The level of conformity that people are forced into was disturbing to us and we were just trying to push the envelope and the name just sorta made sense.'ДЄfter re-naming the band, Disturbed started to record several demos and played in live shows. It just seems to symbolize everything we were feeling at the time. When asked in an interview why he decided to re-name the band Disturbed, Draiman said, 'It had been a name I have been contemplating for a band for years. I'm like, 'There is something here'.' As drummer Mike Wengren commented, 'We clicked right off the bat.'Дraiman then joined the band in 1996 and he re-named the band Disturbed. We'll, you know, discuss it.' But I was so psyched. And I'm sitting there.I'm playing my guitar and I'm grinning from ear to ear, trying not to give it away that I like this guy, you know, 'cause I don't want to, you know. Donegan also went on to say, 'I think just to walk in a room with men that you don't know and to have the balls to say, 'Let's just, you know, let's just jam'.' With regards of Draiman being the new singer for the band, Donegan said, 'After a minute or two, he just starts banging out these melodies that were huge. And that impressed me, just to attempt that'. As guitarist Dan Donegan commented on Draiman, 'You know, out of all the singers, that we had talked to or auditioned, he was the only singer who was ready to go with originals. They posted an ad in the local music publication in Chicago, Illinois, called the 'Illinois Entertainer'.Дavid Draiman had answered the ad after going to twenty other auditions that month. Awalt left the band shortly after the recording of a demo tape and the other three members went on advertising for a singer. Originally, Disturbed was known as Brawl, a band whose lineup consisted of vocalist Erich Awalt, guitarist Dan Donegan, drummer Mike Wengren, and bassist Steve 'Fuzz' Kmak. History Early years as Brawl (1994вЂ“1996) 3 Immortalized, and Return From Hiatus (2015-Present).1.6 Asylum, The Lost Children and hiatus (2010вЂ“2011).

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