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Disturbed

Disturbed is an American alternative metal band from Chicago, Illinois. The group was formed in 1996 when musicians Dan Donegan, Steve "Fuzz" Kmak, and Mike Wengren hired singer David Draiman in Chicago, Illinois. Originally classified as a nu metal band, Disturbed is now regarded by some music critics as hard rock or heavy metal,[1] although others now regard them as alternative metal.[2] However, the band's genre is still being debated. When asked about die-hard metal fans not finding Disturbed heavy enough, frontman David Draiman stated: "We probably have too much melody going on or we're not quite as turbulent or caustic. While I really love that type of music, it's not what we try to do. If we have to place things in context, we're more hard rock than heavy metal these days."[3]

History

In its early years, around 1998, Disturbed recorded two separate demo EPs, Stupify (featured on The Sickness) and Perfect Insanity (unreleased track) which the band 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. Soon after, Disturbed released a revamped cover version of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin's theme music for the WWE called "Glass Shatters." Disturbed headlined Ozzy Osbourne's Ozzfest tour in 2001 alongside Black Sabbath, Marilyn Manson, Slipknot, Papa Roach, Linkin Park, Black Label Society, and Crazy Town. Afterwards, the band started their own tour, called Music as a Weapon.

In September 2002, Disturbed released its second album titled Believe, which debuted at #1. Disturbed's frontman David Draiman recorded the vocals for "Forsaken", a song written and produced by Jonathan Davis of Korn for the Queen Of The Damned Soundtrack. In 2003, the band participated once again in the Ozzfest tour and started "Music as a Weapon II".

Disturbed's bassist Steve Kmak (A.K.A "Fuzz") left the band in early 2003; as singer David Draiman puts it, "When Kmak was with the band, Disturbed wasn't totally clicking; musically or personally." The band tells fans that he left for personal reasons. He was replaced with Matt Konopinski and then later with John Moyer.

Disturbed recently toured with 10 Years and Ill Niño in support of their third album Ten Thousand Fists, released worldwide on September 20th, 2005, which also debuted at #1 in the U.S. Ten Thousand Fists had five B-side tracks not were not released on the album, but rather on various singles and other albums. Currently the track "Hell" can be found on the "Stricken" single (a second version of this single has the studio version of "Dehumanized", which was first released on the live album Music As A Weapon II). The track can also be heard on the band's Myspace page. The track "Monster" was orginally released as part of an iTunes pre-order package for the first people who pre-orded the album Ten Thousand Fists. Afterwards, the track was extremely hard to find. But, it can now be found on the "European Tour Edition" of Ten Thousand Fists (along with the unreleased track "Two Worlds"). The track "Sickened" can be found on the "Land of Confusion" single. The fifth and final unreleased track, "Criminal", is currently unavailable. Though, there has been some rumors of this track being on the "Ten Thousand Fists" single. However, no such thing has popped yet. A month after the release of Ten Thousand Fists, Disturbed headlined the Jägermeister tour.

Disturbed supplied the song "Stricken" for WWE's New Year's Revolution 2006. In April 2006, the band completed an Australian tour supporting Korn and sharing the tour with 10 Years and Hatebreed. In mid 2006, a European tour was scheduled but had been moved twice due to 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

In late 2006, Draiman went to undergo surgery for his voice. It was successful, and ever since then, Draiman has stopped drinking. Disturbed headlined Ozzfest 2006 along with Ozzy Osbourne, System of a Down, Dragonforce, Avenged Sevenfold, Lacuna Coil, and Hatebreed. The band also went on the European tour that had been previously moved twice earlier in 2006. Afterwards, Disturbed headlined "Music as a Weapon III" with the bands Flyleaf, Stone Sour, Bloodsimple and Nonpoint.

Disturbed's frontman recently became involved 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

Draiman also told NYRock:

"[I'm] Very positive about the internet, Napster. I think it's a tremendous tool for reaching many more people than we ever could without it. When you release music you want it to be heard by people. Artists really want to have their music heard. They want to have their creation heard by people. Nothing is going to do that better than Napster. I can't tell you how many kids have come up to me and said, 'I downloaded a couple of tunes off Napster and I went out and bought the album.' Or they say, 'I want to come see you play.' I don't really make money off of record sales anyway." - David Draiman

Disturbed's last event was completing the Music as a Weapon III tour in late 2006. On their last stop of the tour, which was in Madison, WI., the band stated that they are going off the road to start working on their fourth album. As of June 1st, 2007, their official website states that they are currently in studio recording. The title and release date have yet to be disclosed to the public.

Discography

Studio albums

Album cover Album information
File:Disturbed - The Sickness.jpg
 The Sickness
File:Disturbed - Believe.jpg
 Believe
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 Ten Thousand Fists

B-sides

  • A Welcome Burden - Dracula 2000 soundtrack, MOL DVD (played live)
  • God of the Mind - Valentine soundtrack, Import Versions of The Sickness
  • Dehumanized (studio version) - Stricken Single
  • Hell - Stricken single
  • Sickened - Land of Confusion Single
  • Monster - Ten Thousand Fists European Tour Edition
  • Two Worlds - Ten Thousand Fists European Tour Edition
  • Perfect Insanity - MOL DVD; Played In Early Live Shows
  • Forsaken - Written by Jonathan Davis, Queen of the Damned soundtrack
  • Glass Shatters - WWF Forceable Entry
  • Criminal - Unreleased from Ten Thousand Fists; currently unavailable

Cover songs

Live

Other contributions

  • Music as a Weapon (2001)
  • Music as a Weapon II (2004)
  • Music as a Weapon III (2006)

Singles

Year Title Chart Positions
US Billboard Hot 100 US Mainstream Rock US Modern Rock US Pop 100 Canadian Singles Chart
2000 "Stupify"[4] #12 #10
2000 "Voices"[4] #16 #18
2001 "Down with the Sickness"[4] #5 #8
2001 "The Game"[4] #34
2002 "Prayer"[5] #58 #3 #3 #14
2002 "Remember"[5] #6 #22
2003 "Liberate"[5] #4 #22
2005 "Guarded"[6] #7 #28
2005 "Stricken"[6] #95 #2 #13 #89
2006 "Just Stop"[6] #4 #24
2006 "Land of Confusion"[6] #1 #18
2006 "Ten Thousand Fists"[6] #7 #37

Soundtracks

Reviews

References

  1. ^ Hiatt, Brian (October 6, 2005). "Disturbed Get Revenge". RollingStone.com. Retrieved 2006-08-31. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ Loftus, Johnny. "Ten Thousand Fists Overview". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2006-11-10.
  3. ^ Magner, Howie (November 24, 2006). "Disturbed See Themselves 'As Being A Three-Decade Spanning Band'". UltimateGuitar.com. Retrieved 2006-12-29. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ a b c d "The Sickness - Billboard Singles". All Music Guide. Retrieved 2007-05-02.
  5. ^ a b c "Believe - Billboard Singles". All Music Guide. Retrieved 2007-05-02.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Ten Thousand Fists - Billboard Singles". All Music Guide. Retrieved 2007-05-02.
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