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System of a Down System Of A Down formed organically; the members' shared and diverse musical and personal experiences created an explosive musical mine field of such volatile, incendiary ferocity that Rick Rubin elected to sign and produce the group as the first new act on American Recordings under a recent pact with Columbia Records. The intensity of metal, the social commentary of rap and a plethora of influences -- ranging from the band's Armenian heritage to jazz to Middle Eastern melodies to the nightly news -- has made System Of A Down a top draw in their home burg of Los Angeles. The band's agenda has always been clear and uncontrived: "Our goal has been to stay open to whatever currents guide us through our lives -- musically, thematically, in every way, to be ourselves," explains SOAD's soft-spoken, but big-voiced, singer Serj Tankian. " Our songs and themes range from political to social to daily angst to love to hate to dope." However, the band emphasizes, "we do music because we love it, and our agenda is not just political. We'd like to touch every sense of our audience: visual, auditory, taste, touch...." "We don't just concentrate on an aggressive emotion, though we have that. Anger becomes more angry when you're quiet at first. That's key to our dynamics," Serj explains. "We have the openness to go anywhere. It goes without saying we're a heavy band, but we can also do a love song." In other words, in the musical milieu of System Of A Down, all are welcome. "If you're into surprises, being taken for a ride, I think you'll like the music, no matter what type of music you're used to listening to," Serj believes. "We have a lot of people who like our sound who have never been into heavy music. We have cross-genre types of music lovers." |
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The Line up Here's the band from left to right: Serj - Vocals Shavo - Bass Daron - Guitar John - Drums |
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Ya shit dont stink
Ok, well I have liked System of a Down since they first came out, the first album is absoloutely spectacular, the new one is good but no way as good as the first! Everyone has suddenly got obsessed with Chop Suey, its a good song but for fucks sake they havnt heard any of the older stuff and now they're all like "System are cool"! GO DIE! Love BEN xx |
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Daron Malakian This man is a PSYCHO! from what I've seen of him live he's absoloutely insane! As you can see from what he is wearing here he is a few screws short of a tool box but hey its all good! He's an amazing guitarist! |
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Shavo A very good bassist indeed |
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John the drummer bloke hmmmmm, i am not a drummer and i dont really know if he is a good drummer, someone mail and tell me damn it! |
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Serj Serj is the other psycho in the band! His lyrics are crazy and very fun, a good example: LISTEN TO JOHNNY OR BOUNCE! |
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LOOK AT HIS EYES! |
