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Browse piano sheets by Disturbed on Zen Virtual Piano. Guitarist Dan Donegan said that, of the singers the band talked to or auditioned, David Draiman "was the only singer who was ready to go with originals." Drummer Mike Wengren of Disturbed said, "We clicked right off the bat." Draiman joined the band in 1996, and the band was renamed Disturbed. The 1996 arrival of Draiman and the renaming as Disturbed may hint at a lineup and a name settling together. A singer who arrived ready with originals, and the 1996 renaming of the band, may point to a band built around its own songs. Disturbed released its debut album, The Sickness, in 2000. Most television stations stopped showing the video for the album's first single, Prayer, because of perceived similarities with the September 11, 2001 attacks. Jonathan Davis of the band Korn wrote and produced Forsaken, a song released on Queen of the Damned, with vocals recorded by Draiman. A video pulled from television and a vocal on a Jonathan Davis song may suggest that Draiman's voice reached beyond the band's own albums. Ten Thousand Fists marked the first time Disturbed put guitar solos on an album. In the band's words, such solos are missing from much modern music, and they wanted to restore some of them. Disturbed stated that it self-produced Asylum, as it did with the previous album, Indestructible. In 2006 a European tour was rescheduled twice because Draiman had severe acid reflux that affected his voice, as Draiman himself related. The solos added to Ten Thousand Fists and the self-produced albums may suggest a band that shapes its own sound. Disturbed returned in June 2015 and released its sixth album, Immortalized, that same year. Paul Simon wrote The Sound of Silence, a song by the American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel that was originally titled The Sounds of Silence. Disturbed covered it on Immortalized, and after the band performed it live on Conan O'Brien's TBS show, Paul Simon called it a "wonderful rendition." Donegan said that when the band first discussed the song in the studio, the first reaction from everybody, he thinks, was to add an aggressive riff and some syncopation, and that he wanted to take the opposite approach. Draiman has said that he was intimidated at first by the idea of covering the song: "It's very, very, daunting," he said. Donegan's wish to take the opposite approach, set beside Simon's remark that the performance was wonderful, may point to a cover with an unexpected shape.

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How did David Draiman join Disturbed?

Dan Donegan said Draiman was the only singer the band talked to or auditioned who was ready to go with originals. Draiman joined the band in 1996, and the band was renamed Disturbed.

What was Disturbed's debut album?

Disturbed released its debut album, The Sickness, in 2000. Because of perceived similarities with the September 11, 2001 attacks, most television stations dropped the video for its first single, Prayer.

What is different about Disturbed's album Ten Thousand Fists?

Ten Thousand Fists is the first Disturbed album with guitar solos. The band said that a lot of modern music lacks them, and that bringing some of them back was the aim.

How did Disturbed come to cover The Sound of Silence?

Disturbed covered the Simon & Garfunkel song on its sixth album, Immortalized. Dan Donegan said he wanted to take the opposite approach to an aggressive riff, and Paul Simon called the band's live performance a wonderful rendition.