Disturbed/YMMV: Difference between revisions

*** As the guitarist from DEP put it, when Disturbed use a pyro onstage, they don't get ''set on fire'' by it, as has happened at DEP gigs.

** [https://twitter.com/#!/DAVIDMDRAIMAN/status/96061280183525377 Draiman has had this to say]

** Not longer than a few months after Draiman said that on his Twitter, [http://loudwire.com/dillinger-escape-plan-frontman-disses-disturbed/?fb_comment_id=fbc_10150320251702291_21377528_10150578753182291#f16188c49c Greg Puciato ignites it again on his].

* [[Fanon]]: There was an old old belief going around that the ''Believe'' album's interlocking religious symbols somehow signified the four band members' actual religions. All that's known is that Draiman comes from an Orthodox Jewish background and that Donegan is Irish (and therefore most likely of Catholic descent). Does that mean Fuzz or Wengren are Pagan or Islamic?

** [[Fanon|Despite popular belief]], no, it's not Draiman's head on the cover. It was designed by [[wikipedia:P. R. Brown|Paul Brown]], a graphic designer most known for his work on [[Marilyn Manson]]'s ''Antichrist Superstar''. He used an old birthing model (found at a flea market, probably formerly of an obstetrician's office), but couldn't find anyone willing to pose for it, so he shaved his head and did it himself. In the words of Draiman:

* [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff]]: While the title track ''Indestructible'' is considered [[So Bad It's Good]] or [[Narm Charm]] by many, members of the United States Armed Forces, specifically the [[Semper Fi|Marine Corps]] have latched on to it as an anthem, taking it literally.

** For whatever reason, the band's strongest following outside of the U.S. seems to be Oceania, leading them to run one of the longest legs of their Indestructible tour through Australia and bring an entire MAAW IV festival to New Zealand (MAAW V will extend this to the entirety of Oceania). In fact, the band has consistently charted highest outside N.A in Australia and New Zealand<ref>Where they also have 4 number 1 albums according to the RIANZ</ref>, with those two being the first places for Asylum to go Gold, faster than the U.S. Amusingly, the band is actually rather popular in Germany (or at least more-so than the rest of Europe).

* [[Nausea Fuel]]: Mike took a crash course in why it's not okay to crap in the Minnie Winnie-provided toilets.

* [[Never Live It Down]]: Draiman's quite aware of his status as "The Oh-wa-ah-ah-ah guy"

** The distinctive booming sound to Mike's intro on Down with the Sickness was achieved through applying coated, 2-ply heads to the toms. While he feels this fits with the identity of the song, he's been increasingly trying to get away from this so-called signature sound, as his patterns have become more crisp/developed over the years (he believes the brutal thudding on the early work tended to bury whatever he was playing).

* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: The videos for Inside the Fire, Asylum and The Night.

** Also "[[So Bad It's Good|blood-stained hurricane]]" [[Awesome Music (Sugar Wiki)|but that doesn't stop the awesome]].

* [[Periphery Demographic]]: Their target audience is mainly young men, 13-30. Yet the female fanbase has come to at least equal the size of the male portion. They've also weirdly enough found a home with the parents of Disturbed1s (who may have casually heard their kids playing the music) along with the grown-up Disturbed1s' kids (not just adolescent boys who think the swearing is cool, but tots about 6-8 who like the melodies). Finally, they've been accepted by several sects of the the classic/traditional metal children of the 70's who grew up listening to the early speed metal and NWOBHM bands. Because of all this Draiman [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z671hdnQYSM will] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hp7Y-P7I3U sometimes] pull children on-stage whenever he notices them singing all the words.

* [[Replacement Scrappy]]: Averted but still asserted. The Fuzz fans generally preferred Moyer's finger-style bass work, and like to hold the fact that John uses a pick against him (though he can play without one just fine). Other segments don't like how much he seems to follow Dan's lead so much (though Fuzz did this as well). The truth is, he's happened to have some bad luck with recording: on Ten Thousand Fists many of the songs were already thought out (though not written) with rumors that some of the bass lines were written by Fuzz; for Indestructible he had to abruptly leave the session to be with his pregnant wife (keeping in touch through the internet and still been writing bass parts while away), forcing him to play catch-up when he got back<ref>Truth be told, he says that after hearing them he found Dan's playing rather attractive, wanting to follow it for the sake of the song</ref>. Asylum is essentially the first album that he's been fully present throughout, showing his full ability.

* [[So Okay It's Average]]: Despite its success on the charts and on radio, this has been the common reaction among the Disturbed1s to "Another Way To Die". Opinions range from people who [[Author Tract|don't like being preached at]], people who think it's a decent song but don't believe it deserves single status and people [[It's Popular, Now It Sucks|who hate it because of its single status]].