[about the name Disturbed] It had been a name I have been contemplating for a band for years. It just seems to symbolize everything we were feeling at the time. The level of conformity that people are forced into was disturbing to us and we were just trying to push the envelope and the name just sorta made sense.

Livewire's one on one - David Draiman talks disturbing thoughts, concertlivewire.com, 19 February 2005