System Of A Down Reunion In The Works?
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Rumours are beginning to spread that System Of A Down are coming close to reuniting after three of the four members of the band appeared on stage together at The Roxy in West Hollywood on Halloween. Guitarist/vocalist Daron Malakian, bass player Shavo Odajian and drummer John Dolmayan were joined by Frank Perez of Scars On Broadway for an impromptu set where they played the System Of A Down classic, "Suite Pee" and the Scars On Broadway song, "They Say." Stay tuned for more information.
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I outgrew System when I outgrew Disney. Start listening to some REAL music, guys. Four armenians hootin' and gibberin' and the only reason they're famous is BECAUSE they're four armenians hootin' and gibberin' about how lame the US government is. When really if it wasn't for the US, they'd be in some basement in Armenia stinkin' like hummus and eating goat asses.
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Cr4wf0rdTxJ1ng0J4ng0-When really if it wasn't for the US, they'd be in some basement in Armenia stinkin' like hummus and eating goat asses.
Think before you say someyhing Cr4wf0rdTxJ1ng0J4ng0. Shame on you for making such a stupid and derogatory comment.
(SOAD FOREVER!!!!!)
I really hope they do come back cuz I miss that band so much. Toxicity is easily one of the best metal albums of all time and the first one and Mezmerize are really good too. Fingers crossed for SOAD comeback. STAY METAL MY FRIENDS!
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Great band, a little too political sometimes, as to post 11, they all moved to at a young age so i think that gives them the right to speak like that, I do hate it when foreigners move to the u.s. and talk sh**. When I was 14 about ten years ago, a russian kid's parents told hime he couldn'y hang out with me because "americas are all coke sniffers" MY advice if you don't like it here, move back to russia motherf***ers!!!!
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In my opinion, if you move to the US bcause your home country is too fly strewn, you have little room to get famous off of the "capitalist pig dog americans". If it wasn't for capitalist america, SOAD wouldn't be rolling around in money as we speak. Sex Pistols did this schtick WAY better, and their music aged better too. Oooh we're crazy terrorist lookin wacky foreigners!! Lett's make millions off of retards!!! EPIC WIN
^11,20 LOL....couldnt agree with you more
1 of the handfull of bands on my all time list that i d wish would just go away forever...between serjs operatic voice and their far left political rants, to me they re a ramble and a bore. If this band reunites id be in hell.....it be like the raiders winning a superbowl
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SOAD was great once upon a time. But now they just fall in the "who cares" category along with all the RATMs, Korns, Limp Bizkits and Slipknots.
If they´d come back they´d just be a B-class SOAD, and who wants that? (the point here being, when has the reunion version been better than the original band?)
"real music?"
Because music can be likened to dreaming and the real world, right? A person isn't "real" enough if they listen to one thing and not another?
That's a really, really childish statement to make. What someone listens to should come down to what they like, not what's considered "real music" or not.
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yeah well 25, you're anonymous, which means you're a p***y and 22, you're a metallica fan, so that shows how much you know. There's more than five bands on Earth, guys. Why don't we get hype about the GOOD bands that SHOULD reunite, rather than spewin out fanfare over bands like SOAD who weren't even relevant when they were in their prime? I mean , for f***'s sake, Limp Bizkit had more of a redeemable message than these guys did. They hate America so much? Then why don't they go back to Armenia? Oh that's right. There are millions of poseurs here like them who are willing to spend money on sh**ty music, while there are more talented musicians in more time-tested bands with better music playing sh**ty dive bars night after night. There is no justice and SOAD's popularity is a prime example why.
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Oh, and let it be known that a three year break isn't a hiatus. Tool makes a groundbreaking album every 5-7 years, and it's never considered a reunion. Maybe if they'd stopped trying to churn out radio hits according to Epic's payola schedule they'd be able to actually take their time writing instead of releasing five albums which contain half a disc's worth of Greatest "Hits" that are hardly fit to go between my drink and my table to protect the surface from condensation and unnecessary water damage. These guys are still a nu metal sideshow. Nothing more. You guys say you f***in hate nu metal so much? Yeah, right. You'd have started with these guys years ago. Bands like Avenged Sevenfold and MCR may wear makeup and eyeshadow onstage but at least they're capable of actually PLAYING MUSIC on their instruments.
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System Of a Down is perfectly capable of playing music on their insturments. Oh and another thing Cr4wf0rdTxJ1ng0J4ng0: You spoke in post 27's first sentence as if System of A Down was actually getting back together. Although I hope the do, it is just a RUMOR, not an absolute fact. Get your facts straight before you post something like that.
27/28- You just proved anon's point with the first sentence of post 27, dude.
... Oh, you're from Toledo... This explains a lot. In that case, enjoy your emo 'music' and keep trolling, because god knows there's nothing else to do up there.
On the subject at hand... I can only hope. Oh good god I can only hope.
Btw, if anyone wants to get a real laugh and find his sh**ty taste in music go to his myspace page. Literally dude it sounds like a garbage truck crushing nothing but pots and pans, while some child gets his f***ing lips ripped off by a gator. You have the worst taste and artistic outlook on music. Do yourself and everyone in this world a favor, either stop composing "music" (if its that) tell your vocalist to learn some f***ing vocals or completely renew your band. Also your message in 11 says all they do is hoot and gibber ? Trust me pal, I listen to a wide variety of music and ive never heard anything that disgusting come out of 2 guitars, drums, and a microphone. If they do only hoot and gibber, it's twice as good as your pathetic "music" and hacking into a microphone. Another thing your comment in 27 the last sentence, maybe you should study that band that way you and your talentless friends can actually learn what music is instead of slapping at random a$$ frets. I'm saving you the embarrasment when I say this, DON'T EVER PLAY LIVE !
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Ha ha thanks for checking my band out, guys!! We've already been playing live opening for Anal c***, Born Of Osiris, Despised Icon, Emmure, All Shall Perish, DevilDriver, Suffokate, etc...and who is YOUR band again? If you think I'm going to tailor my band to make you happy then you're missing the point entirely, I think. I only hope that your last few wimpy anonymous posts get people to click and listen because whether they like SEVEN FEET UNDER is besides the point. No press is bad press, so thanks for giving us a commercial on this site, pretty much. Ha ha ha ha ha ha! Oh, no, people don't wike my band!! What will I do? lol FAG
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You guys get so cute when someone comes on here and is actually right about something calling him a troll and going to the extent of making fun of his myspace page!! lol you guys remind me of the fat smelly bearded metalheads i went to high school with...I bet you all have hideous girlfriends.
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i will always have a special place in my heart for SOAD. After all, they're the band that introduced me to metal back in 2000. I use to listen to their albums everyday, but now, after listening to them, it just does not do it anymore. I guess I did outgrow them. Still listening to the self-title album and toxicity can bring back good memories though!
cr4wf0rdTxJ1ng0J4ng0 ... you have nothing better to do than comment on an article about a band you don't like? if there are actually more than 5 bands in the world like you redundantly spelled out, how about you go and actually comment on an article about one of those? why are you here? because you have nothing better to do. Please for your own sake, get a life. And for holding their nationality against SOAD, you are clearly nothing more than a redneck. if you are such an expert on music, how about you go read up on some more and get off this site? you must be wayy too good for this site, obviously.
oh and before you call me a p***y i'm anonymous because i'm not a member, because i have better things to do than spread hate on forums about bands i don't like. i just read this article out of interest. if you want to know all my details feel free to ask, but i'm actually not gonna comment on here again, because i have a life.
oh, and i think you missed it, there's a new article about metallica for you to go b**** about... might be a good pastime for you while the rest of us live our lives
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ha ha ha ha thanks blind...no more a7x...promise. Limp Bizkit still ok tho?
And say what you want.. My band may suck to you, but after all, you ARE listening to MY band and regardless of your opinion, you are giving my band free press...so thanks for that...I sure as hell don't plan on listening to anonymous's band!! Whooever they are!!! LOL
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Crawford: Anyplace besides myspace to hear your tunes? Unfotunately I can't get into myspaz right now.
beck: You can't be taken seriously because you asked if it was metal and then commented that the band needs a singer "that you can hear". I am a singer and the fact that nobody ever hears and understands the lyrics I write is just a fact of life. It's metal and if anyone wants to know what the lyrics are they'll have to buy the album and read the jacket just like metal heads have been doing for over 30 years.
Gayer than aids....???????????????????
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I aint down with trashin people that are in bands or just starting a band, to me its an artform, it s their lively hood so to speak their passion, so 99% of the time i dont pile on, unless something stupid is said or done than ya but i have respect for the artist so CRWFd good luck bro....6FU is on of my favorite bands so im not to keen on the band name you guys chose but other than that, kick azz and take names
Ive expressed my distaste for SOAD many times so i wont ramble on that anymore
^Bg you got a saw V1 review for me?...no paranormal flick yet huh?...have a good one
Bg sorry to hear that bro, know how that feels, hang in there itll only get better...
^53 I havent looked at a globe in a while but isnt armania (know i spelled that wrong) a part of the middle east? Ill check but most people give them sh!t not because of their nationality but for their political rambles and views....it really got started when serj credited the 9/11 hijackers as being heroric and defending their acts, but when confronted by howard stern in late 01 on his radio show about the statement, serj retracted it and said he never said it....so if people discriminate ya thats crap but they ve kinda asked for it over the last 8 years with those kind of statements
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I think this will happen. The only potential holdout would be Daron. I have always liked System, grew up listening to them. They did get lumped in with the nu-metal bands but I always thought they were like like a modern, metal Dead Kennedys, so take it or leave it.
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You know, I'd usually be tearing people apart for a lot of these comments since I'm half Armenian and half Arabic, but some of you are too unf***ingbelievably stupid for words. If you want to be racist, do it elsewhere. I'm not surprised at the trolls but I am disappointed in some people who I thought wouldn't resort to this crap since I thought they were better than that. However, it seems I was wrong. Racism is still as alive as ever.
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Sorry IN, I are the worlds worst writer truly. :P
Here's the funny thing about everyone calling them four Armenian idiots or whatever, only one of them is from Armenia. Daron is American and Serj Tankian and the drummer are actually from Lebanon. I wouldn't say they support terrorism or that they hate America, but if I was born in Lebanon, I'm sure I'd have a different world perspective than someone born in America. I believe they all have Armenian heritage, and there's nothing wrong with having pride in that. At least they're trying to do something positive by trying to get the Armenian genocide recognized as opposed to American politicians of Irish who descent who helped to fund the IRA and shelter them.
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A little late to this thread,but here goes. One of the main things I look for in bands of any genre is originality and SOAD definately has that. Serj's quirky, sometimes operatic voice contributes to their trademarked sound,as does Daron's spastic guitar playing. As for their lyrics...I think their "stream of consciousness" style is refreshing. They should be commended also for their political activism.(especially Serj). Serj and Tom Morello's website Axis of Justice keeps readers abreast of human rights issues that effect their lives.
THIS IS FOR CRAWFORD, HERES SOME REAL MANS METAL INSTEAD OF THE SOAD FAGf*** sh** BRO WWW.MYSPACE.COM/MASTICATOR1 AND FOR THE REST I AWAIT YOUR HATEMAIL....YOU f***S NEED TO GROW SOME BALLS AND QUIT LISTENING TO sh** THAT 13 YEAR OLD VIRGIN GIRLS LIKE. CRAWFORD IS THE ONLY ONE WITH SENSE AROUND HERE!
Hmm..I find it hilarious that this article easily gos from prayin for SOAD to come back, and that fo o good reason ppl have to ruin everyone's hopes and dreams by saying they suck ass****. Everyone's got diferent taste, and I know its hard for some to get their head out of their a$$ cuz everyone thinks their right about their views on music and evry1 should listen to them, but I should remind u that everyone has different taste of music, so if you don't like SOAD, get over it. If you hate how ppl think SOAD isn't nu metal (which it is in a sense) get over it. If you hate someone's band, get over it. If you just don't get along with somebody, get the f*** out. :D cuz u know this article isn't for haters, its for ppl who want them back..cuz guess what? Whether ya like em or not, or grew out of them, or are one of the like 4 ppl here who AREN't fighting an Like SOAD....they totally and will always f***ing rule :D
^^^Metalgod cant you go through 1 week without pissin someone off? LMAO
^MR what do you mean you hate to agree with me?....give you props for admiting that you did but sh!t....nu metal aint worth explaing btw...most of its crap, stick to black, trust me it aint for no satanist
LMAO to people that come on and plug their my space page then encourage hate mail.....awesome
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I doubt it. But it would be the greatest day in my life.