Disturbed's Draiman: 'There Is Not a Single News Source in Existence That Is Simply Reporting the News'

Singer also talks about how social media "turns people into monsters."

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Disturbed frontman David Draiman talked about the state of media these days, saying that pretty much every single news outlet "is biased and has an agenda."
He tells Triple M: "The difficulty of it is that every single story that you may see - clickbait or not, valid or not - is biased and has an agenda. And everything is not pure.
"There is not a single news source in existence that is simply reporting the news. They are reporting it with their own spin, and it's always been that way, but it's much more prevalent and obvious these days in the digital age when we are just barraged by information on a daily basis.
"People, when they engage in social media, it turns people into monsters - it really, truly does. People lose their goddamned minds over it. People need to remember what gentle political discourse can be like, what respectful political discourse can be. You can disagree with somebody's beliefs and that doesn't mean you want to kill them and cut them off from your Facebook list or whatever the case may be.
"People are taking things more seriously and more personally, I think, than they ever have, and almost to a fault. Social media continues to whip people into this extreme polarities of frenzy. It's a shame, because a tool which can really be used to help greater understand each other and that can provide this instant connection with everyone and keep you connected has become a bullying toy and a toy of intolerance and misinformation."

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WATCH DISTURBED PERFORM ‘THE SOUND OF SILENCE’ ON ‘THE X FACTOR AUSTRALIA’ - David Draiman

WATCH DISTURBED PERFORM ‘THE SOUND OF SILENCE’ ON ‘THE X FACTOR AUSTRALIA’

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WATCH DISTURBED PERFORM ‘THE SOUND OF SILENCE’ ON ‘THE X FACTOR AUSTRALIA’

Written by Emmy Mack on November 8, 2016

When Disturbed‘s cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s The Sound Of Silence first appeared on the radio, many longtime fans of the band were left feeling a bit Stupified.

Because, as all truly Disturbed Ones know full well, the schizophrenic metal act’s primary songbook is a world away from the syrupy orchestral ballad that smashed commercial charts earlier this year.

Back in 2000, it would have been nearly impossible to imagine Dave Draiman, a terrifying heavy metal frontman who’d become famous for his psychotic animal growls, rhyming “fuck” with “fuck” (Stupify) and famously screaming “No mommy! Don’t do it again! You stupid sadistic abusive fucking whore!” (Down With The Sickness) to be standing on a stage on primetime Aussie reality TV, surrounded by candles like some kind of shiny bald Phantom of the Opera, belting out an operatic Simon & Garfunkel cover to the applause of mums nationwide.

But that’s exactly what happened on The X Factor Australia last night, when Draiman and company made their controversial cameo after defending themselves for agreeing to perform on the programme.

And whether you’re accusing him of selling out by betraying his heavy roots to court mainstream success, or else cheering him on for (as he puts it) “representing rock in a pop world”, you’ve got to admit: home boy can fucking SING.

Watch him nail S&G in a goosebump-inducing performance that could probably even make Sad Affleck smile, below (but maybe just try to imagine it’s not happening on X Factor).

And ICYMI: Disturbed are touring Australia with local legend Twelve Foot Ninja this month too.

Watch: Disturbed – ‘The Sound Of Silence’ On ‘X Factor Australia’

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Paul Simon Raves About Disturbed Version of ‘The Sound of Silence’ by David Draiman

David Draiman of Disturbed photo by Tim Cashmere

Paul Simon Raves About Disturbed Version of ‘The Sound of Silence’

by PAUL CASHMERE on APRIL 4, 2016

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Paul Simon has posted a message on Facebook calling the Disturbed version of his song “Wonderful”.

“In case you missed it, Disturbed did a wonderful rendition of “The Sound of Silence” on Conan this week. The S&G cover also appears on Disturbed’s latest album, Immortalized,” Paul Simon said.

Paul Simon wrote ‘The Sound of Silence’ in 1963 and 1964 and first recording it for Simon & Garfunkel’s debut album ‘Wednesday Morning 3AM’. The album was released in October 1964 and was originally a commercial failure but started to gather airplay in 1965 which led to a remix with electric instruments and a re-release in September 1965. Second time around it went to no 1 on the Billboard chart in January 1966.

Disturbed performed the song on ‘Conan’ on March 28, 2016.

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DISTURBED To Perform 'The Sound Of Silence' On Australia's 'The X Factor' - Draiman

DISTURBED To Perform 'The Sound Of Silence' On Australia's 'The X Factor'

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DISTURBED will perform its cover version of SIMON & GARFUNKEL's "The Sound Of Silence" on the November 7 episode of Australia's "The X Factor".

Asked if DISTURBED had to get permission from Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel to record a cover version of "The Sound Of Silence" for DISTURBED's "Immortalized" album, Draiman told the X96 radio station: "No. When you do a cover, you don't actually have to get permission from anybody. You just need to give them the publishing that it generates, legally. Now, you always hope that whoever the writer is, that they'll give you their blessing, or at least like what you've done, but unless you're going to utilize it for television purposes, or things of that nature, it's a different licensing, and for those purposes, you'd have to get permission. But just to actually cover the song, that you don't need permission.'

He continued: "Permission or not, Paul reached out to me and we've been in contact with each other a number of times already. He contacted me right after [DISTURBED's] 'Conan' performance [of 'The Sound Of Silence'] and was very, very complimentary, and has been a big supporter. And [he] posted the 'Conan' performance, actually, on his own social media and has really been very, very positive and, like I said, very flatteringly complimentary about it. So it's been very surreal."

Draiman added that DISTURBED has been surprised by the huge commercial success of its cover of "The Sound Of Silence". He said: "It keeps on spreading to parts of the world that either we've never been to or that are just discovering it. The track is, as of yesterday, No. 2 on the iTunes Top 100 in Germany, it's No. 3 in Luxembourg, it's No. 1 in Slovenia. I mean, some places that we've literally… I've never been to Slovenia before. So it's pretty amazing to see how many people have been embracing it and how widely it's been embraced."

The video for DISTURBED's version of "Silence", which was released in December 2015, has been seen more than 128 million times, a record number of views on YouTube for the group.

DISTURBED went on hiatus at the end of 2011, with Draiman and the other members of the band all pursuing other projects for several years before returning in 2015.

The band began a new round of North American tour dates on September 23 in Las Vegas, ending in Sacramento, California one month later.

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David Draiman: There’s no limit to Disturbed’s creativity

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Disturbed frontman David Draiman says the band are free of limitations when it comes to making music.

The singer admits that while they’re known for their powerful and melodic tracks, the fact they successfully covered Simon And Garfunkel’s The Sound Of Silence proves that they can turn their hand to different styles should they feel like it.

He tells Excess Baggage: “The wonderful thing about where we’ve come to at this point in our career is that, Disturbed almost can’t be defined any more.

“Once you have a track like The Sound Of Silence come out and for it to be so stylistically different from what people normally accept from you or what they’re used to getting from you, I think that the limitations are gone.

“We are typically known for powerful, rhythmic, driving, melodic music – but you can achieve power in different ways. I think we’ve got to the point in our career where we don’t really have to worry about those stylistic limitations any more.

He adds: “Don’t get me wrong – it’s not like all of a sudden we’re going to be an exclusive ballad band, but the doors are completely open as far as creativity is concerned.”

Disturbed are gearing up for the release of Live At Red Rocks on November 18. They’re about to head to Japan and Australia before dates in Europe in early 2017.

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Disturbed tour dates

Nov 05: Chiba Knotfest, Japan
Nov 09: Mount Claremont HBF Stadium, Australia
Nov 12: Melbourne Margaret Court Arena, Australia
Nov 13: Paddington Hordern Pavilion, Australia
Nov 15: Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Australia
Nov 18: Auckland Vector Arena, New Zealand
Jan 07: Dublin 3 Arena, Ireland
Jan 10: Glasgow SSE Hydro, UK
Jan 12: Newcastle Metro Radio Arena, UK
Jan 13: Birmingham Genting Arena, UK
Jan 15: Sheffield Arena, UK
Jan 16: Manchester Arena, UK
Jan 18: Nottingham Motorpoint Arena, UK
Jan 19: Cardiff Motorpoint Arena, UK
Jan 21: London O2 Arena, UK
Jan 22: London O2 Arena, UK
Feb 12: Frankfurst Festhalle, Germany
Feb 13: Hamburg Sporthalle, Germany
Feb 15: Alt Treptow Arena, Germany
Feb 16: Dusseldorf Mitsubishi Electric Halle, Germany
Feb 18: Amsterdam Ziggo Dome, Netherlands
Feb 20: Stuttgart Schleyerhalle, Germany
Feb 21: Milan Forum, Italy
Feb 23: Vienna Wiener Stadthalle, Austria
Feb 25: Munich Zenith, Germany
Feb 26: Zurich Halle 622, Switzerland
Feb 28: Lille Zenith Arena, France
Mar 01: Esch Sur Alzette Rockhal, Luxembourg
Mar 02: Paris Accor Hotels Arena, France
Mar 04: Copenhagen Valby Hallen, Denmark
Mar 07: Helsinki Hartwall Arena, Finland
Mar 09: Stockholm Ericsson Globe, Sweden
Mar 10: Osolo Telenor, Norway
Mar 14: St Petersburg A2, Russia
Mar 16: Moscow Sokol Music Hall, Russia

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DISTURBED frontman David Draiman was interviewed by Excess Baggage prior to the band's October 15 performance at Knotfest Mexico at the Ford Pegaso in Toluca. You can now watch the chat below.

Asked which songs in DISTURBED's catalog best define the band in 2016, Draiman said: "That's the wonderful thing about where we've come to at this point in our career is that DISTURBED almost can't be defined anymore. Once you have a track like [a cover version of SIMON & GARFUNKEL's] 'The Sound Of Silence' come out and for it to be so stylistically different from what people normally accept from you, or what they're used to getting from you, I think that the limitations are gone."

He continued: "We typically are known for powerful, rhythmic, driving, melodic music, but you can achieve power in different ways and I think that we've kind of gotten to the point of our career where we don't really have to worry about those stylistic limitations anymore. I mean, don't get me wrong — it's not like all of a sudden we're gonna be an exclusive ballad band or anything like that, but I think that the doors are completely open as far as creativity is concerned."

Draiman recently said that DISTURBED has been surprised by the huge commercial success of its cover of "The Sound Of Silence". He said: "It keeps on spreading to parts of the world that either we've never been to or that are just discovering it. The track is, as of yesterday, No. 2 on the iTunes Top 100 in Germany, it's No. 3 in Luxembourg, it's No. 1 in Slovenia. I mean, some places that we've literally… I've never been to Slovenia before. So it's pretty amazing to see how many people have been embracing it and how widely it's been embraced."

DISTURBED went on hiatus at the end of 2011, with Draiman and the other members of the band all pursuing other projects for several years before returning in 2015.

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