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Paul Brannigan

Disturbed's David Draiman admits that he "almost joined" Chester Bennington, Chris Cornell and Scott Weiland this year while fighting addiction and depression

David Draiman

Disturbed frontman David Draiman made an emotional, moving speech about the "demons" of addiction and depression onstage in Milwaukee last week, admitting that, a few months ago, he "almost joined" his late friends Chester Bennington, Chris Cornell and Scott Weiland while battling these demons.

The singer, who turned 50 earlier this year, confirmed in April that he and his wife of 11 years had divorced. He has described Disturbed's current album Divisive as “about 90% heavy as fuck” and “10% of caring, loving goodness."

Onstage at the Fiserv Forum on May, referencing the band's 2018 single A Reason to Fight, the singer told the crowd:

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