DISTURBED Frontman Interviewed On Detroit's WRIF 101.1 FM
September 9, 2010At the end of August, Meltdown of Detroit, Michigan's WRIF 101.1 FM radio station conducted an interview with vocalist David Draiman of Chicago heavy rockers DISTURBED. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below.
"Asylum", the new album from DISTURBED, sold 179,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 chart.
The band's previous three albums — 2008's platinum "Indestructible" (first-week sales: 253,000),2005's double-platinum "Ten Thousand Fists" (first-week sales: 238,000) and 2002's platinum "Believe" (first-week sales: 284,000) — also debuted at No. 1.
DISTURBED's best-selling release to date is its 2000 debut, "The Sickness", which has shifted more than four million copies in the U.S. alone, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
"Asylum" first-week chart positions so far:
USA: #1
New Zealand: #1
Australia: #2
Germany: #4
Austria: #3
United Kingdom: #7
The "Asylum" limited-edition CD/DVD came with the full album, including two bonus tracks (live recordings of "Down With The Sickness" and "Stricken"),expanded artwork, a DVD with the "Decade Of Disturbed" documentary plus nine "Disturbed Dissected" exclusive instrument video instuctionals, and an exclusive double-sided poster with guitar tabs. It is available only through Disturbed1.com.
The iTunes LP version of "Asylum" also included a download featuring the "Decade of Disturbed" documentary, two bonus tracks (live recordings of "Down With The Sickness" and "Stricken"),an additional exclusive bonus track ("Leave It Alone"),and two "Disturbed Dissected" exclusive instrument video instructionals.
A 75-plus-minute film, "Decade of Disturbed" was directed by Rafa Alcantara of Twentyfourcore Productions and it candidly captures the band's ten-year history, with extensive behind-the-scenes and never-before-seen footage. "It basically tells the story of the band, from its inception to present day," says DISTURBED frontman David Draiman.
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