“People are intimidated, or say I give off some bad vibe. But if you want to get a reaction out of a crowd, you better have an ego”: How Disturbed’s David Draiman became the metal star the press loved to hate

Disturbed’s David Draiman posing for a photograph in 2005.

Disturbed helped usher in 21st century metal with their multi-platinum 2000 debut album The Sickness and its equally successful follow-ups Believe (2002) and Ten Thousand Fists (2005). But as Metal Hammer found out when we caught up with the band in the US at the end of 2005, frontman David Draiman still had a chip on his shoulder – specifically about his treatment at the hands of the British press.