- Born
- Nicknames
- Brawl
- Yo Yo Ma
- Fans of heavy metal will definitely know of a band called 'Disturbed' hailing from Chicago, Illinois. What fans may not know however,, is that 'Disturbed' was originally called 'Brawl', and had a different vocalist singer; Erich Awalt. but still had Dan Donegan, Mike Wengren, and Steve "Fuzz" Kmak. Soon though after releasing a small demo tape, Erich Awalt left the band leaving the other members wither a vocalist, so they posted a ad in a popular magazine called the 'Illinois Entertainer'; and a man named David Draiman answered their ad, now that they had a singer and the other band members were very impressed with their new singer. David Draiman officially joined the band in 1996 and thereafter the band was renamed to 'Disturbed'. With their new singer in tow, 'Disturbed set out to record a two three-track demo tape cassettes that had the songs, "The Game", "Down with the Sickness", and "Meaning of Life", on the first cassette tape and "Want," "Stupify," and "Droppin' Plates" on their second tape. 'Disturbed' was eventually signed with Giant Records and in the year 2000 they released their first full length album called "The Sickness', having sold over four million copies. They have gone on to release five more albums since then.- IMDb Mini Biography By: anonymous
- Mix of mallcore and pop
- Their song "Down With The Sickness" has appeared in several movies, which includes Queen of the Damned, Jet Li's The One, and the Dawn of the Dead remake.
- Bassist Fuzz (real name Steve Kmak) left the band in late 2003 and Erich Awalt was the original vocalist when the band was called Brawl but was replaced by David Draiman.
- According to their official website, the new lineup is David Draiman, Dan Donegan, Mike Wengren, and Jon Moyer, Fuzz's replacement.
- Disturbed is known for including one cover song per album.
- Mallcore band.
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