As a child I had trained as a cantor, who leads the Jewish congregation in prayer, so I’d had quite a bit of vocal training. And that’s still with me to this day. I first got involved in music when I was at a school in LA, a punk rock band doing covers of Ramones and Sex Pistols and a couple of…
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David Draiman
David Michael Draiman (born March 13, 1973) is an American singer who is best known as the lead vocalist of the band Disturbed as well as the band Device. Draiman is known for his distorted 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". 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 entered a hiatus. Draiman announced in the following year that he was working on an industrial rock/metal project with Geno Lenardo, formerly of Filter, which was later named Device. In June 2015, Disturbed released their first single since their hiatus, named "The Vengeful One". They produced it over a year before, and along with it announced a new album, Immortalized. 2Early life and education Draiman was born in Brooklyn, New York on March 13, 1973, the son to Miriam and YJ Draiman. His father, a candidate in the 2017 race for mayor of Los Angeles, is a former real estate developer, small-business owner, and elected member of the Northridge East Neighborhood Council, among other role
You have to understand the kinds of institutions these places were. Imagine an incredibly difficult Catholic hardcore boarding school, only instead of priests they were full of rabbis. Basically we were not allowed to watch television, go to the movies, we were not allowed to read a newspaper. We…
I definitely think that it continues to grow and become more diverse; particularly the rock genre. There’s so many subgenres nowadays in rock and metal it’s almost impossible to keep track. I love that! I love the different flavors, I love how unique and diversified it’s become. I love the loyalty…
The things I’m passionate about, the things that still haunt me. I’ve always said, I’ve got enough stored up for a hundred more records. I’ve had a tumultuous life, and I continue to have a tumultuous life. I’ve been very blessed but it’s dramatic.
To be honest, the show itself. The energy exchange, the whole vibe. There’s nothing more intoxicating, there is no sensation in life more addictive.
Something that we consciously recognized when we were writing the Immortalized album was that there’s no longer any reason for us to have any creative or stylistic limitations of any kind. This track and the success that it has seen is only further proof and validation of that. I’m not saying that…
You always hope to transcend what you’ve already done, and this certainly seems to be doing just that. We really couldn’t be happier. We welcome anyone and everyone to the fold, and it’s just great to know that the emotion and the style of this particular version of this song is affecting so many…