Renowned American hard rock band Disturbed will be making its Israel debut next year, the band announced Monday.Led by Jewish vocalist David Draiman, and featuring bassist John Moyer, guitarist/keyboardist Dan Donegan and drummer Mike Wengren, the band will be winding up a six-month tour in support of its latest album, Evolution, on July 2 at Rishon Lezion’s Live Park.Formed in 1994, the band has released seven studio albums, and is probably best known in mainstream rock circles for its 2015 cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s “Sounds of Silence.”console.log("catid body is "+catID);if(catID==120){document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none";var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = 'https://player.anyclip.com/anyclip-widget/lre-widget/prod/v1/src/lre.js'; script.setAttribute('pubname','jpostcom'); script.setAttribute('widgetname','0011r00001lcD1i_12258'); document.getElementsByClassName('divAnyClip')[0].appendChild(script);}else if(catID!=69 && catID!=2){ document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none"; var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = 'https://static.vidazoo.com/basev/vwpt.js'; script.setAttribute('data-widget-id','60fd6becf6393400049e6535'); document.getElementsByClassName('divVidazoo')[0].appendChild(script); }The 44-year-old Draiman, who was on a career path to become a rabbi before secular music changed his direction, has long been a staunch defender of Israel. In a 2011 interview with The Jerusalem Post while vacationing in the country, he claims to have close to 200 relatives in the country, including his Jerusalem-based brother, Ben, also a musician.Draiman wrote a song on the band’s 2010 album Asylum called “Never Again,” directed at Holocaust deniers and antisemitism.“I never pull any punches, and I will never apologize for who I am or where I come from,” Draiman told the Post.Tickets go on sale Tuesday at 8 a.m. at *5169 or at eventbuzz.co.il
