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Who Rocks Harder?: Readers Pick Disturbed Over Godsmack
07/22/2008

We were gonna write something snarky about the triumph of the lesser of two evils or some s–t like that, but we’ve gotta admit that Disturbed write some stompin’ riffs and catchy hooks, and even if they’re not as heavy as Nile, there’s still a place for them in the kingdom of metal.

Also, we caught the band’s Rockstar Energy Mayhem set the other day in Denver and frontman David Draiman did something we totally respected. No, it wasn’t a cover of Genesis’ “Land of Confusion” (that kind of sucked, actually), and it had nothing to do with theatrical command of the stage. It was an impromptu utteruance that took place when he saw a legless guy in a wheelchair near the front of the pit.

“This gentleman over here is in a wheelchair, but he’s such a big fan of metal he made sure he got all the way up near the front row,” Draiman said (were paraphrasing a bit here since our photogenic memory is in the shop). “Get this man up on the stage. Sir, I want to invite you to have a drink with us after the show… You won’t see that at a f—in’ Britney Spears concert.”

Seconds later, the amputee was wheeled backstage and watched the remainder of the set from the wings, where he warmly greeted members of Dragonforce. Then, true to his word, Draiman and his bandmates rocked it Mayhem-style with the dude, whose life was genuinely enriched for a couple solid hours in a way that was more heartwarming than a scene from “Forest Gump.”

So, bravo to Disturbed, and to celebrate, here’s a clip of the band playing Metallica’s “Fade to Black” and a bunch of the band’s other vids:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7136625416681044688&hl=en