Formed in 1996, Disturbed is a band that hails from Chicago, Illinois. They formed when Dan Donegan (guitar), Mike Wengren (drums), and Steve "Fuzz" Kmak (bass) put in ad in a paper for a vocalist and hired David Draiman. As David Draiman puts it, "when Kmak was in the band, Disturbed wasn't totally clicking - personally or musically". He was replaced with Matt Konopinski for a short time, and then finally with John Moyer.
In its early years Disturbed recorded two separate demo EPs, Stupify (featured on The Sickness) and Perfect Insanity (unreleased track) which it then sent out to different record companies. Disturbed sent two to show the record companies that it was dedicated to its music and that the first EP wasn't a fluke. The band broke out in 1999 with its single "Stupify" and subsequent album The Sickness.
Disturbed gained more fans and exposure playing the main stage of the 2001 Ozzfest, then breaking 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 many bands announced to work on a high-profile Faith No More tribute album.
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