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 163 points 6 days ago (11 children)

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

[–] RaoulDuke@sh.itjust.works 29 points 5 days ago (3 children)

My hatred for them since high school is now validated.

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[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 32 points 5 days ago (3 children)

sigh they made cool music...

[–] three@lemmy.zip 12 points 5 days ago (4 children)

OO AH AH AH AH

The coolest.

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[–] Fluffy_Ruffs@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

I feel so justified for never liking their music.

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[–] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 111 points 6 days ago (3 children)

It turns out, he was down with the sickness all along

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[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 23 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Well shit. Another band out of my rotation now.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They sucked anyway.

[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I mostly enjoyed them as a teenager. The only song really left in my rotation was their sound of silence cover.

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[–] ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com 93 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm disappointed to learn of his support for genocide.

[–] jumperalex@lemmy.world 67 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Would you go so far as to say you were disturbed when you learned of his support for genocide?

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[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 24 points 5 days ago (7 children)

Even if he wasn't pro genocide, which is obviously revolting enough, the act of signing any missile or something meant to kill / maim is cringe as fuck anyway. Why even pursue doing that at all?? There's so many ways to promote your brand/label/views without literally signing something used directly to cause death. Whole thing is fucking stupid and gross.

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[–] Tigeroovy@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 days ago

Is this the sickness they talked about being down with?

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 25 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

The guy defended himself by saying he wrote "fuck Hamas" on it. Is he really that delusional? Anyways removed all their songs from my lists and blocked them.

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[–] arsCynic@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 days ago

Disturbed makes boring-ass mediocre metal anyway; his vocals are so dull. Good riddance.

[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 38 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Even if I didn't know the context, someone signing an instrument of war and killing is just weird. To put it mildly.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 33 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

It wasn't when we dropped bombs during WWII.

And during the Gulf War

[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 35 points 5 days ago (1 children)

If those hit the people they were addressing, sure. But in reality, both those bombs, if they actually hit someone, probably killed poor schmucks just trying to make their way through life.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Duh lol. It was the keyboard warrior position that had planes and bombs to back it up. And a morale booster, reminder of why you're dropping them.

Writing on a bomb that's about to blow up innocent civilians during a genocide is absolutely weird though.

[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 40 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Another Kanye.

Why I never invest in celebrities because at anytime they can make a heel turn.

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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 14 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

why does everyone have to be awful fascists. and this entire vice signaling, signing missiles shit is gross.

it's surreal we got to the point of celebrity endorsements for ethnic cleansing.

not to mention this will pop up on my mind every time i listen to them even again.

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[–] OctopusNemeses@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

I don't get how their cover of Sound of Silence is a top video on Conans Youtube channel. It's not that good.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Dude has always been an edgelord in some capacity. He probably thought it would be edgey to sign a bomb, regardless of who made it and who it would kill.

Though, I have zero doubts that David also has some questionable viewpoints on that stuff as well. I'm not aware of any, but I also haven't really heard anything from that band since the late 90s/early 2000s.

Good job getting cancelled buddy. Enjoy obscurity.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

He's a hardcore Zionist who is openly outspoken in favor of Israel so this is more than just a bit of edge.

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

Fair enough.

He still hasn't been relevant in a long time.

What a loser.

[–] lowleekun@ani.social 25 points 5 days ago (2 children)

🤢

🤮

This is music i will only pirate from now on.

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 19 points 5 days ago

They have never sang anything I can't delete without missing a thing.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I have all Chris browns songs shared, but they whisper "Fuck Chris Brown" over the song LMAO. Maybe I'll do the same here. Get hundreds of thousands of copies out there.

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[–] unconsequential@slrpnk.net 23 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Oh ducking hell no. Are you serious? God damn. Oofta ouch. Just wow. Damnit.

[–] RangerAndTheCat@lemmy.world 30 points 5 days ago

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 22 points 5 days ago (1 children)

~~Disturbed~~ Disappointing

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[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 21 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Stupid move from David.

[–] bigfondue@lemmy.world 17 points 5 days ago

He's stupefied

[–] ook@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Wtf

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 23 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It's like if Rage Against the Machine were actually very much on the side of the machine.

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[–] rollerbang@lemmy.world 18 points 5 days ago

I mean... At least thanks for letting us know, Mr Draiman.

[–] rising_man@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

Well, that's disturbing...

[–] spacemanspiffy@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago

Good thing they already sucked, but this is abysmally low.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago

The Zionist religion ritual

[–] Chessmasterrex@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

I didn't even know they were still a thing.

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