David Draiman

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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

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5 total works indexed

1. Basic local alignment search tool

   · 1990 · cited 80,005x

2. The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews

   · 2021 · cited 76,915x

3. The moderator–mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations.

   · 1986 · cited 62,913x

4. Evaluating Structural Equation Models with Unobservable Variables and Measurement Error

   · 1981 · cited 60,755x

5. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement

   · 2009 · cited 57,926x

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Quotes

• “I would like to thank a world that never understood or accepted me, family and friends that never believed in me, and a God with one hell of a sense of humor. You have all made me what I am today. Let that weigh heavily on your consciences.”
• “[I'm] Very positive about the internet, Napster. I think it's a tremendous tool for reaching many more people than we ever could without it. When you release music you want it to be heard by people... Nothing is going to do that better than Napster. I can't tell you how many kids have come up to me and said, "I downloaded a couple of tunes off Napster and I went out and bought the album."...I don't really make money off of record sales anyway.”
• “This is not rocket science. Instead of spending all this money litigating against kids who are the people they're trying to sell things to in the first place, they have to learn how to effectively use the Internet. For the artists, my ass... I didn't ask them to protect me, and I don't want their protection.”
• “[about the name Disturbed] It had been a name I have been contemplating for a band for years. It just seems to symbolize everything we were feeling at the time. The level of conformity that people are forced into was disturbing to us and we were just trying to push the envelope and the name just sorta made sense.”
• “I had been taking Prevacid for about four years and my body built up a resistance to it, to the point where it wasn't doing anything anymore... I had a night of drinking in London followed by a full day and night of drinking on a day off in Dublin, because what else is there to do in Ireland but drink? That, coupled with a show where I had monitor problems, and I pretty much trashed my voice.”

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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

Official website

www.disturbed1.com

Image

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