“They constantly remind me how they’re not impressed,” he said, laughing. His kids don’t care that dad’s a big rock star. He’s got two teenage kids and his bandmates are also parents, he said. “Then it turned into kids’ sports were canceled and then they were sent home from school and then they were home-schooled, obviously it became very challenging,” he said. Like everyone else, they thought they’d get a two-week break and welcomed the time off to spend time with family. We had big plans to do a headlining tour around the country and obviously we had to put that on hold.” “The year that the pandemic hit, in 2020, was the 20th anniversary of our first album, ‘The Sickness,’” he said. Right now, there aren’t plans to celebrate the 25th anniversary - they’re still a little gun-shy from COVID. Before that, Donegan and drummer Mike Wengren were playing together in the early 1990s. I think you’ll get a taste of every album.”ĭisturbed made it official as a band in 1996 when they added vocalist David Draiman. “There will be a nice blend of material from all the years. “We’re good to go and firing on all cylinders,” he said.
