Artist:Disturbed
Song:Sound of Silence
Album:Immortalized: Deluxe Edition
The hard rock band Disturbed is an album and touring band. At this point, they don't need hit singles as their albums sell very well. This 2016 cover of Simon & Garfunkel's classic The Sound of Silence is probably their biggest hit. They are from Chicago. The band was called Brawl when they first formed in 1994. Members were Erich Ewalt on lead vocals, Dan Donegan on guitar, Steve "Fuzz" Kmak on bass and Mike Wengren on drums. Ewalt soon left and after advertising in a local paper, he was replaced by David Draiman. The big difference was Draiman writes original songs. He suggested the band name Disturbed. The name projects a dark image and the band's music reflects that. They recorded demos which had their mascot The Guy on the cover. He's on all their album covers. They signed with Giant Records with Warner Bros. Distribution and their 2000 debut album The Sickness has sold four million copies without the benefit of a hit single. They opened for Marilyn Manson in Europe. Kmak broke his ankle so he was replaced by Marty O'Brien. After Giant closed, Disturbed was on Warner's Reprise label. Kmak returned to Disturbed but was fired in 2003 because of "personality differences" and was replaced by John Moyer of the band The Union Underground. All of their albums were certified Platinum until the 2010 album Asylum was certified Gold. After touring, they decided to go on hiatus. They weren't getting along. During the hiatus, Donegan and Wengren recorded a 2013 album as Fight Or Flight. Draiman recorded a 2013 album as Device. Moyer was in several bands. Once they got that out of their system, Disturbed returned from hiatus in 2015 and released the album Immortalized. The album was certified 2XPlatinum. The album was produced by Kevin Churko who has produced a lot of metal bands. All the songs were written by the band except for the cover of Sound of Silence which reached #42 on the Billboard Hot 100. When asked about Disturbed's cover of The Sound of Silence, Paul Simon said he saw them perform it on Conan. He liked it and said so in an email he sent to Draiman. The Deluxe Edition contains three bonus tracks and is available on CD. Album sales haven't been as strong since then. I think the pandemic hurt disturbed because they couldn't tour like they usually do. Disturbed's 2025 tour was to commemorate the 25th anniversary of their debut album The Sickness. They announced that they would take 2026 off. It remains to be seen what Disturbed will do. But I expect them to return in some form. Draiman and Wengren have been together for 25 years. I don't think they will give up the band name. They might hire new guys for the band. Here's the video for The Sound of Silence by Disturbed.
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