DISTURBED Frontman: 'I Support The Troops With Every Fiber Of My Being'

February 12, 2009

DISTURBED frontman David Draiman has told Naples Daily News that two of the songs on the band's latest album, "Indestructible", relate to the Iraq war — "Enough" and the title track.

"I support the troops with every fiber of my being. I don't support them having their lives wasted," Draiman said. "We have a lot of other hot spots in the world right now, and that's why there's a song like 'Enough' on the record, which speaks about the sadness of the proliferation of war. Then there's also the title track, 'Indestructible', which is in and of itself an anthem for the troops… It was even written to be potentially in the cadence, something to march to."

The band, according to Draiman, has been aware for some time that it had thousands of fans from the various branches of the service.

"We've had people give us story upon story," Draiman said. "We had a master sergeant present us with the Bronze Star of Valor he had gotten because he had felt we were the eighth men of the platoon. He credited listening to us prior to any incursion, prior to any tour of duty, prior to any exercise of any kind, they listened to us to get psyched up, pumped up. He credits that to having no fatalities on his entire tour."

The bond was only strengthened by meeting troops in Kuwait on March 10, 2008 and performing as part of Operation MySpace, a three-hour concert event for U.S. troops that also featured FILTER, the PUSSYCAT DOLLS, JESSICA SIMPSON, and others.

"Imagine playing to 10,000 fully armed soldiers with automatic weapons in a mosh pit, and to stage left is a Bradley fighting vehicle that about 50 of them are on jumping up and down," Draiman said. "It was surreal, beyond surreal."

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