Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. The mayor of Vorst, Belgium, has officially banned an upcoming Disturbed concert, citing public safety concerns stemming from frontman David Draiman’s outspoken support for the Israeli army – namely that one picture where he's signing missiles that'll kill people shortly thereafter.

Disturbed was scheduled to play Vorst Nationaal on Wednesday, October 15, but the plug has now been pulled following a police order issued by Mayor Charles Spapens (PS) according to De Standaard.

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[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 165 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

Welp, that's one band I'll never listen to again

[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 33 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

sigh they made cool music...

[–] three@lemmy.zip 13 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

OO AH AH AH AH

The coolest.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Stepped on a lego?

[–] three@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

TOOL - The Grudge

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 weeks ago

Mentioning Tool in a thread about Disturbed feels sacrilegious.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca -1 points 4 weeks ago

Unforgettable, iconic and so impactful.

(Sarcasm)

[–] Fluffy_Ruffs@lemmy.world 8 points 4 weeks ago

I feel so justified for never liking their music.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 weeks ago

Past tense is important.

They made maybe one or two decent albums in the 90s, and then faded into obscurity.

"Decent" is also a matter of taste.

They were very angsty when angsty music was popular. Now they're just old guys trying to hard to connect with a scene that is far too young for their music to be relevant for.

It barely mattered when it was released, but looking at everything else that was released in the 90s in similar genres, there was a lot of anger and angst that those Gen Xers were expressing that resonated with the early millennials, myself included.

[–] RaoulDuke@sh.itjust.works 30 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

My hatred for them since high school is now validated.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

His voice is awful, that's reason enough.

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago

Meh, many legendary bands don't actually perform well and/or arent 'good' individually.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Nice

[–] Damage@feddit.it 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I've been so fucking lucky in my music choice so far. Iced Earth was a real close miss, it's my favorite genre but I never got into them.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Oh god damn it, what did Iced Earth do?

e: guitarist was one of the Jan 6 rioters

[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago

I'll torrent it, won't stream it even on pirated YouTube (still counts as views)

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works -1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I lost all respect after they released the steaming pile of shit that was the cover of Sound of Silence.

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 9 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

Look, I'm not going to support his recent actions, but imo that's one of the best covers ever done. I legit prefer it to the original.

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 weeks ago

I do respect your opinion.

[–] pet1t@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

that's... certainly an opinion...

[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Bobaflex did it first and WAY better!

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu -2 points 4 weeks ago

It's almost as bad as Limp Bizkit's Behind Blue Eyes.