April 12, 2009
By Alan Sculley Correspondent

Disturbed singer David Draiman realizes his band is going against business logic in launching the fourth edition of its Music As A Weapon festival tour this spring.

Although the economy is at its worst point in nearly 30 years, the group is not only doing the festival, it has expanded the production to include a second stage of musical acts and added an entire lifestyle component to the event.

The lifestyle event includes BMX, skate and motocross demonstrations, a group of 20 of the nation's top tattoo artists on-site and ready to offer their talents to patrons, and a multi-media area and vendor village, with products from retailers such as Xbox and Affliction.

"It's turned into something really larger than it's ever been," Draiman said. "What we're trying to do is give it back to people at a time when the economy is tough and people really need this type of music to kind of get them through. Come on out, here you go, for under 40 bucks, this is what you get — an entire day's worth of entertainment from all aspects of the genre that exist today, and the biggest rock show that we've ever had the opportunity to put on."

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