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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
{{Single infobox <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
| Name = Layzie Bone
| Name = Down With the Sickness
|Img = Btnhlayzie.jpg
| Artist = [[Disturbed]]
|Img_capt =
| from Album = [[The Sickness]]
| Img_size = 180x180
| Released = October 31, 2000
| Landscape =
| Cover = disturbed_down_with_the_sickness.jpg
| Background = solo_singer
| Recorded = 1999
| Birth_name = Steven Howse
| Genre = [[Nu metal]]
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| Length = 4:38
| Alias = <!---For listing official stage names...not for nicknames [[Template:Infobox_Musical_artist#Alias]] -->
| Born =
| Label = [[Giant Records|Giant]]
| Died =
| Producer = [[Johnny K]]
| Chart position = * #5 <small>([[Mainstream Rock Tracks|U.S Mainstream]])</small>
| Origin = [[Cleveland, Ohio]], [[United States|U.S.]]
* #8 <small>([[Modern Rock Tracks|U.S Modern]])</small>|
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| Instrument =
| Last single= "[[Voices (Disturbed song)|Voices]]" <br />(2000)
| Genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]
| This single= "'''Down with the Sickness'''" <br />(2001)
| Occupation =
| Next single= "[[The Game (Disturbed song)|The Game]]" <br /> (2001)
| Years_active = 1993 to present
| Label = [[Ruthless Records]]<br /><small>(1994-2004)</small><br/>[[Mo Thugs Records]]<br /> <small>(1995-present)</small><br/>[[Psychopathic Records]]<br /><small>(2003)</small></br>[[Full Surface Records]]<br /><small>(2005 - present)</small></br>[[Interscope Records]]<br /><small>(2006 to present)</small><br />[[Hi-Power Entertainment]], [[Real Talk Entertainment|Real Talk]]<br /><small>(2006-Present)</small>
| Associated_acts = [[Bone Thugs-n-Harmony]], [[Mo Thugs]], [[Young Noble]], [[Yukmouth]] & [[Bone Brothers]]
| URL = [http://www.myspace.com/layzie2008 Official Myspace]
}}
}}
Steven Howse is better known as '''Layzie Bone''' or more recently as '''L-Burna''', and is an influential [[United States|American]] [[rapper]]. He is a member of the [[hip hop music|rap]] groups [[Bone Thugs-n-Harmony]] and the [[Bone Brothers]] and is a leading member of a group of artists known as the '''Bone Family''' who are all either family or friends of Howse<ref>{{cite book|last=Bogdanov|first=Valdimir|coauthors=Chris Woodstra, Stephan Thomas, John Bush|title=All Music Guide to Hip-hop: The Definitive Guide to Rap & Hip-hop|publisher=Backbeat Books|date=2003|isbn=0879307595}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Brackett|first=Nathan|coauthors=Christian Hoard|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide: 4th edition|publisher=Simon & Shuster|date=2004|isbn=0743201698}}</ref>.


"'''Down with the Sickness'''" is a [[Single (music)|single]] by [[United States|American]] [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Disturbed]]. The song was recorded in late [[1999]], and was featured on their [[2000]] debut album, ''[[The Sickness]]''. The song has become one of Disturbed's best-known songs and is their only single to have gone Gold. It has also been used in numerous [[films]] and [[TV shows]]. It has become a 'zombie' theme song in popular culture.
== Early Life ==
Layzie Bone was born in Cleveland, Ohio [[September 23]], [[1974]] to Curtis Howse and grew up in the rough Cleveland nieghbourhood of East 99th St. and St. Clair Avenue. He attended Franklin D. Roosevelt Junior High School along with; Bryon McCane (Bizzy Bone), Anthony Henderson (Krayzie Bone), Charles Shruggs (Wish Bone) and Steven's younger brother Stan Howse (Flesh-n-Bone). The group of young men would often harmonize rap sessions in between classes in the hallways of the school. The group would later attend [[Lincoln-West High School|Lincoln West High School]] together. It was during their time at this school that the group began to record professionally<ref>{{cite book|last=Adams|first=Deanna R.|title=Rock 'n' Roll and the Cleveland Connection|publisher=Kent State University Press|date=2002|page=pp. 534-546|isbn=0873386914}}</ref>.<!--This reference is for the majority of this paragraph-->


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== Career ==
The group of young men formed the band '''B.O.N.E. Enterpri$e''' (all except for Flesh-N-Bone) and recorded an album entitled ''Faces of Death'' in the studio of Krayzie's father, Kermit Henderson on his indie label [[Stoney Burke]] in 1993. After this Layzie and the rest of the Bone Family boarded a [[Greyhound Bus]] to [[Los Angeles]] where they worked with notable producer and rapper [[Eazy-E]] and his Ruthless/Relativity Records label, initially auditioning for him over the phone from Cleveland. At this point they became known as [[Bone Thugs-N-Harmony]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Adams|first=Deanna R.|title=Rock 'n' Roll and the Cleveland Connection|publisher=Kent State University Press|date=2002|page=pp. 534-546|isbn=0873386914}}</ref>.<!--This reference is for the majority of this paragraph-->


==Music video==
=== Solo career & [[Mo Thugs]] ===
A music video was produced for the song, which is composed of live concert footage. The music video excludes the "child abuse" segment.
Layzie has also promoted the indie label [[Mo Thugs]] which he and the rest of bone originated he also has several solo albums out as [[L-Burna]] and has had series albums with Bizzy Bone under the name [[Bone Brothers]] entitled "Bone Brother 1,2,&3.
== Personal life ==
Layzie has eight children{{fact}} and he married his wife Felecia in 2006 after proposing on [[television]]. One of his children, named Angel, died due to lung complications he is often heard shouting him out{{fact}}. Layzie's best friends are Bizzy Bone & Krayzie Bone his cousin is Wish Bone and his brothers are Flesh Bone and Stew Bone{{fact}}.


==Discography==
==Chart positions==
The song rose to number 5 on the [[Mainstream Rock Tracks]], number 8 on the [[Modern Rock Tracks]] in September 2001, and number 31 in the [[Hot Ringtones]] category, making it one of Disturbed's most successful songs.
===Albums===
* ''[[Thug by Nature]]'' (2001)
* ''[[It's Not a Game]]'' (2005) U.S #96
* ''[[Thug Brothers]]'' (2006) <small>(with [[Young Noble]])</small>
* ''[[The New Revolution]]'' (2006)
* ''[[Cleveland (album)|Cleveland]]'' (2006)
* ''[[How a Thug Was Born]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Thugz Nation]]'' (2008)
* ''[[Finally (Layzie Bone & AK album)|Finally]]'' (2008) <small>(with AK)</small>
* ''[[Ruthless (Layzie Bone album)|Ruthless]]'' {TBA)


==See also==
==Covers==
[[Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine]] recorded a cover of "Down With the Sickness" for their [[2002]] album, ''[[Tuxicity]]''; this version also appears on the soundtrack to ''[[Dawn of the Dead (2004 film)|Dawn of the Dead]]''. [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] used the song in the polka medley "Angry White Boy Polka" on his [[2003]] album ''[[Poodle Hat]]''.
*[[Bone Thugs-N-Harmony]]
*[[Bone Brothers]]
*[[Bizzy Bone]]
*[[Eazy-E]]
*[[Mo Thugs]]


==Notes==
==In the media==
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*Played in the film ''[[XXX (movie)|XXX]]''
*Played in a commercial for the [[U.S. Marine Corps]]
*Played in the [[2005 film]] ''[[Green Street]]''
*Played in the film ''[[The One (film)|The One]]''
*Played in the film ''[[Queen of the Damned]]''
*Played as the end themes in the [[2004]] film ''[[Dawn of the Dead (2004 film)|Dawn of the Dead]]'' along with the version by [[Richard Cheese]] and [[Lounge Against the Machine]] featured in the middle of the film
*A remake of the song was used for [[Monty Brown]]'s entrance theme music when he was in [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]]
*Deceased wrestler [[Chris Cash]] used the song as his theme in [[Combat Zone Wrestling]]
*[[Baseball]] players Frank Cattalanatto and [[Boston Red Sox]] left-fielder [[Jason Bay]] use this song as they come up to bat
*Played in the ''[[South Park]]'' episode, "[[With Apologies to Jesse Jackson]]", both in [[Eric Cartman|Cartman]]'s fight with a [[little person]], and in the end credits
*Played before [[Houston Texans]] NFL games as players enter the field via the tunnel
*Played with a pre-kickoff video before [[Kansas City Chiefs]] games during the [[2006]] season
*Beginning played in [[The Second City]] play "Bird Flu Over The Cuckoo's Nest"
*Is used for the entry music for the [[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim|Los Angeles Angels]] [[Rally Monkey]]
*Played at [[Texas Stadium]] for the [[Dallas Cowboys]] when the starters are introduced
*Played at [[Delaware Stadium]] when the [[Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football]] team enters the stadium
*Played at the [[TD Banknorth Garden]] during [[Boston Bruins]] NHL home games
*Played at the [[US Airways Center]] at one of the songs before kick-off for the [[Arizona Rattlers]]
*Featured as a playable song in the music video game ''[[Rock Band 2]]''. Although the audio is still present, the lyrics for the child abuse verse have been replaced with a cowbell section due to the mature subject matter.


==References==
==References==
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*[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:3cfoxqqjld6e~T1 Layzie Bone] at [[Allmusic]]
*[http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1510378/20050926/bone_thugs_n_harmony.jhtml MTV - Layzie Bone's Finger Almost Bitten Off]


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*[http://www.disturbed1.com/ Disturbed's official website]


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"Down with the Sickness"
Song

"Down with the Sickness" is a single by American rock band Disturbed. The song was recorded in late 1999, and was featured on their 2000 debut album, The Sickness. The song has become one of Disturbed's best-known songs and is their only single to have gone Gold. It has also been used in numerous films and TV shows. It has become a 'zombie' theme song in popular culture.

Music video

A music video was produced for the song, which is composed of live concert footage. The music video excludes the "child abuse" segment.

Chart positions

The song rose to number 5 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks, number 8 on the Modern Rock Tracks in September 2001, and number 31 in the Hot Ringtones category, making it one of Disturbed's most successful songs.

Covers

Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine recorded a cover of "Down With the Sickness" for their 2002 album, Tuxicity; this version also appears on the soundtrack to Dawn of the Dead. "Weird Al" Yankovic used the song in the polka medley "Angry White Boy Polka" on his 2003 album Poodle Hat.

In the media

References

External links

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