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It just comes along with playing as much as I have over the years. Those are things I plan before I bring songs to the band. Well, you and Serj have very different voices, which is perhaps why they blend together so well….

I really have a lot of that stuff planned out before I even bring it to the band. What do you remember about writing the song many would call your biggest hit, Chop Suey! I had this little bed in the back and was jamming on a guitar as we were driving down the road while on tour.

I remember there was a different set of lyrics that we changed… it was the exact same phrasing but different words during the verses. So do you have an idea as to what kind of rig was used for the actual recording? I have no clue. I did a lot more layering in those days, way more than I do now. Players like you and Adam Jones from Tool took Drop-D riffing to new heights in the '90s and early noughties.

What do you think is the trick to getting the most out of that tuning? I would never know how to approach explaining how to write.

You think of a genre and I will have dug into it, studied it and absorbed it. Toxicity debuted at No. To date, the record has gone triple platinum in the U. Grit, Guts and Glory. Jon Wiederhorn Updated: September 4, Filed Under: System of a Down. Back To Top. LAPD union denied temporary restraining order over vaccine mandate.

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Odadjian: We had this banner that was like by that said System of a Down on the wall of this six- or seven-story building. They got rid of that. We were supposed to play 30 minutes before that.

The crowd was getting restless. At that moment, you could tell something was brewing. Let me get up there. It turned out tragic anyway. It was just psychotic. Appleford: People started smashing things.

Some guy took a swing at me. I ducked. Later on, I saw that same guy had been shot in the face with a rubber bullet by police. Malakian: We had a full-on fucking riot in the middle of Hollywood where the cops were shooting rubber bullets at our fans. I was watching some of our fans walking off with our equipment. Odadjian: There was one scene on TV where this girl had a hammer and was bashing my rig.

Benveniste: Could you plan a more perfect storm for CNN and every news channel coming to promote our record release? At that point, the biggest underground band in the world was launched. Malakian: You could feel that shit was going to the next level with the band. Now, there are riots in the streets of our hometown.

Our fans and our music are causing some kind of stir. We felt like we were stirring it up. We were becoming, to some people, important. Sure enough, the sophomore album debuted at no.

Odadjian: I was trying to sleep a little past 9 a. My phone kept ringing off the hook, and it was my mom. Is this live? Dolmayan: Any positivity, happiness and joy got deflated. We were devastated. You feel guilt-ridden over it. Odadjian: It was one of those bittersweet moments for me.

Dolmayan: Here we were, with the no. How are you supposed to deal with that? Malakian: At this time, the internet was kind of a brand-new thing. Benveniste: It was a storm of events. Through all this, the band got bigger and bigger. That said, the thought never occurred that we should stop. Tankian was speaking on five decades of history, but later received death threats and had to defend himself and the band on The Howard Stern Show. Are you trying to get us killed?

Dolmayan: Serj used to do a lot of that shit back then without taking into consideration how the rest of the band would feel about it. You have to commend and applaud him.

We have differing opinions. Benveniste: The band was never afraid to speak their mind. Daron takes an artistic approach to political issues. Serj is more politically inclined and outspoken. Malakian: A lot of people see System of a Down as a political kind of band.

I never want to be a propaganda artist. The songs never tell you how or what to think. Toxicity racked up critical acclaim. Spin called it the best album of Sasami Ashworth singer-songwriter : System of a Down taps this super-dark energy then puts it towards something they have real rage about, like all the insecurity and political toxicity of their homeland, and the state of human existence.

Rubin: There is nothing else like Toxicity. The songwriting is great. The performances are on fire. The singing is passionate. The metal power mixed with the traditional folk rhythms is so original. It was inspiring to me because their music is very focused. Nothing is fluff. Every part of every song is essential. Appleford: When they came out, it was possible to have a record like that at the top of the charts and to generate the kind of excitement that it did.