Disturbed

Disturbed is an American  band from Chicago, Illinois. The band comprises vocalist David Draiman, bassist John Moyer, guitarist Dan Donegan, and drummer Mike Wengren. Former band members are vocalist Erich Awalt and bassist Steve Kmak.
Formed in 1994 as Brawl, the band was renamed Disturbed in 1996 after Draiman was hired as the band's new vocalist. The band has released six studio albums, five of which have consecutively debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Disturbed went into hiatus in October 2011, during which the band's members focused on various side projects, and returned in June 2015, releasing their first album in five years, , on August 21.
==History==
===Formation===
The band was formed as Brawl in early 1994 with guitarist Dan Donegan, bassist Steve Kmak, drummer Mike Wengren, and vocalist Erich Awalt. Awalt eventually left the band, and an advertisement post was assembled to see who would succeed at the vocal position. After an audition of twenty individuals, the band finally settled in on David Draiman, who was working as a bank teller before taking up a musical career. In 1996, the band was renamed Disturbed.
===The Sickness===
After recording demo tapes and performing at clubs to generate revenue, Disturbed was picked up by Giant Records. Disturbed released their first studio album titled The Sickness on March 7, 2000. The standard edition contained twelve tracks, including a cover of Shout 2000, originally by Tears for Fears. Original content by Disturbed were "Stupify", "The Game", "Voices", and best of all of those singles, "Down with the Sickness". The band went on tour in North America and Europe to promote their latest content. In 2001, Kmak suffered a broken ankle after falling from a fire escape outside a rehearsing facility. Marty O'Brien took over for the bass duties while Kmak was recovering from his injuries, and the tour went on as planned.
===Believe===
Disturbed released their second studio album titled Believe on September 17, 2002. At the time of the recording, Draiman's grandfather died in Israel. When Draiman began his music career, he was rarely on speaking terms with his grandfather. Weeks later, Draiman underwent surgery to remove a damaged valve that was causing acid to spill on his vocal cords. The successful surgery not only repaired Draiman's voice but also allegedly broadened his vocal range. The album's standard edition included twelve tracks. Singles were "Prayer", "Liberate", and "Remember". Disturbed went on another tour to promote the album. Around the same time, Kmak was dismissed due to the band's personality differences. John Moyer took over as the band's next bassist.
===Ten Thousand Fists===
Disturbed released their third studio album titled Ten Thousand Fists on September 10, 2005. The album included fourteen tracks, including a cover of "Land of Confusion" originally performed by Genesis. Four singles included the title track, "Just Stop", "Guarded", and "Stricken". The band went on tour again to promote the album. In early 2006, the tour in Europe was moved twice due to Draiman suffering from severe acid reflux, which affected his voice. Draiman eventually underwent surgery for a deviated septum, which affected his voice. In the aftermath, Draiman was advised to limit his drinking on the road.
===Indestructible===
In early 2007, Disturbed return to the studio to begin developing new material. For the film Transformers, the band had written a track titled "This Moment". Between October 25 and December 7 of 2007, Disturbed had recorded material for their fourth studio album, Indestructible, which was released on June 3, 2008. The album featured twelve tracks. Four singles included the title track, "Inside the Fire", "The Night", and "Perfect Insanity". Disturbed again went on a tour to promote the album.
===Asylum===
In early 2010, Disturbed returned to Chicago and entered the studio to begin recording new material. The band's fourth studio album, Asylum, was released on August 31, 2010. It contained thirteen tracks. Singles included the title track, "Warrior", "Animal", and "Another Way to Die". As the band was embarking on another tour, Draiman began to experience another throat condition, prompting the band to cancel the remainder of the tour. Recovery time required at least four weeks. By July 2011, the band announced that they were taking a hiatus. The reason for their hiatus was due to conflicts between themselves. The hiatus became official by October 2011. During their time off, a compilation album titled The Lost Children was released on November 4, 2011, as a digital download and as a retail CD on November 8, 2011. The compilation included sixteen tracks. A single titled "Hell" was unreleased, which would have been intended for Ten Thousand Fists. Also in the compilation were covers of "Midlife Crisis" (originally by Faith No More) and "Living After Midnight" (originally by Judas Priest).
===Immortalized===
By June 2015, Disturbed announced on their Facebook page that they were getting the band back together. Three days later, Disturbed announced that they were recording new material in the studio. The band's fifth studio album, Immortalized, was released on August 21, 2015. It was later revealed that Draiman and Donegan had secretly met for dinner dating back to January 2014, discussing their plans to reunite the band and develop new material. Despite their efforts, Moyer was not present at the time, and was doing work for other side projects. Without Moyer, Donegan had to do the bass parts of the tracks for the album. Recording for the album took place at The Hideout Recording Studio in Las Vegas, Nevada between January and May 2015. The album contained thirteen tracks with three additional tracks in the deluxe edition and the seventeenth being a digital download exclusive. Singles for the album included the title track, "The Vengeful One", and "The Light". Most notable out of all tracks in the album was a cover of "The Sound of Silence", originally performed by Simon and Garfunkel. A music video for "The Sound of Silence" was released on December 7, 2015. The cover turned out to be immensely successful. Although Disturbed did not grant permission by Simon and Garfunkel to cover the song, the original artists who performed it before were mightily impressed by it, and praised Draiman for all of his past contributions. The cover of The Sound of Silence received a great amount of radio play, especially by pop radio stations. The cover was performed live on the TV show Conan, receiving more than 60 million views on YouTube.
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