DISTURBED TO PERFORM REVAMPED THEME SONG FOR WWF’S STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN; BAND JOINS MTV’S ‘RETURN OF THE ROCK TOUR’

FROM: KRISTINE ASHTON/MITCH SCHNEIDER/LATHUM NELSON

DISTURBED TO PERFORM REVAMPED THEME SONG
FOR WWF’S STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1 AT 7:00 PM EASTERN/6:00 PM CENTRAL
IN THE MTV DEBUT OF WWF “SUNDAY NIGHT HEAT”;

BAND WILL JOIN STP AND GODSMACK FOR
MTV’S ‘RETURN OF THE ROCK TOUR’

In the wake of the success of their gold-certified debut album THE SICKNESS (Giant), featuring the Top 10 modern rock and Top 5 active rock chart single “Stupify,” the members of DISTURBED were recently commissioned by renowned WWF wrestler “Stone Cold” Steve Austin to re-work his personal theme song. In addition, the Chicago foursome will perform their version of the song live from the WWF Cafò in Times Square as part of WWF’s “Sunday Night Heat” on October 1 at 7:00 PM Eastern/6:00 PM Central. This date also marks the show’s debut on MTV (formerly seen on USA Networks).

DISTURBED‘s version of WWF composer Jim Johnston’s original “Stone Cold” theme–which now features lyrics by frontman DAVID DRAIMAN and additional music by bandmates DAN DONEGAN (guitar), FUZZ (bass) and MIKE WENGREN (drums, programming)–was previewed on the WWF Pay Per View “Unforgiven” event September 24. DRAIMAN commented on the band’s involvement with WWF: “We’re big fans of Steve. We enjoy wrestling and tried to make our version [of his theme song] represent the band and Steve equally.”

Meantime, the group continues to tour North America as The Sickness holds fast on the Billboard album chart, currently at #36. DISTURBED will join Stone Temple Pilots as the main support from October 1-15. From there, they’ll team up with Godsmack and STP for MTV’s “Return Of The Rock Tour” with dates across the U.S. from October 20 through November 10. Current tour dates are as follows:

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