David Draiman

David Draiman
Draiman singing at a concert in Columbus, Ohio in 2009.
Background information
Birth name	David Michael Draiman
Born	March 13, 1973 (1973-03-13) (age 36) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Genre(s)	Hard rock, heavy metal, nu metal
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	1996–present
Label(s)	Giant, Reprise, Intoxication
Associated acts	Disturbed
Website	http://www.disturbed1.com

David Michael Draiman (born March 13, 1973 in Brooklyn, New York)^[1] is a songwriter and the lead singer for the band Disturbed, which hails from Chicago, Illinois.

Education and personal life

After attending Yeshiva High School at the Wisconsin Institute for Torah Study in Milwaukee, the Fasman Yeshiva High School and Ida Crown Jewish Academy in Chicago, and Valley Torah High School in North Hollywood, California, he spent the 1991-1992 academic year at the Neveh Zion Yeshiva in Telz-Stone, Jerusalem. Draiman then triple majored in Business Administration, Philosophy, and Political Science at Loyola University.^{[citation needed]}

Musical take-off and Girlfriend

Draiman auditioned for the band, Brawl, after their last singer, Erich Awalt, left the band. He joined in 1996, changing the band name to Disturbed.

David Draiman performing live with Disturbed at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, on March 10, 2008

Draiman was one of the six artists who sang for the Queen of the Damned soundtrack, along with Jonathan Davis of Korn, Wayne Static of Static-X, Jay Gordon of Orgy, Chester Bennington of Linkin Park, and Marilyn Manson. He produced Disturbed's second studio album Believe in response to his grandfather's death.

In 2006, Draiman was added to the Hit Parader "Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists" at number 42.^[2]

Inside the Fire, a track from Disturbed's recent album Indestructible, deals with a rough part of David's childhood, that of the suicide of his girlfriend back in school.^[3] After his ex-girlfriend's death, David got into a downward spiral involving drugs, but went cold turkey at age 18.^{[citation needed]}

Discography

Disturbed

Demo (1998)
The Sickness (2000)
Believe (2002)
Ten Thousand Fists (2005)
Indestructible (2008)

References