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Original Article: blabbermouth.net

Chris Daughtry of Grammy-nominated rockers DAUGHTRY joined DISTURBED on stage last night (Saturday, February 17) at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee to perform the DISTURBED song “Stricken”. Fan-filmed video of his appearance can be seen below.

“Stricken” was the second single from DISTURBED’s third studio album, “2005’s “Ten Thousand Fists”. In August 2008, the track was certified gold in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales in excess of 500,000 copies.

DISTURBED kicked off the 2024 leg of its “Take Back Your Life” tour on January 19 at the Peoria Civic Center in Peoria, Illinois. The band’s 21-song setlist included the live debut of the “Divisive” album track “Don’t Tell Me” featuring a guest appearance by Moriah Formica of the opening band PLUSH.

Released in November 2022, DISTURBED’s latest LP, “Divisive”, was recorded earlier that year with producer Drew Fulk (MOTIONLESS IN WHITE, LIL PEEP, HIGHLY SUSPECT) in Nashville, Tennessee.

According to Billboard, “Divisive” sold 26,000 equivalent album units in its first week of release, with 22,000 units via album sales.

On the all-format Billboard 200 chart, “Divisive” debuted at No. 13.

DISTURBED has had five No. 1s on the all-genre chart, beginning with “Believe” in 2002.

“Divisive” topped Billboard’s Top Hard Rock Albums and Top Alternative Albums charts, for their sixth and fifth No. 1s on those respective tallies.

“Bad Man”, a single from “Divisive”, was nominated for “Best Metal Performance” at the 66th annual Grammy Awards, which took place on February 4 in Los Angeles. DISTURBED had been nominated twice before, in 2009 and 2017, but did not win either time. “Bad Man” was the second single released from the LP and peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart while two previously released singles, “Hey You” and “Unstoppable”, reached No. 1.

DISTURBED will perform at this year’s Knotfest in Australia in March and is scheduled to make festival appearances at Welcome To Rockville and Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival in May.

Did Dan go honky tonkin’ last night?! Hayley with Dan Donegan of Disturbed before their exclusive show at EXIT/IN last night.

During this tour run Disturbed has brough up a lot of fans on stage to share their stories about their battle with Depression. We have heard many stories from many fans and it lets us know we are not alone in our battles. Check out the video below that was posted to their official facebook page.

Falling In Reverse frontman, Ronnie Radke has recently taken to X to share his thoughts on the best rock bands.

When a fan expressed regret about missing a live performance featuring David Draiman of Disturbed and Radke in Knoxville, Ronnie responded with high praise for Disturbed, writing:

“Disturbed is the best band I’ve ever seen live. You’re in for a treat.”

This endorsement was warmly acknowledged by Draiman, who thanked Radke for the compliment. Then, a fan’s curiosity about Radke’s opinion on Pierce the Veil prompted a nostalgic reflection. The vocalist recalled a memory from 2007, saying:

“On tour in 2007, when I was in Escape the Fate, we stopped by a small ass venue to watch Pierce the Veil; we just walked right in the front where they were playing. I’ve known them for 16 years. They deserve their success. Hard workers.”

The conversation took a turn when discussing Sleeping with Sirens. The singer expressed less enthusiasm for their music with the following words:

“Don’t like their music as much. Wanted them to do the popular Monster offered them too much money, and everyone wanted to do it. However, their guitarist turned it down because he’s now a woke guy. It’s just funny cause I watched him snort coke in his front lounge years before and literally make racist jokes. All of a sudden, he’s a he/him white knighting the band into oblivion.”

Asked about Underøath, Radke ranked them among his top five bands. He noted:

“Underoath is one of the most influential bands of the 00s in hardcore metalcore. Inspired my band. A bunch of bands started copying them, adding synths and samples. All of a sudden, the devil wears Prada was a Christian band with a keyboardist that went crazy, etc. Underoath is top 5 for me.”

Radke frequently shares his views on music and other bands, not shying away from expressing both praise and criticism. He recently voiced his opinion on the current generation of metal bands in reaction to a tweet from Enterprise Earth’s Travis Worland. He criticized the juxtaposition of violent lyrical content with what he perceives as a lack of toughness in real life.

You can check out all his tweets below.

Disturbed is best band I’ve ever seen live. you’re in for a treat https://t.co/WgiL4VJBf8

— Ronnie (@RonnieRadke) February 4, 2024

There are so many challenges in life that music enables us to overcome

It’s no secret Taylor Swift became even more of a massive superstar over the past year, eliciting passionate opinions from fans and naysayers alike. However, during a recent Disturbed concert, lead singer David Draiman sent a strong message to Swift’s haters—and the entire exchange was caught on camera.

During a Jan. 19 concert in Peoria, Ill., Draiman brought two dads and their 12-year-old daughters onstage for a special moment shared via TikTok.

“So I take it that you came to the Disturbed concert, as opposed to the Taylor Swift concert, means that your parents are raising you on rock and roll,” he said to the girls. “Hey, don’t forget: Taylor Swift still kicks a—.”

When some audience members booed, Draiman proceeded to expertly scold the haters.

“You know what? I will stand up and applaud any pop artist that gets up on stage and sings live and plays a guitar live in front of a whole group of [F-bomb]ing thousands of girls and guys, young fans,” he said.

Draiman continued: “Don’t talk s— about Taylor Swift. She is for real. And she’s making sure that an entire generation of new music fans understand what it means to actually play music live.”

TikTok user @goddesslunalou shared a shorter version of the exchange, captioning the video, “When you go to a @disturbe concert and they’re hyping up @Taylor Swift.”

In the comments, folks showed their support for both Disturbed and Swift. One person wrote, “@Taylor Swift these are the people that take care of your name when you’re not in the room,” along with a heart emoji.

Another TikTok user commented, “and suddenly the Swifties will stan Disturbed with their lives!”

Yet another person declared, “Taylor Swift and Disturbed is the collab I never knew I needed.”

Meanwhile, someone else shared, “Real artists and songwriters know how talented TS is. She is the most prolific songwriter since Springsteen and McCartney.”

Original Article: Blabbermouth.net

DISTURBED kicked off the 2024 leg of its “Take Back Your Life” tour last night (Friday, January 19) at the Peoria Civic Center in Peoria, Illinois. The band’s 21-song setlist included the live debut of the “Divisive” album track “Don’t Tell Me” featuring a guest appearance by Moriah Formica of the opening band PLUSH. Fan-filmed video of the performance can be seen below.

Earlier this month, DISTURBED released the Matt Mahurin-directed music video for “Don’t Tell Me”. The song, an epic emotionally charged duet with HEART’s Ann Wilson, marked the first time the band had included a guest feature on an LP.

Back in 2017, Formica was a contender on season 13 of “The Voice”. Her blind audition performance of “Crazy On You” by HEART got the attention of all four judges, ultimately earning her a coveted spot on Team Miley Cyrus.

“I chose to play HEART because it is classic rock,” Formica said at the time. “One of the reasons why I decided to go on to ‘The Voice’ is because of the lack of true rock singers. Ann Wilson is one of my favorite vocalists.”

Regarding how the collaboration with Wilson came about, DISTURBED drummer Mike Wengren told Terrie Carr of WDHA-FM 105.5 FM: “That was always supposed to be the ‘power ballad,’ per se. And as we were tracking it in the studio, David [Draiman, DISTURBED singer] just threw out the idea, ‘Hey, let’s do a duet on this song.’ We’ve tossed around the idea before, but there wasn’t ever either the right material or the right time. So in this particular case, we kind of said, ‘Well, who you’ve got in mind?’ And he didn’t even have a list; he just had one person, and that was Ann. It was a no-brainer. ‘Hey, let’s hit up Ann. Let’s see if she’d be into it.’ And she was on board right away; we didn’t have to convince her.”

Mike continued: “[David and Ann] sort of struck up a bit of a friendship, a little bit of a rapport. When [DISTURBED cover version of] ‘The Sound Of Silence’ came out years back and had its success, she was one of many artists and celebrities that took it up themselves to go on Twitter and praise the song and praise our version of it, which we couldn’t have been more honored. Iconic, legendary Ann Wilson thinks that we did a great job with a SIMON & GARFUNKEL cover. That’s pretty incredible, a pretty great honor. So when we reached out to her, she was more than willing to jump on board. And she came in and she killed it… And she’s super cool and down to earth too, and just incredibly talented. It’s such an honor to have her be on our record. And to me, the blending of her voice and David’s voice, they really, really work so well together. I’m so proud of David and just so honored to have her a part of our record.”

In September 2022, DISTURBED guitarist Dan Donegan, whose divorce inspired “Don’t Tell Me”, told Meltdown of Detroit’s WRIF radio station about the band’s collaboration with Wilson: “Early in our career, we wanted to really establish ourselves without having any guests. We didn’t really talk about it much, but just [felt], ‘This is the band.’ Not that we were ever against it, but this far along in our career… We’re always pushing ourselves, trying to do stuff that’s different musically. And there’s so much talent out there and so many people we would love to do collaborations with now or later in our career.

“Ann Wilson had mentioned before — she tweeted about us before,” he continued. “A few years back, somebody asked her in an interview or whatever if there’s anything new out there, or newer, musically that she’s heard that she’s fan of, and she mentioned she really loved our version of ‘The Sound Of Silence’. And that kind of opened the door to a social media friendship between her and David a bit. And then when we wrote this song, it just seemed like it would lend itself to Ann’s voice and then trying to see that merge between her and David’s voices together. She jumped on the opportunity. Immediately she responded, and we were, like, ‘Holy shit. She just said yes to this.'”

Asked by Meltdown if “Don’t Tell Me” is a more mellow track than the standard DISTURBED fare, Dan said: “I can’t give it away, but their voices, it’s like Fergie and Jesus — a little ‘Step Brothers’ [2008 movie] quote there… It was a pretty magical moment to be in the room and to hear the two of them harmonize together.

“We tracked David’s vocals in Nashville, and we wanted to make it easy and convenient for her, ’cause we were, like, she said yes, she’s gonna do it,” Donegan continued. “Let’s make it as easy as possible on her.’ We flew out to California to meet with her. We went into a studio out there for just a couple of hours, and she sang against David’s tracks. And he was there kind of going over the harmonies with her and stuff too. So it was kind of a really magical moment to see the two of them working on those harmonies together. It was pretty impressive. And she’s such a pro, and she’s so damn good. She’s a legend. So it was pretty exciting. And it’s not like she sits there and jumps on people’s albums either, so we take that as a badge of honor to think that there’s not many times where somebody as big a legend as she is that she would jump on any album. She doesn’t have to, and she chose to be on this one. And she loves the track. And it just came together great.”

Released in November 2022, “Divisive” was recorded earlier that year with producer Drew Fulk (MOTIONLESS IN WHITE, LIL PEEP, HIGHLY SUSPECT) in Nashville, Tennessee.

According to Billboard, “Divisive” sold 26,000 equivalent album units in its first week of release, with 22,000 units via album sales.

On the all-format Billboard 200 chart, “Divisive” debuted at No. 13.

DISTURBED has had five No. 1s on the all-genre chart, beginning with “Believe” in 2002.

Well, it appears David Draiman has found love again. The Disturbed frontman took to social media yesterday (Jan. 10) and shared his first photo with his new girlfriend.

Draiman revealed that he was going through a divorce with his ex-wife Lena Draiman in early 2023. The couple had been married for 11 years, and had a son together named Samuel, who’s now 10. According to Blabbermouth, the singer wrote that he felt “heartbroken” and “very lost,” but assured there was no bad blood between himself and Lena.

The divorce was finalized in the spring. But now, it seems that Draiman has been able to mend his heart a bit, as he posted a photo of himself with a woman on Instagram.

“My lady,” the vocalist wrote as the caption of the photo, followed by a heart emoji. He also tagged the woman, whose name is Sarah Uli. According to her Instagram profile, she’s a Miami-based model. She shared the same image of herself with Draiman last night as well, captioning it, “You,” with a heart emoji.

Several musicians commented on Draiman’s post expressing their happiness for his newfound relationship.

“David, you are such a beautiful soul. Im so glad u have found someone who makes you happy,” Halestorm‘s Lzzy Hale wrote.

I Prevail‘s Brian Burkheiser commented, “Happy for you brotha!”

See the post below.

It’s unclear how Draiman met Uli, but he did own a home in Miami for a time, though he sold it in late September for $5 million [via the New York Post]. In May of last year, the singer revealed that he’d made a Tinder profile after a fan posted a screenshot of his account on X. The fan assumed the account was fake, but the vocalist confirmed that it was real.

“You’d be surprised. It’s hard for a guy like me to meet the right woman. I’ll tell you, it’s been weird so far. Lots of scammers. Trying to figure out how to navigate this new terrain,” Draiman expanded.

His stint on the platform didn’t last long, though, and he deleted the account shortly after.

“Holy fucking dumpster fire Batman, Tinder was an absolute shitishow. Scammers, grifters, fakes and phonies abound. What a colossal fucking nightmare. Deleted it. Dear lord,” he wrote in another post on X.

We wish Draiman all the best.

 

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Original Article: Blabbermouth.com

Original Article: loudersound.com

If you know only two Disturbed songs, you know Down With The Sickness and you know their cover of The Sound Of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel. The video for that cover version has been viewed over 400 million times on YouTube, and to be fair, it is a stunning reworking of a classic. So stunning, in fact, that they’ve just repeated the trick with their equally dramatic take on former Police frontman Sting’s If I Ever Lose My Faith In You.

But did you know that David Draiman and co. have covered quite a few songs in their time? Some of which are better than others. Here we count down the band’s seven different covers in order from worst to best.

8. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For (originally by U2)

Disturbed turn U2’s earnest, gospel-inflected ballad into a chugging, rock-radio song. The riffs from the second verse onwards sound weirdly out of place, as does the mid-song solo. Plus, there’s only one monkey noise in it.

7. Fade To Black (originally by Metallica)

A live version on the Music As A Weapon II compilation showed Disturbed could do pretty good Metallica karaoke, David even doing a throaty, Hetfield rasp. They added nothing new to The Four Horsemen’s song, though.

6. Living After Midnight (originally by Judas Priest)

This song featured on a covermount CD that came with this very magazine. Again, it remains largely faithful to the original version, Disturbed paying tribute to some of the legends that inspired them.