In mid-1997, drummer Khachaturian left the band because of a hand injury (he subsequently co-founded The Apex Theory, which included former Soil bassist Dave Hakopyan). At the beginning of 1997, System of a Down recorded their final publicly released demo tape, Demo Tape 3. Shortly after the event, System of a Down made what is known as Untitled 1995 Demo Tape, which was not commercially released, but eventually appeared on file sharing networks around the time of the band's success with Toxicity about six years later. In early 1995, System of a Down performed under the name Soil at the Cafe Club Fais Do-Do, a nightclub in Los Angeles. The band recruited drummer Ontronik "Andy" Khachaturian, an old school friend of Malakian and Odadjian who had played with Malakian in a band called Snowblind during their teens. Odadjian switched from guitar to bass and passed on his managerial duties to Velvet Hammer Music and Management Group and its founder David "Beno" Benveniste.
The word "victims" was changed to "system" because Odadjian believed that it would appeal to a much wider audience and also because the group wanted their records to be alphabetically shelved closer to their musical heroes, Slayer. The group took its name from a poem that Malakian had written titled "Victims of a Down". In 1994, after only one live show at the Roxy and one jam session recording, Hakopyan and Laranio left the band.ĭemo tapes and signing (1994–1997) Īfter Soil split up, Tankian, Odadjian, and Malakian formed a new band, System of a Down. The band hired Shavo Odadjian (another Rose and Alex Pilibos alumnus) as manager, although he eventually joined Soil on second guitar. Helium) on guitar and Domingo "Dingo" Laranio on drums. They formed a band named Soil with Tankian on vocals and keyboards, Malakian on vocals and bass, Dave Hakopyan (who later played in The Apex Theory/ Mt. Serj Tankian and Daron Malakian attended Rose and Alex Pilibos Armenian School as children, although due to their eight-year age difference they did not meet until 1992 while working on separate projects at the same recording studio.
The band has sold over 12 million records worldwide, while two of their singles " Aerials" and " Hypnotize" reached number one on Billboard 's Alternative Songs chart.Īll members of System of a Down are of Armenian descent, being born to Armenian immigrants or being immigrants themselves. Other than two new songs in 2020 (" Protect the Land" and " Genocidal Humanoidz"), System of a Down has not released a full-length record since the Mezmerize and Hypnotize albums in 2005. The band went on hiatus in 2006 and reunited in 2010. System of a Down has been nominated for four Grammy Awards and their song " B.Y.O.B." won a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance in 2006. The band achieved commercial success with the release of five studio albums, three of which debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200.
Since 1997, the band has consisted of Serj Tankian (lead vocals, keyboards) Daron Malakian (guitar, vocals) Shavo Odadjian (bass, backing vocals) and John Dolmayan (drums), who replaced original drummer Andy Khachaturian. System of a Down (also known as SoaD or simply System) is an Armenian-American heavy metal band formed in Glendale, California, in 1994.
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