DISTURBED Frontman on OZZFEST: 'We're Trying To Make It A Big Rock Show'

July 14, 2006

DISTURBED frontman David Draiman recently spoke to Chris Harris of MTV.com about the band's participation in this year's Ozzfest, which kicked off on June 29 in Auburn, Washington.

"We're trying to make it a big rock show," he said. "We always bring our A-level game, whether Ozzy's on the bill or not. When he's not, he'll be missed, by us and certainly by everyone else. There is no one on the planet who is going to make up for the fact that Ozzy's not there. All we can do is rock the same set, with the same level of intensity, as we would any other day of the week."

Regarding the band's animated video for the track "Land of Confusion", DISTURBED's take on the GENESIS classic and the latest single from 2005's "10,000 Fists", Draiman said, "I think it definitely brings home a lot of the elements that the first video did, but in a far less tongue-in-cheek way. This video is very biting, very real. It's all about the depiction of our mascot — 'The Guy,' as we call him — fighting the forces of greed and sort of insinuating that greed fuels all the conflicts that have occurred throughout time. Politics are fueled by greed as well. There are some very striking moments that occur over the course of the video, and I think that each time you run through it, you're going to find something else that you hadn't detected before."

Perhaps the most disturbing moment portrays a young girl, a bomb strapped to her chest, walking into a crowded marketplace, ignition switch in hand.

"We unfortunately live in a society where people are actually brought up to think that doing something like that is not only OK but commendable," Draiman said. "It's abhorrent. And how much better of an illustration can you make of the awkwardness of that and the horror than by that image you see in the video? An innocent little girl, and the fact that it is animated, makes it much more biting."

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