Mike Wengren
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"Mike Wengren" is a drummer from Chicago, Illinois, best known for his work with the Heavy Metal music/heavy metal band Disturbed (band)/Disturbed, he is one of the founding members of the band, which was formed in 1996. He is well known for his hard hitting bass drum techniques that have become a staple of Disturbed (band)/Disturbed's music.

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On the first two records, we were trying to find ourselves. (On) this record, we combined the two. The first was more aggressive, and the second was more melodic. And we put those elements together on the new record.

The Sickness was raw. We'd had our whole lives to write it.

We nitpicked the hell out of everything. We spent more time nurturing the songs.

We don't pigeonhole ourselves in metal. We think our music is more rhythmic. There's a lot that gets attached to metal - the look, the weird vocals that really don't fit our music.

Because David was becoming well-known for his noises he wanted to show he could actually sing.