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• Sep 26, 2019 This is my reaction to live performance of The sound of silence by Disturbed. That was unbelievable David Draiman does not disappoint. Thanks for watching and if you've enjoyed please like.
• Apr 08, 2016  Last week, David and Disturbed were the guests on ‘Conan’, and they performed ‘The Sound Of Silence’, and they absolutely killed it. Well, I should say David killed it. There has been some critics saying that he may have used ‘Auto-Tune’ or studio tricks to pull of the intense vocals of this song.
• Apr 12, 2016  Just as an FYI, 'Autotune' is the brand name for Antares' pitch correction. It most certainly is not generic. Autotune's major advantage is that it.automatically. detects notes that are outside the pre-programmed scale and moves them to the closest scale pitch. Again, automatically.

David Michael Draiman (born March 13, 1973) is an American singer and songwriter; he is the lead singer of Disturbed and Device. Draiman has a distorted, operatic baritone voice and percussive singing style. In November 2006, Draiman was voted number 42 on the Hit Parader's 'Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time'.^[1] Draiman has written some of Disturbed's most successful singles, such as 'Stupify', 'Down with the Sickness', 'Indestructible', and 'Inside the Fire'.

In October 2011, Disturbed went on hiatus,^[2] and Draiman worked on an industrial rock/metal project with Geno Lenardo (former guitarist of Filter), which was later named Device; they released one album, in 2013. In June 2015, Disturbed returned with a single and a new album, Immortalized. In 2018, Disturbed released Evolution.

Early life and education[edit]

Draiman was born in Brooklyn, New York, on March 13, 1973, the son of Jewish parents Miriam and YJ Draiman. His father, who was subsequently a candidate in the 2017 race for mayor of Los Angeles,^[3] and had worked as a real estate developer and small-business owner,^[4] was arrested for embezzlement and sent to prison when Draiman was 12. Draiman's brother Benjamin^[5] is an ambient/folk rock musician who lives in Israel.^[6][7]

His parents, while not personally observant, sent Draiman to Orthodox schools, where he believed he was on the path to receiving rabbinic ordination. Draiman frequently spent time in Israel during his early life.^[6] Draiman attended five Jewish day schools, including Wisconsin Institute for Torah Study in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Valley Torah High School in Los Angeles, California, where he formed his first band; and Fasman Yeshiva High School in Chicago, Illinois.^[6]. During his freshman year at Wisconsin Institute for Torah Study, he was asked to leave, as he 'rebelled against the conformity' and 'just wanted to be a normal teenage kid', adding that he 'couldn't really stomach the rigorous religious requirements of the life [there]'.^[6] Of his study at Jewish day schools, Draiman stated that he 'was a bit resentful', but he later encouraged his family to observe Shabbat and was trained as a hazzan.^[6]

Draiman later enrolled at Ida Crown Jewish Academy in Chicago, Illinois, and graduated from high school in 1991.^[6] From 1991 to 1992, he became romantically involved with a girl who used heroin and eventually committed suicide, which inspired the song 'Inside the Fire'. At 18 years old, on New Year's Day, Draiman attempted to do the same but woke up under a 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass nearly frozen to death instead. After detoxing, Draiman described a 'moment of clarity' and never did heroin again.^[8] He spent a year after high school studying at the Yeshivas Neveh Zion in Kiryat Ye'arim, on the outskirts of Jerusalem.^[6]

After returning to the US in 1992, Draiman commenced pre-law studies at Loyola University Chicago.^[6] In 1996, he graduated from the University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Government, Philosophy, and Business Administration.^[9] Initially considering offers to matriculate and study at law school, Draiman realized that although criminal defense law was the only area of law that interested him, he could not 'really look at myself in the mirror and say 'I'm going to lie for a living and protect criminals'.^[6] During his university studies, Draiman also worked as a bank teller and in phone sales.^[6]

Career[edit]

Early career and influences[edit]

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After graduating from college, Draiman worked as an administrative assistant in a healthcare facility.^[6] After his first year, he earned an administrator's license and commenced running his own healthcare facility.^[6] For five years before joining Disturbed and the band's signing with Giant Records, Draiman was a healthcare administrator.^[6] Leaving that position strained his relationship with his grandfather, a traditional Hasidic Jew.^[10]

Draiman said, 'the first record I ever bought was Kiss’ Destroyer. And those classic bands like Black Sabbath were my first loves .. I focused on the seminal metal bands like Metallica, Iron Maiden, Pantera and Queensrÿche'.^[6]

Draiman continues, 'But I could also appreciate the hair metal bands – When you hear Whitesnake, you can’t deny their greatness. Then I went in the direction of punk and new wave, groups like the Sex Pistols, The Ramones, The Misfits and later The Smiths and The Cure – that was my '80s'.^[6]

'And then when the grunge revolution happened, it was like a wakeup call. I'll never forget getting my first Nirvana, Soundgarden and Alice in Chains records'.^[6]

Personal life[edit]

Draiman is married to former WWE DivaLena Yada; they have a son, Samuel Bear Isamu Draiman,^[11] born in 2013, three weeks early after 23 hours of labor.^[10][12] Draiman is Jewish. In politics, he said 'I'm liberal about everything that is issue-based as far as ideology, but I'm also of the opinion of a very small government. I don't agree with the fiscal policies of the Democrats, but I certainly don't agree with the right-wing craziness of the Republicans.'^[13] Draiman was a supporter of Bernie Sanders against the Donald Trump candidacy.^[13] He also described himself as “a very, very strong supporter of Israel forever and for our people (Jewish people).' He described Roger Waters, and other activists, seeking to boycott Israel for alleged human rights abuses as 'Nazi comrades'.^[14]

Discography[edit]

For a more comprehensive list, see Disturbed discography

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Disturbed

• The Sickness (2000)
• Believe (2002)
• Ten Thousand Fists (2005)
• Indestructible (2008)
• Asylum (2010)
• The Lost Children (2011)
• Immortalized (2015)
• Evolution (2018)

Device

• Device (2013)

Guest appearances

• 'Forsaken' (written by Jonathan Davis) (2002)
• 'Here's to Us' (guest version) (2012)
• 'Dance in the Rain' (guest vocals for Megadeth) (2013)

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• Trivium - Vengeance Falls (2013)

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References[edit]

1. ^'BLABBERMOUTH.NET – ROB HALFORD, ROBERT PLANT, BON SCOTT, OZZY Are Among 'Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists''. Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
2. ^'Disturbed's Draiman on Band's Hiatus: 'It's the Right Time to Step Away''.
3. ^Kandel, Jason (4 March 2013). '8 Vie for Los Angeles Mayor in Upcoming City Primary'. NBC Southern California.
4. ^Melnicoff, Mars (6 April 2011). 'YJ Draiman, Dad to Disturbed's Lead Singer: Top 5 Reasons Unknown Underdog 2013 L.A. Mayoral Candidate Is Freaking Interesting'. LA Weekly.
5. ^Ouellette, Mary (16 October 2013). 'David Draiman's Brother Ben Draiman Performs Disturbed's 'Stricken''. Loudwire.
6. ^ ^{abcdefghijklmnop}Brinn, Davd (2 January 2011). 'The hazan who became disturbed'. The Jerusalem Post.
7. ^'David Draiman's Brother Ben Covers Disturbed's 'Sticken''. Blabbermouth.net. 10 October 2013.
8. ^'Disturbed's David Draiman - Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction? (Part 1)'. Aug 19, 2015.
9. ^Ellerbee, Jacob (30 December 2011). 'Before They Were Famous'. Metal Mentality. Archived from the original on 18 January 2014.
10. ^ ^ab'Disturbed's David Draiman - Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction? (Part 2)'. Sep 2, 2015.
11. ^'Disturbed's David Draiman: Still Angry After All These Years'. Yahoo.
12. ^'Disturbed (band)'. David Draiman. 2013-05-07. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
13. ^ ^ab'DISTURBED's DAVID DRAIMAN Throws His Support Behind BERNIE SANDERS'. Blabbermouth. 16 December 2015.
14. ^Bandler, Aaron (4 June 2019). 'Disturbed Lead Singer Criticizes Roger Waters, BDS'. Jewish Journal. Retrieved 5 June 2019.

David Draiman Sound Of Silence

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David Draiman has told HardDrive Radio that DISTURBED's massively successful cover of SIMON & GARFUNKEL's 'The Sound Of Silence' has had a profound effect on him and his bandmates. While they had another No. 1 Mainstream Rock Songs hit from 2015's 'Immortalized' with their original tune 'Open Your Eyes', the triple-platinum 'Silence' spent seven weeks at No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock Songs chart, two weeks atop the Rock Digital Song Sales chart and reached No. 3 on Hot Rock Songs. Further, the song reached No. 42 on the Hot 100 and garnered a nomination at the 2017 Grammy Awards in the category of 'Best Rock Performance.'

'Obviously, what happened from the 'Immortalized' record was we achieved a level of success that, to be perfectly honest, was unpredecented in our career,' the singer said (see video below). 'Every track released from that record ended up going No. 1 at radio. All the responses to it were just so overwhelming, and in particular with the obvious crossover explosion of our cover of 'The Sound Of Silence', which ended up becoming a worldwide phenomenon and is now nearing on half a billion views; I mean, it's just insane. So a lot changed.'

He continued: 'It used to be that whenever I walked around without my old piercings that I was very rarely recognized — it wasn't a common thing; I could be somewhat incognito. It doesn't matter anymore. Because my face was so front and center in [the 'Silence'] video and it's been viewed so many times by so many people, now it's, like, it doesn't matter whether I have 'em or not, people know.'

Draiman also touched upon his decision to finally remove his signature double labret vertical piercings, the long hook- or talon-shaped decoration that came down over his chin. 'I felt it was time to do away with 'em,' he said. 'They're cumbersome and just annoying and a pain, and it didn't feel right at this age. I've got all this nice salt and pepper going on over here,' referring to his facial hair with a laugh.

David said that he was surprised at the reaction from the rock and metal community after BLABBERMOUTH.NET first posted an article about the absence of his trademark piercings. 'What I thought was hysterical was is that when the Metal Hammer article came out earlier on [when DISTURBED's new album, 'Evolution', was first announced], it was pretty obvious I didn't have 'em in, so why didn't people lose their minds at that point?' he asked rhetorically. 'What was the catalyst that all of a sudden launched a hundred articles that people went crazy about it?'

Draiman added: 'I really don't think that anybody's going to buy or not buy a DISTURBED album and/or ticket because I am or am not wearing my labret piercings.'

DISTURBED released its seventh studio album, 'Evolution', last Friday (October 19), with the band also rolling out the details of the North American leg of its 2019 'Evolution' world tour. The trek will kick off on January 9 in San Diego, wrapping up on March 8 in the band's hometown area of Chicago. Support on the 27-city jaunt will come from Canada's THREE DAYS GRACE.

'Evolution' has been billed as DISTURBED's most diverse offering yet, and Draiman admitted the band was a little nervous about how fans would react. 'I'd be lying to you if I said that we weren't a little bit frightened [laughs] by, you know, what potentially the reaction could be to it,' he told The Pulse Of Radio. 'But at the end of the day, a great song is a great song. It's not easy going into uncharted territory. It's not that automatic sense of comfort that you get from going into the territory that you're used to navigating. So there certainly was internal apprehension of a sort, but that was quickly overcome.'