Ho creato gli SOS Save Our Souls, insieme a Milly Fanzaga, nel 1993 dopo alcuni anni di gavetta con la cover band Gulliver.
Draiman had grown up in a religious family against which he rebelled, being expelled from five boarding schools in his adolescence.
His anger found an outlet in the thrashing sound of Disturbed, and the band built up a following on Chicago's South Side before a demo tape led to their signing to Giant Records, which released their debut album, The Sickness, in March 2000.