Sunday, March 13: Rock Birthdays

Happy Birthday today (March 13) to Disturbed frontman David Draiman (43) and U2 bassist Adam Clayton (56).

Disturbed formed out of Chicago, Illinois in 1994 and the current lineup consists of frontman David Draiman, bassist John Moyer, guitarist Dan Donegan, and drummer Mike Wengren. The band first came on the scene in 2000 with their debut album The Sickness featuring singles like “Down with the Sickness” and “Stupify”. They’ve released a total of six albums with their latest being 2015’s Immortalized. Disturbed recently released a cover of the Simon and Garfunkel song “The Sound of Silence” from the Immortalized album and people seem to love it. Disturbed and Breaking Benjamin are on tour this summer and will play SPAC July 12.

Adam Clayton is well known for his bass playing on songs like ‘New Years Day’, ‘Bullet The Blue Sky’, ‘With or Without You’, and ‘Mysterious Ways’. Clayton and U2 have won many awards over the years including a total of 22 Grammy awards.