? Sappy and commercial. 10K Fists, awesome. Indestructib l e ? Underwhelmin g .
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Yea, burly, David took the anger that life gave him and turned it into an amazing thing. F*ck you for dissing his successful attempt at spitting in this mortal coil's face.
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being born a f**king crack baby is hard being kicked out of school is your own damn problem! really that is the best you can come up with out of all the adversities in life being kicked out of school is the best you can do please! cry me a river build a bridge and get over it. what did school do put a gun to his head and make him quit or did everybody laugh at him for his backstreet boy backpack.
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Don't get me wrong. Disturbed is a kick a** band. But it's unfair. I mean, Draiman gets kicked out of 5 schools and then ends up being one of the greatest bands around... It isn't fair. Though life isn't fair....
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Bullshit Disturbed is great I have a blast at the Mayhem Festival they put on a hell of a show and metal has always been here and will be here to stay!!!
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isn't this the music they use on america's funniest video's? what's the name of that annoying s**t where kid's sing all the songs kidz bop or somethin right yeah disturbed can reach a whole new audience there I can see it now who let the dog's out and the sickness on the same album
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best band to come out of the darkness, please lick the back side of my nut's & shut the f**k up!!!! Darkness what darkness? Is the David Hasslehoff imported album live from butfuckenste i n germany the only album your parent's will let you have. Keep your fist raised so you will let everyone else know who you are so they can kick you right in the balls there Full House
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Almost as bad as Daughtry. That band is the bane of anything worth listening to.
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This crap is awful. It's hard to belive that the hair metal sound is making a comeback. Seriously this is butt rock. It's for people going through a mid-life crisis.
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I love Disturbed I will even see them On Sunday August 17th at Nissan For the Mayhem Festival.
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Even though I have only recently discovered this band (and by recently I mean with in the last three years) I can attest to their sheer power. If you're looking for a band that can be as poingant as SOAD but can bring the noise like Slipknot Disturbed is what you're looking for.
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One of the best bands to come out of the darkness in a very long time..the first time I heard about them was the song David did on the queen of the damned soundtrack "Forsaken".N o w they are one of my fav's....I have my fist raised. And I am down with the sickness..Do you? Are you?
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I first heard Disturbed on there first album "The Sickness" in 2000, but back then i was just 6 years old, but i still listen to them (Even if i had no idea what they where saying.). But now that i'm older, i have too say that they are great, they really have a sound of there own, and i hope i can se them live some day!
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