Wednesday, March 04, 2020

Retro Video of the Week: "Down With the Sickness" by Disturbed

This coming Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of the release of Chicago-based metal band Disturbed's debut album, The Sickness, which made a pretty solid splash among the nu metal of the day.  The album went to #29 on the Billboard album charts, but more importantly, it has gone 5x platinum in the U.S.  Admittedly, I don't know a ton about Disturbed, other than that they formed in Chicago -- which I obviously appreciate -- and lead singer David Draiman has an unusual and interesting backstory.

Anywho, I'm picking "Down With the Sickness" as the song for this week's Retro Video of the Week because it's the Disturbed song I'm most familiar with.  I've always liked that "ooh-ah-ah-ah" that Draiman screams out at various points in the song.  The song was certified platinum by the RIAA, and it hit #5 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and #8 on the Billboard Alternative chart.

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