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David Draiman

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The Resume

    (March 13, 1973- )
    Born in Brooklyn, New York
    Frontman for Disturbed and Device
    Notable work with Disturbed include 'The Sound of Silence,' 'Inside the Fire,' 'Stupify,' 'Voices,' 'The Game,' 'Down with the Sickness,' 'Prayer,' 'Remember,' 'The Night' and 'Perfect Insanity'
    Recorded songs for the 'Transformers,' 'Dawn of the Dead' and 'Queen of the Damned' soundtracks
    Recorded 'Forsaken' as a solo artist

Why he might be annoying:

    He makes weird sounds with his voice while singing.
    He has piercings in his chin, ears and mouth.
    He claimed he was only expelled from three boarding schools, but in reality, he was expelled from five.
    He said he was asked to leave Wisconsin Institute, after a GQ magazine was found under his pillow.
    In reality, he was asked to leave the school as a result of his rebellious behavior.
    He refers to his audiences at concerts ‘my brothers, my sisters, my blood’.
    Most of his songs are about suicide, drugs, war, surviving and American politics.
    He looks like a bald version of Kevin Pollak.
    He likes to mimick the antics of the Hannibal Lecter character, made famous by Anthony Hopkins, while performing onstage.
    His band's songs were predominately featured in a lot of video games.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was ranked at number 42 on Hit Parader's Top 100 Heavy Metal Vocalists of All Time (2006).
    He has a powerful singing voice, which is impressive given the fact it's of a higher pitch.
    His material was featured on the 'Queen of the Damned' soundtrack.
    He majored in business administration, philosophy and political science at Loyola University Chicago.
    He worked as a phone salesman, a bank teller and an administrative assistant in a nursing home, prior to pursuing a music career.
    He wrote the song ‘Inside the Fire’ to his former girlfriend, who committed suicide when he was 16.
    He grew up a huge fan of KISS.
    He married model/actress/wrestler Lena Yada-Draiman.
    Before joining Disturbed, he considered going to law school but opted not to, after realizing he couldn’t come to terms with defending people he knew were guilty.
    He is fluent in both English and Hebrew.
    His song 'Forsaken' was considered bad ass by heavy metal fans.

Credit: Eddie Burphy


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1797 Votes: 59.32% Annoying