PEOPLE THOUGHT THIS CHICAGO HEAVY METAL BAND HAD A METEORIC RISE TO THE TOP, BUT THAT WASN’T THE CASE, THEY BEAT THE HELL OUT OF THEMSELVES FOR SEVERAL YEARS AS A LOCAL BAND IN A CITY THAT WAS MORE CONDUCIVE TO ALTERNATIVE ROCK OUTFITS …THAT’S ACCORDING TO DISTURBED’S LEAD SINGER DAVID DRAIMAN…BUT ON THIS DATE 24 YEARS AGO THAT ALL BEGAN TO CHANGE WITH THE UNLEASHING OF THEIR DEBUT ALBUM TITLED THE SICKNESS, WHICH LAUNCHED THE WINDY CITY ROCKERS INTO STARDOM AND PROVED THEY HAD THE CHOPS AND THE ALBUM WENT ON TO SELL OVER 4 MILLION COPIES…AND WE ALL KNOW JUST HOW GREAT THEY ARE LIVE AS THEY KICKED OFF THE 2ND LEG OF THEIR TAKE BACK YOUR LIFE TOUR RIGHT HERE IN THE RIVER CITY BACK IN JANUARY! THE LEAD SINGLE THAT HELPED PUT THEM ON THE MAP…”STUPIFY” ABSOLUTELY ROCKS AND ADDRESSES THEMES OF RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION THAT ARE LOOSELY BASED ON ONE OF DRAIMAN’S OWN EXPERIENCES AS A JEWISH AMERICAN…I APPRECIATE THAT THEY PUT THEMSELVES OUT THERE AS MUCH AS I APPRECIATE THEIR OUTSTANDING SOUND AND PRESENCE ON STAGE! TODAY’S ROCK REWIND IS THAT DEBUT LEAD SINGLE…”STUPIFY” ON 105.7 THE X IN THE 5 O CLOCK FREAK OUT! CRANK IT UPPPPP!
