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Heavy metal band Disturbed came together through the matching of a band with a singer. Longtime friends Dan Donegan (guitar), Mike Wengren (drums), and Fuzz (bass) played together in Chicago for some time before hooking up with singer David Draiman around 1997. Draiman had grown up in a religious family against which he rebelled, being expelled from five boarding schools in his adolescence. His anger found an outlet in the thrashing sound of Disturbed, and the band built up a following on Chicago's South Side before a demo tape led to their signing to Giant Records, which released their debut album, The Sickness, in March 2000. The band gained more fans and exposure playing the main stage of the 2001 Ozzfest, then broke away to do their own self-described "victory lap" around the U.S. that fall. Also during this period, they managed to record a vicious new version of wrestler Steve Austin's theme song that was so good it managed to receive radio play, and they were one of the bands announced to work on a high-profile Faith No More tribute album.

Genres: Rock, Music, Metal, Hard Rock

Released: 2000

℗ 2010 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the U.S.

Tracklist

1 Voices

2 The Game (Explict)

3 Stupify

4 Down With the Sickness (Explict)

5 Violence Fetish

6 Fear

7 Numb

8 Want

9 Conflict

10 Shout2000

11 Droppin' Plates (Explict)

12 Meaning of Life (Explict)

13 God of the Mind

14 A Welcome Burden