![]() In 2010 the band returned playing a number of headlining European shows including Download Festival, Greenfield Festival, Rock am Ring/Rock im Park, and a sold-out show at the Hollywood Bowl in 2013.īy 8.30pm the chants of “System! System!” have grown so loud that you wonder if they can be heard outside the building, perhaps even drowning out the jumbo jets that roar overhead as they come in to land at nearby LAX. 1 albums in the same year.įollowing a nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance for their song “Lonely Day” System of a Down announced a significant hiatus during which members pursued other bands and solo efforts. 1 putting the group alongside the Beatles and 2Pac for two consecutive No. The second part of the album “Hypnotize” also debuted at No. The band is well-known for their politically and socially apt lyrics covering topics from bureaucracy to the War of Drugs. ![]() 1 Album after “Toxicity” and the single “B.Y.O.B” earned the group a Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance in 2005, which questions the integrity of military recruitment in the U.S. The first part of the album “Mesmerize” became the band’s second No. In 2004 System of a Down returned with the two-part album “Mesmerize/Hypnotize” with the help once again of producer Rick Rubin. The band’s third album “Steal This Album!” was a response to the lax internet copywriting laws regarding online music piracy, in the same vein as Abbie Hoffman’s counter-culture book “Steal This Book”. It featured the singles “Chop Suey”, “Toxicity” and “Aerials” after which System of a Down toured alongside Slipknot across the U.S. and Canadian charts, later achieving three-times platinum certification for over 12 million copies sold. The band’s follow-up album, the ambitious “Toxicity” debuted at No. The album was supported by the singles “Sugar” and “Spiders” and garnered significant radio and MTV airplay.Īs a result of this success the band secured opening slots for Slayer and Metallica and toured alongside Fear Factory and Incubus, before contributing to the TV show South Park’s “Chef Aid” album. This led to System of a Down meeting famed producer Rick Rubin and signing with American/Columbian Records who released their eponymously-titled debut album in 1998. The band subsequently released three more untitled demo tapes one in 1996, two in 1997 and played a number of notable Hollywood gigs including shows at Whisky-A-Go-Go and Viper Room. In 1995 the band played at the Cafe Club Fais Do-Do nightclub in Los Angeles and released the now highly-sought-after Untitled 1995 Demo Tape. Hakopyan and Laranio however soon left making way for Lebanese-born drummer John Dolmayan and from the ashes of Soil came the light and sounds of System of a Down. That’s what you need to do.” So there you go.Prior to forming System of a Down lead vocalist Serj Tankian and Daron Malakian created Soil with other members Dave Hakopyan, Domingo Laranio and Shavo Odadjian. I think that’s ridiculous… When you wake up and you’re excited about something, do it. It’s just a new and interesting thing that I’ve been working on,” he explains in the musical backpack’s accompanying press release, before adding “We don’t need to put categories on ourselves as human beings. ![]() The good news, though, is that it has a shitload of pockets for tablets, earbuds, and ‘all the other tools of the music trade’, and is essentially a big fuck you to the tiny bag trend, which should surely be over by now anyway?īut what does the man himself, Serj Tankian, have to say about the project? “I like the idea of listening to physical objects and having a musical score to them. Instead, those that buy the bag will be invited to download an AR app which offers exclusive access to original artwork and unreleased tracks by Tankian. Sadly, if like us you immediately envisaged storming down the street blasting “ Chop Suey!” from something that sits somewhere between boombox and backpack, you’re about to be sorely disappointed. The limited edition ‘backpack with its own song’ fuses art, technology, and music, according to accessories label HEX, who Tankian teamed up with to bring this extraordinary gift to the world. Serj Tankian, iconic frontman of everyone’s fave 00s metallers System of a Down, just debuted his latest project: a musical backpack. ![]() It’s the news that literally no one – and we mean no one – saw coming.
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