Do you remember the first time listening to Disturbed and going, man, how high must this singer have been to record this? Turns out…very high. In a new interview with Revolver, frontman David Draiman reveals he enjoys a good toke before getting the songwriting going:
"Ninety-five percent of the songs I’ve written in my life, I’ve written them while high. That’s the god’s honest truth,” he says. “I’ll have a very skeletal musical idea in my head, and then I’ll light one up, go in the shower and let the steam kind of build up…it helps me relax, and I can see the gaps. I can see the holes in the rhythm and the melody and I’ll know where I can go, and what the possibilities are. It helps me be able to perceive every- thing a little bit more clearly. So I figured, ‘What the hell, let’s write a song about it!’"
He goes on to mention that there is a track on their new album called "Fire It Up," which is a tribute to everybody's favorite gree leaf. Additionally, the man loves to get high before singing sessions:
Another notable thing about “The Sound of Silence”? “When I cut the vocal, I had just finished tracking another song, and it was the end of my work day,” Draiman says. “I was exhausted, and I wasn’t expecting to have to sing anymore… so I took a nice hit off a big fat bowl.” He laughs. “Then Kevin played me the arrangement and he said, ‘You wanna try singing to it?’ And I was like, ‘I just got high! I’m stoned off my ass!’ But I wound up getting back in the vocal booth for two hours, maybe more. Just vibing and going on feel.”
So, it's not exactly breaking news that creative people enjoy a toke or two before getting creative, but who knew David Draiman enjoyed it too? KIDDING!
