The place did Disturbed’s mascot The Man come from?
Let’s discover out!
Who Is ‘The Man’ + Why Is the Mascot Vital?
‘The Man’ is the musclebound, shadow-faced determine with glowing eyes and a menacing, toothy grin. He’s the long-running mascot for veteran onerous rock/metallic band Disturbed.
Why Is He Named ‘The Man’?
Let’s admit it — The Man is a reasonably ambiguous identify, however the identify truly has a reasonably attention-grabbing backstory.
As revealed by singer David Draiman is a video uploaded to Disturbed’s YouTube channel, it was drummer Mike Wengren’s nephew who coined the identify for the mascot.
“He was terrified of the face,” Draiman remembers of Wengren’s nephew’s response, noting, “He would say to his mother and father, ‘Is that the man? That is the man, is not it?’ And, so, it simply caught.”
When Did ‘The Man’ First Seem With Disturbed?
In contrast to the mascots for Iron Maiden and Megadeth (Eddie and Vic Rattlehead, respectively), The Man didn’t seem on the entrance album cowl of Disturbed’s debut album.
As an alternative, white-line sketches of tilted eyes, a sinister grin and off-set eyebrows are represented on the bodily The Illness CD. The band identify and album title are written horizontally throughout the CD within the west and east cardinal instructions, respectively. Label logos and copyright print are stacked sideways on the vertical axis within the north and south instructions whereas The Man’s visage (accented with lengthy hair, chin piercings and beards to characterize every member’s personal have a look at the time) is seen within the ordinal instructions of the structure.
The Man originated out of Disturbed’s want to have one thing to visually characterize the band.
“Initially, I had a buddy of mine sit down with me,” Draiman says within the video above. His pal requested him what he wished it to be and the singer made a sure face and that is the place it began. After a easy sketch was made, Draiman’s pal used a digital distortion program (software program) to mock up new renders of the face. After a pair tries, they landed on one which felt good.
What Disturbed Album Covers Does ‘The Man’ Seem On?
The Man seems on the entrance of the next Disturbed album covers:
Ten Thousand Fists (2005)
Indestructible (2008)
Asylum (2010)
The Misplaced Kids EP (2011)
Immortalized (2015)
Divisive (2022)
Who Has Drawn ‘The Man’?
Famend comedian guide artists Greg Capullo and Todd McFarlane labored collectively on the quilt of Ten Thousand Fists.
David Finch, additionally a comic book guide artist, drew the quilt for Indestructible.
Raymond Swanland, who has contributed artwork to Magic The Gathering and World of Warcraft, illustrated the Asylum paintings, in addition to The Misplaced Kids EP cowl. Swanland additionally labored with Alex Tenta on Immortalized whereas Tenta is liable for Divisive.
The place Else Is ‘The Man’ Represented in Disturbed Imagery?
The Man makes a number of appearances in Disturbed music movies, usually depicted with superhero-like powers and is mostly thought to be a robust drive able to taking over grasping company sycophants to insidious armies.
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