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 Topic: System of a Down Appearance on MagazinesThe new items published under this topic are as follows.
"B.Y.O.B." on List of 100 Greatest Riffs
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| Posted by sugar_buzz on Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 01:40 AM |
In the March 2007 issue of "Total Guitar" Magazine, "B.Y.O.B." placed 76th in their "100 Greatest Riffs" list as voted by the readers.
From that issue:
Who played it: Daron Malakian
Where to find it: "Mezmerize" (2005)
Why it rocks: "B.Y.O.B." is full of great riffs. Admittedly, most people wouldn't put them in the same song, but that's why SOAD are so great. First is the fast riff that Malakian can only just manage to play. Just when you've got used to the frenetic pace, Malakian throws you a curveball in the shape of that riff; you know, the one that grooves so much you bounce in your seat like an idiot. That particular riff contains the cool pinched harmonic and proves Malakian is mad as a cheese staircase.
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System of a Down POLITI-METAL MASTERS!
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| Posted by AK on Saturday, March 31, 2007 - 03:58 AM |
 Here’s a notion that everyone interested in heavy music should consider:
System of a Down are one of the very few hard rock bands that have never known
failure. During their decade-long career they may have experienced the rare
setback and encountered the occasional nay-sayer, but for the most part it’s
been an amazingly smooth and successful run to the top of the rock pile for this
Armenian/American quartet.
Ever since their self-titled debut disc emerged back in 1996, this Los Angeles-based experi-metal unit has scored hit after hit,
selling more than 12 million albums in the process. With the overwhelming
success of their latest album pairing, Mezmerize and Hypnotize, Serj Tankian
(vocals), Daron Malakian (guitar), Shavo Odadjian (bass), and John Dolmayan
(drums) have once again proven that they stand head-and-shoulders above all who
may lay claim to their title as the most eclectic, esoteric hard band in the
world. But for a unit that apparently holds all the “answers”, System is a group
still surrounded by “questions”. Are they sometimes too smart for their own
good? Has success dulled this band’s razor-sharp political edge? Has their music
found new creative pastures as System has continued to grow? We found the
answers to all these questions, and more, during our recent conversation with
Malakian. |
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The end of System of A Down as they know it!
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| Posted by daronsgirl1124 on Friday, December 22, 2006 - 03:53 PM |
 On a Scale of one to 10, how good was your 2006?
Serj: "I'd give it an eight.", Daron: "Yeah, I'd rate my year as about an eight."
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- If I only had time to ask you one question it would be this: is System of A
Down over?
Serj: "Well, we've decided to take a hiatus in order to work on our own
individual projects.
The schedule involved in being a member of System of A Down is insane. I've
wanted to make my
solo record for years, but I just haven't had the time. For the last 11 years
we've all been wedded
to this band, and now we want to take a break. So I honestly don't know how to
answer your
question. I honestly don't know if System of A Down are over or not. I don't know.
Maybe in a few
years we'll want to make another album. Or maybe we'll want to tour Or maybe
we'll want to play a
benefit show. it's impossible to tell right now. It'll be later down the line
that we'll be able to tell
what might happen."
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Wizard at Ozzfest with System of a Down!
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| Posted by ZAk on Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 06:05 PM |
 We’ve
been invited by System of a Down drummer John Dolmayan to come hang out with him
and check out a little comic book collectible he put together for the tour: a
full-sized drum kit decorated in comic book art by some of the industry’s
biggest names, including Jim Lee, Neal Adams, Art Adams, Kevin Eastman, Bill Sienkiewicz and Bernie Wrightson, just to name a few.
John
has two great loves in his life: drumming, which he’s turned into a
career as part of the multi-platinum-selling hard rock act System of a Down, and
comic books, which he’s incorporated into his drumming by transforming his drum
kit into a monument to the art form with this amazing instrument (pictured) that
he took on tour while headlining Ozzfest this past summer.
So here we are, about to hang out backstage as System of a Down closes out the
14-hour festival with a blistering 90-minute set. It doesn’t get any more rock
and roll than this—that is, until “Saturday Night Live” alum Jim Brewer sidles
up past us to get something out of the cooler we’re standing by, helping himself
to a beer in the process. “Mind if I grab one of these?” he asks. |
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JOHN DOLMAYAN DRUMMER OF THE YEAR!
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| Posted by sparty322 on Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 04:24 PM |
In this years Drum! magazine John Dolmayan was voted Drummer of the year for 2006 and also the Alternative Rock Drummer of the year.
This being out of the August 2006 issue of Drum!. His quote featured in it states, "You need the next big goal. I try to come up with something personally to motivate me. What's motivating me now is to make more albums, try to have a sense of growth. I want people to say 'I didnt think that guy could improve more, but wow, he really has.' That's important for other drummers to think that i'm improving."-
John Dolmayan, DRUM! Magazine, August 2006, Issue #117.
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