13 Facts About David Draiman

David Michael Draiman is an American heavy metal singer.

David Michael Draiman was born to Jewish parents in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on March 13,1973.

David Draiman's grandmother Ziona is a Yemenite Jew whose family immigrated to Israel in the early 1900s.

David Draiman's parents sent him to Orthodox schools, where he believed he was on the path to receiving rabbinic ordination.

David Draiman frequently spent time in Israel during his early life.

David Draiman attended five Jewish day schools, including Valley Torah High School in Los Angeles, where he formed his first band; Fasman Yeshiva High School in Skokie, Illinois, a near north suburb of Chicago; and the Wisconsin Institute for Torah Study in Milwaukee.

David Draiman has admitted to being "a bit resentful" about his time at Jewish day schools, but nevertheless became trained as a hazzan and encouraged his family to observe Shabbat.

David Draiman later enrolled at Ida Crown Jewish Academy, located in the West Ridge neighborhood of Chicago, and graduated from high school in 1991.

David Draiman became the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Disturbed when its original lead singer left in 1996, two years after it had been formed under a different name.

David Draiman auditioned and was asked to join the band after answering an advertisement the other members had placed in a local music publication in Chicago, which he later revealed was one of around 20 auditions for other bands he had attended that month.

On September 25,2011, David Draiman married model and actress Lena Yada.

In March of 2022, Draiman and Avenged Sevenfold frontman M Shadows criticized the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act.

David Draiman has described himself as "a very, very strong supporter of Israel".