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David Draiman is an American singer and songwriter, born on 13 March 1973 in Brooklyn. He is a member of the bands Disturbed and Device, performing as a tenor vocalist in the genres of alternative metal, heavy metal, hard rock and nu metal. He began his career in 1996, studied at Loyola University New Orleans and Loyola University Chicago, and lives in Brooklyn. He is married to Lena Yada.
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Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
David Draiman is an American musician, singer and songwriter for the music bands Disturbed and Device.
Known for
- Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow — Self2025
- Cum On Feel The Noize — Self2017
- Lennon or McCartney — Self2014
- Decade of Disturbed2010
- Disturbed - Indestructible - Live at the AM Ring — Self - Vocals2008
- Disturbed: The Making Of Indestructible — Himself2008
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Musical Guest2003
- Disturbed: M.O.L. — Himself (Vocals)2002
- Classic Albums — Self1997
- Disturbed - Austin City Limits Music Festival 2018 — Vocals
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1973
Member of
- Disturbedsince 1996
- Devicesince 2012
- Supergroup A
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 100,092
- Total plays
- 777,230
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David Michael Draiman was born March 13, 1973 in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, USA to a Jewish Orthodox family. He is the lead singer for the band Disturbed, which hails from Chicago, Illinois. David's career in show business started early at the Ida Crown Jewish Academy in Chicago where he performed during school assemblies and was reportedly thrown off the stage. David has a brother Ben who lives with his wife in Jerusalem. He is one of five artists who sang for the Queen of the Damned sound
Key facts
- Born
- David Michael Draiman , ( 1973-03-13 ) March 13, 1973 (age 53) , New York City , U.S.
- Origin
- Chicago, Illinois , U.S.
- Genres
- Alternative metal heavy metal hard rock industrial metal nu metal
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter
- Instrument
- Vocals
- Years active
- 1996–present
- Member of
- Disturbed
- Formerly of
- Device
- Website
- disturbed1 .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michael
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Spouse
- Lena Yada
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- nu metal
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.disturbed1.com
- Image
- Disturbed - Rock am Ring 2016 -2016155182402 2016-06-03 Rock am Ring - Sven - 1D X - 0147 - DV3P9519 mod.jpg
- Residence
- Brooklyn
- Voice type
- tenor
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- David Draiman
- member of
- Device
- date of birth
- 1973-03-13
- Commons gallery
- David Draiman
- start of work period
- 1992-00-00
- social media followers
- 24921
- name in native language
- David Draiman
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Encyclopedic overview
David Michael Draiman (born March 13, 1973) is an American heavy metal singer. Noted for his distorted baritone voice and percussive singing style, he has been the lead vocalist of Disturbed since 1996. He has written some of the band's most successful singles, such as "Stupify", "Down with the Sickness", "Indestructible", and "Inside the Fire". In 2006, he was ranked at No. 42 on the Hit Parader list of "Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time". During Disturbed's hiatus from 2011 to 2015, he worked on an industrial metal project with Geno Lenardo, which was later named Device. They released one self-titled album in 2013. Disturbed returned with the album Immortalized in 2015, Evolution in 2018, and Divisive in 2022.
Early life
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