System of a Down Drop F-Bomb On SNL

System of a Down Drop F-Bomb On 'Saturday Night Live'

posted May 9, 2005 at 12:16 AM by deathbringer. (49 Comments)

Band Photo: System Of A Down (?)

Bill Hutchinson of the New York Daily News is reporting that SYSTEM OF A DOWN got one over on "Saturday Night Live" last night.

When the group performed "B.Y.O.B" from their new album "Mezmerize", the show repeatedly muted the F-word in the line, "Where the f--- are you?" But it missed guitarist Daron Malakian's screeched, "F--- yeah!" toward the end of the number. The camera even focused on him as he said it.

Fans of the group immediately hailed the move on SYSTEM OF A DOWN's web site, with one noting, "The censors missed at least one 'f--- you.' Which was nice."

The band performed a second number, "Aerials", from their "Toxicity" album, without incident.

"SNL" traditionally doesn't use a tape delay. NBC did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

Source: Blabbermouth

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49 Comments on "System of a Down Drop F-Bomb On SNL"

1. brokenwings13 writes:

Typical SOAD fans, infiltrating and praising the breakdown of censors.

# May 9, 2005 @ 1:10 AM ET | IP Logged

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2. RememberMetal? writes:

it's harmless. It's not an attempt to be vulgar, he just got caught up in the enrgry that comes with performing live.

Like Bono when he said "f***ing brilliant", he was happy and got caught up in the moment. To praise SOAD/SNL or come down on them for this kind of thing is to be one of those mindless idiots who go full force into some "here today gone tomorrow" cause.

The words that are forbidden to be spoken on TV are the same ones your fourth grade nephew is blasting on his playground while on the monkey bars at school.

If your fourth grader was watching snl he's probably so used to the word he probably didnt even flinch....Unlike all these adults whose world shutters when they hear it....

"oh my virgin ears, oh my baby heard that i'm calling the nbc affiliate" is their response, when someone says something like this..... but the language their using in bed with their husband/wife bf/gf etc. is 8 times more vulgar. and at least half the time your kid is hearing that too!!!

everyone who gets bent out of shape over simple language uttering is a hypocrite, oblivious to the world and have long forgotten about being 8 years old and using these words with their friends when parents weren't in earshot.

idiots.

# May 9, 2005 @ 1:37 AM ET | IP Logged

3. wezel writes:

How hypocrite can the US be? making such a fuss over the word "f***" or a nipple (even when it has tape over it) but you don't have any problems with bombing the world.....

# May 9, 2005 @ 5:14 AM ET | IP Logged

4. MarlaSinger writes:

If i were a kornkid i'd say "TRUE DAT HOMES".....

instead i'm a reformed goth-ish chick so back then i would have said "Tis the sad poetic ironic falacy of the truth"

heh kidding.

wezels right is how i say it today

# May 9, 2005 @ 7:31 AM ET | IP Logged

5. brandedcfh420 writes:

well, so what. they said f---...big deal. we, the u.s.a., is murdering people around the world, taking over there system of life, and want to bleep a word out.....FU-K THE CENSORING GOVT. f*** f*** f*** f*** f***

# May 9, 2005 @ 9:24 AM ET | IP Logged

6. brandedcfh420 writes:

and fuk this metalunderground for their censoring too....!!!

# May 9, 2005 @ 9:25 AM ET | IP Logged

7. weiner writes:

dude you are so right censoring f***ING sucks

# May 9, 2005 @ 9:46 AM ET | IP Logged

8. Myke writes:

hahah that's awesome

# May 9, 2005 @ 11:26 AM ET | IP Logged

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9. Mutt writes:

who cares its one little word........no biggie

# May 9, 2005 @ 11:41 AM ET | IP Logged

10. DevilTrigger7 writes:

awsome

# May 9, 2005 @ 1:21 PM ET | IP Logged

11. sex writes:

i saw their performance and system is not entertaining. i changed the channel 2 mins into the song. it was dumb

# May 9, 2005 @ 2:01 PM ET | IP Logged

12. brokenwings13 writes:

I didn't say it was wrong, hell, I say "f**k" all the time. At least it was late night tv.

# May 9, 2005 @ 2:12 PM ET | IP Logged

13. Spanky82 writes:

SOAD sucks big hairy elephant balls

# May 9, 2005 @ 3:22 PM ET | IP Logged

14. BiGG Perm writes:

wait, wait ,wait ,wait! i saw snl on saturday and they didn't miss any f***s! what the hell are they talking about? even if they did miss a f***, it's soad people! what do you expect? they're all about breaking the rules.
i agree with sex by the way, the performance did suck

# May 9, 2005 @ 3:25 PM ET | IP Logged

15. graveland writes:

they aren't metal and they aren't underground, so why are they being discussed here?

# May 9, 2005 @ 3:30 PM ET | IP Logged

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16. DEADMETAL writes:

post 15 .... come on dude, "not metal" .... i dont even like them anymore but they DEFINITELY qualify as being a metal band dumb a$$ ..... most SNL performances suck .... its a small, brightly lit stage with poor sound quality and censors ....

# May 9, 2005 @ 3:35 PM ET | IP Logged

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17. KoRnFaN94 writes:

hahahaha....YEAH soad rulez!!!

# May 9, 2005 @ 4:40 PM ET | IP Logged

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18. BLACKDOG writes:

So what.It was on Saturday Night Live which air's after 11:30 pm.If your kid's up at that time and they are below the age of 15.Then Saturday Night Live is the least of their problem's.This is why the far right get's away with saying Hollywood and not Parent's.This is how the columbine parent's got the idea to blame the Matrix.If this kind of sh** will cause your kid to become a bad person then you know what ? You'r kid was f***ed up way before he saw it or heard it or whatever.Just for the record the conservatives tend to attack the intertainment industry because the Entertainment industry has allway's been anti concervative.If this were not the case Movies like All the president's men and X would not have gotten made and Ice T would have never released COP KILLER.It was rap Metalt(the best of the genre)the only place you can hear that song today is on the web.

# May 9, 2005 @ 5:29 PM ET | IP Logged

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19. ZerO writes:

Any band on SNL sucks, they cant exactly play an awesome show on the 10 x 6 stage, ya'know what i mean?

# May 9, 2005 @ 6:12 PM ET | IP Logged

20. me writes:

S.O.A.D SUCKS AND THAT NEW SONG FUKKING SUCKS IT DOESNT MAKE ANY FUKKING SINCE AND I DIDNT SEE THE PERFORMACE BUT SINCE SOAD SUCKS THE PERFORMANCE SUCKED TOO
THEY SENSORED IT SENSORE THIS

FUKK
FUKK
FUKK
FUKK

# May 9, 2005 @ 8:26 PM ET | IP Logged

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21. ZerO writes:

wow, ur cool u can continously say "FUKK" over and over... good job numbnuts

# May 9, 2005 @ 8:29 PM ET | IP Logged

22. BiGG Perm writes:

hahahahaha! that was funny

# May 9, 2005 @ 9:30 PM ET | IP Logged

23. metal is the answer writes:

yea, you'll never see slipknot on snl (due to the fact that there are 9 members, cuz they have certainly sold out enough to be eligible for it)

# May 9, 2005 @ 9:49 PM ET | IP Logged

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24. ZerO writes:

haha, thats true. i could definetly see them playing those little p***y acoustic songs on SNL.

# May 9, 2005 @ 9:51 PM ET | IP Logged

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25. bradispissed writes:

censored?

# May 9, 2005 @ 9:57 PM ET | IP Logged

26. becka writes:

they said f***? i'm offended........j/k.

# May 9, 2005 @ 11:35 PM ET | IP Logged

27. Burnt writes:

Does anyone have the f***ing video of the live i want to see it

# May 10, 2005 @ 12:41 AM ET | IP Logged

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28. grimreaper8588 writes:

doesnt anyone here actually like soad there awesome but it seems you all have nothing better than to trash a band who you say you hate but cant help but read the news here and comment on it so go onto a bands site who you like and im sure theyll appreciate your 2 cents because we as sure dont give a fukk what you think

# May 10, 2005 @ 10:31 AM ET | IP Logged

29. HarDCorerob writes:

Who gives a F.U.C.K

# May 10, 2005 @ 3:30 PM ET | IP Logged

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30. RememberMetal? writes:

nicely done hardcorerob....you f.u.c.k.e.d the s.h.i.t.t.y little censoring system. I'm now crossing my fingers for a 10 year old to stumble on to this thread.

Canadian C-O-C-K-F-U-C-K-E-R Cannibal Chinchilla C-U-N-T Chisel Choirs!!!!!

ah sweet release.

# May 10, 2005 @ 4:10 PM ET | IP Logged

31. Johnson writes:

oh no he said f*** on tv...come on grow up you f***ing f***s...dont act like its something f***ing new, or a total f***ing shocker...i think i hear about f*** every 5 f***ing minutes in my f***ing day...SYSTEM OF f***ING DOWN f***ING SUCK MY f***ING PEE HOLE...f***ING f***

# May 10, 2005 @ 4:30 PM ET | IP Logged

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32. BLACKDOG writes:

Was that a Not Aanother Teen Movie moment ?

# May 10, 2005 @ 4:45 PM ET | IP Logged

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33. KoRnFaN94 writes:

calm the f*** down u f***er!!!!

# May 10, 2005 @ 4:46 PM ET | IP Logged

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34. ZerO writes:

f*** you, korn sucks f***face. i used to have some shirt that said "f*** you, u f***ing f***" it was funny when i was 13.lol

# May 10, 2005 @ 7:05 PM ET | IP Logged

35. gojo writes:

hey, korn is really good, but not as good as soad, and when people say f*** in there posts, it gets really annoying because ur trying to be cool and all that, but it just annoys people. so stop saying f*** every other word.

# May 10, 2005 @ 8:15 PM ET | IP Logged

36. metal is the answer writes:

actually they both suck in my opinion

# May 10, 2005 @ 8:38 PM ET | IP Logged

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37. bradispissed writes:

i like how everybody is conforming to this current cursing trend

what the sex is going on you sheep

# May 10, 2005 @ 10:44 PM ET | IP Logged

38. brokenwings13 writes:

I suppose I need to join you all....

s.hit. pi.ss fuc.k cu.nt coc.ksucker mother.fuc.ker and ti.ts!

George Carlin is a fuc.king genius.

# May 10, 2005 @ 11:35 PM ET | IP Logged

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39. BLACKDOG writes:

I would join in , BUT I'M NOT THAT f***IN FUNNY !!!

# May 10, 2005 @ 11:44 PM ET | IP Logged

40. balls writes:

S.O.A.D ARE A BUNCH OF SELL OUTS WHO CARES IF THEY SAID F.U.C.K DID ANYONE SEE THE SOUTHPARK WHERE THEY SAID sh** ON TELEVISION AND THE RATINGS WENT UP THATS ALL THEY WERE TRYING TO DO SO THEY COULD SELL OUT AGAIN

# May 11, 2005 @ 12:02 AM ET | IP Logged

41. brokenwings13 writes:

They even had a counter in the corner to number how many times the boys said "sh**" but that WAS CABLE TV! Not public, see on cable, you're paying for it, if they were to cendor things on cable and satillite like South Park, Nip/Tuck, The Shield, NYPD Blue and another assload of shows, it wouldn't be right to the consumer who is paying $40 a month to get all of that.

# May 11, 2005 @ 12:09 AM ET | IP Logged

42. Andrew writes:

I Dont get it? even on systems website the f*** is censored on B.Y.O.B.

# May 11, 2005 @ 5:49 AM ET | IP Logged

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43. RememberMetal? writes:

If it werent for trends we wouldnt have metal.

In the short term, trends can be bad or corny or both but that dark and gritty blues rock trend... that ..uhm....help me out....ah yes, metal!...That was pretty cool. Those Black Sabbath guys sure were onto something.

oh, then there was that whole 80's thrash thing...You can debate who made the first thrash song and album (priest, metallica or motorhead...depends on who you ask and how much they know) but it was one of them. Some might say that was a pretty nice trend too, I liked it and it still lives on today.

Without trends we'd all be unable to communicate, clothes and housing would not exist, so we'd be cold naked little chimp-things throwing mastodon sh** from trees at sabertoothed cats and we sure as sh** wouldn't have metal.

One has to establish for themselves what is a good trend (ex. aggression in music) or a bad trend ( ex. a guy with a comb-over flat top calling himself Vanilla Ice and lifting bass lines from classic rock bands)If that can be done than maybe there is hope for us "sheep" yet....

'bahh!'

# May 11, 2005 @ 7:56 AM ET | IP Logged

44. mingeface writes:

ah phuck the lot of ya

# May 18, 2005 @ 7:46 PM ET | IP Logged

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45. BLACKDOG writes:

The Hip Hop scene dissavowed Vanilla Ice a long time ago.We gave him back and it's not our fault you guy's don't want him either.

# May 18, 2005 @ 9:02 PM ET | IP Logged

46. crap writes:

f*** fools

# May 23, 2005 @ 8:18 PM ET | IP Logged

47. mezmerize this bithces writes:

Uhm... You must really have a bad music taste when you say that soad sucks. They've only got good reviews and of course many love them. It's not strange that their notunderground more, because they make kick a$$ music. Pull your heads out of your asses, idiots. I hate people that say"ohh metallica are sell-outs" it's the music that counts, motherf.uckers

# Jun 2, 2005 @ 9:06 AM ET | IP Logged

48. angry stoner writes:

i agree just because a band goes main stream does not mean they are selling out because what are they selling out to they still make musi and its sttill pretty good so i agree with mezmerize pull your heads out of your asses.

# Jun 2, 2005 @ 10:23 AM ET | IP Logged

49. angry stoner writes:

as for metallica its not that there sell outs its just that they suck now ever since some kind of monster.

# Jun 2, 2005 @ 10:25 AM ET | IP Logged

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