Draiman is a self-described “very strong supporter of Israel” and last June, he posted images of himself online signing an IDF bomb and appeared to write “Fuck Hamas” on it.
Jesus Christ. It’s so exhausting to continually hear of absolute depravity from people who I used to think were so cool (albeit for this loser, it was when I was like 14).
I’m so glad I stopped caring about disturbed close to 20 years ago. Plus, that album after inside the fire was fucking trash.
I saw them live at an open air festival before COVID and that was such a disappointing show. Definitely killed any interest I had, and this just buries the body.
I’ve got a good Draiman story. Disturbed played in my city in 2009. It was an all day music festival. I was on my feet all day which aggravated my old knee injury. Disturbed were the last or second to last band to play at night, so by the time they came on I was in so much pain. I went and sat down in the closest section to me.
The band comes out and plays their set. A bit of the way through Draiman does some crowd interaction. He calls for everyone to stand up. Everyone does, except for my section. He pointed at us and went “what is this, the fucking pussy section?” I looked around… it was the disabled section.
So anyway, that’s the story of how I got called a pussy by Draiman.
people today do not understand good music anymore.
I don’t think that’s anymore true than it’s always been, we just have a biased impression of the past because the best stuff from that period stays in rotation, but there was plenty of chart topping crap back then too
Yes thats true. However I always do say at least back then people had to learn and put time into music (even what we consider bad). There is a lot of great music now but the majority of the population wont hear it ever because they are brainwashed by Ai pop music. At least in ye olden day, good music that took talent was promoted (Boston, for example). The good news is now we have access to the old and the new music !
Generally your taste in musics sets in during your adolescent years.
What were you listening to, driving around late at night after the first one of your friends got their license?
That the type of music you’re going to fall back on when you got nothing else to listen to.
And if you’re in the metal scene, at least in the early to late 2000s… No part of rap/hip-hop/similar were allowed. No dance music. No pop music. It was the south, so there was some country mixed in that was allowed - old school Willy type shit, the outlaw legends at house parties. Everyone was trying to out-brvtal each other or some stupid shit though.
I got out of the scene because I left that social circle behind after starting a career, but kept a few close friends. They faded over time.
Working nightshift at a hospital does not bode well for your social life. You’re at work when everyone else is in the pit drunk off their asses.
I worked alone so I listened to my old shit, and eventually got tired of it. Eminem dropped a surprise album, and I liked some of his stuff (like I also like trance stuff for concentration, like work) and started listening, and I’m a former percussionist so I started drumming along in the air, and realized… man hip-hop drum grooves are chill, laidd back, flow, get people moving. Fuck yeah. Then I dove deeper. Ended up getting into some underground crap, and I’m still exploring going back to the 2000s stuff that was popular and I heard “around” in the world. I dig some of it too without the egotistical guitar soloists who just want to musically jerk off in front of everyone influencing everyone with their snobby bull shit. Yeah, snobby metal heads exist. Their title is probably “lead” something in the band.
Bad covers are frustrating, but I love a good cover where an artist is able to highlight what’s different about their approach to music and also pay a bit of respect to a songwriter they like
DEVO covering (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction is way up there for me. Loses the fuzzy guitar but the lyrics land better as an odd punk song than the whining of one of the biggest rock acts in the world.
Jesus Christ. It’s so exhausting to continually hear of absolute depravity from people who I used to think were so cool (albeit for this loser, it was when I was like 14).
I’m so glad I stopped caring about disturbed close to 20 years ago. Plus, that album after inside the fire was fucking trash.
I saw them live at an open air festival before COVID and that was such a disappointing show. Definitely killed any interest I had, and this just buries the body.
I’ve got a good Draiman story. Disturbed played in my city in 2009. It was an all day music festival. I was on my feet all day which aggravated my old knee injury. Disturbed were the last or second to last band to play at night, so by the time they came on I was in so much pain. I went and sat down in the closest section to me.
The band comes out and plays their set. A bit of the way through Draiman does some crowd interaction. He calls for everyone to stand up. Everyone does, except for my section. He pointed at us and went “what is this, the fucking pussy section?” I looked around… it was the disabled section.
So anyway, that’s the story of how I got called a pussy by Draiman.
For real. I got to see Disturbed live when I was 18 and now I’m disgusted with myself for ever thinking Dave was such a badass.
Yeah, I regret ever giving this asshole money. Him and the dude from Staind.
Oh fuck, I hadn’t heard about the Staind dude
this is so fucking disappointing
W o w. Never listening to that again.
And their version of “Sound of Silence” is the good one, too. Goddamnit.
Umm, it’s fucking hot garbage shit. Kids today haven’t listened to Bridge over Troubled water all the way through, guaranteed. What a sad realization.
The Johnny Cash cover of Bridge Over Troubled Water, as with all Johnny Cash covers, is excellent.
I always thought that was a terrible cover. I couldn’t grasp why it was so well received.
Because it’s the best written song they’ve ever performed (because they didn’t write it)
Simon & Garfunkel minus vocal harmony, plus angsty wallowing. No thanks
He took a beautiful song and made it broody and corny as fuck. I don’t get the appeal, either.
And the music video…
Do you have any idea what the song is about? It’s supposed to be broody, it’s depressing as hell. Even Paul Simon said he liked the Disturbed version.
Perhaps broody was the wrong word - it’s like…a middle schooler’s favorite dark cartoon character.
Its gratingly bad. But people today do not understand good music anymore.
Completely agreed
I don’t think that’s anymore true than it’s always been, we just have a biased impression of the past because the best stuff from that period stays in rotation, but there was plenty of chart topping crap back then too
Yes thats true. However I always do say at least back then people had to learn and put time into music (even what we consider bad). There is a lot of great music now but the majority of the population wont hear it ever because they are brainwashed by Ai pop music. At least in ye olden day, good music that took talent was promoted (Boston, for example). The good news is now we have access to the old and the new music !
Generally your taste in musics sets in during your adolescent years.
What were you listening to, driving around late at night after the first one of your friends got their license?
That the type of music you’re going to fall back on when you got nothing else to listen to.
And if you’re in the metal scene, at least in the early to late 2000s… No part of rap/hip-hop/similar were allowed. No dance music. No pop music. It was the south, so there was some country mixed in that was allowed - old school Willy type shit, the outlaw legends at house parties. Everyone was trying to out-brvtal each other or some stupid shit though.
I got out of the scene because I left that social circle behind after starting a career, but kept a few close friends. They faded over time.
Working nightshift at a hospital does not bode well for your social life. You’re at work when everyone else is in the pit drunk off their asses.
I worked alone so I listened to my old shit, and eventually got tired of it. Eminem dropped a surprise album, and I liked some of his stuff (like I also like trance stuff for concentration, like work) and started listening, and I’m a former percussionist so I started drumming along in the air, and realized… man hip-hop drum grooves are chill, laidd back, flow, get people moving. Fuck yeah. Then I dove deeper. Ended up getting into some underground crap, and I’m still exploring going back to the 2000s stuff that was popular and I heard “around” in the world. I dig some of it too without the egotistical guitar soloists who just want to musically jerk off in front of everyone influencing everyone with their snobby bull shit. Yeah, snobby metal heads exist. Their title is probably “lead” something in the band.
I think they played it live on America’s got talent or American idol, that’s why.
Live with autotune.
Can’t describe how much I hate people covering and ruining amazing original songs. Should not be allowed.
Bad covers are frustrating, but I love a good cover where an artist is able to highlight what’s different about their approach to music and also pay a bit of respect to a songwriter they like
johnny cash’s hurt immediately comes to mind or alien ant farm’s smooth criminal a++
DEVO covering (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction is way up there for me. Loses the fuzzy guitar but the lyrics land better as an odd punk song than the whining of one of the biggest rock acts in the world.
My wife tells me she read a story once about NIN hearing Johnny Cash’s version and saying something like “Whelp, I guess that is his song now”.
Not sure of the authenticity of the comment, but dang JC does that song justice.