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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."
System of a Down members are --
- Serj Tankian - vocals
- Daron Malakian - guitar
- Shavo Odadjian - bass
- John Dolmayan - drums
Hit songs include --
- Aerials
- Hypnotize
- Toxicity
- B.Y.O.B.
- Chop Suey!
- Question!
- Lonely Day
- Innervision
- Spiders
- Sugar
- Cigaro
- Kill Rock 'N' Roll
Other notable songs include --
- War?
- Suite-Pee
- Mind
- Spiders
- Know
- Jet Pilot
- Bounce
System of a Down
may be available for your next special event
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Genre: Rock 2
Styles:
.Alternative Metal.
.Heavy Metal.
.Hard Rock.
Years active:
..90s, ..00s
Formed: ..in California
..in Los Angeles
in 1995
Based: ..in California
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