Biography
Like many past due-’90s metallic bands, System of a Down struck a balance between ’80s underground thrash metallic and metallic early-’90s alternative rockers like Jane’s Addiction. Their dark, neo-gothic substitute metallic gained a cult pursuing within the wake from the recognition of such like-minded rings as Korn as well as the Deftones. Vocalist Serj Tankian, guitarist Daron Malakian, bassist Shavo Odadjian, and drummer John Dolmayan shaped Program of a Down in Southern California within the middle-’90s. They quickly gained a strong pursuing in LA, largely predicated on strong person to person. A three-song demonstration began dispersing through metallic enthusiasts, and their group of fans soon pass on throughout not merely America, but European countries and New Zealand. By the finish of 1997 the group acquired agreed upon to American, after that written by Columbia Information. American/Columbia released the group’s eponymous debut record in the summertime of 1998, securing the music group opening spots over the Slayer and Ozzfest travels. System eventually proceeded to go gold, and create the Sept 2001 release from the a lot more ambitious Toxicity. System’s second work was another large music triumph, shaming nearly all their nu-metal competition and working apart with multi-platinum honors. The quartet didn’t decelerate. Malakian began the eatURmusic imprint and Tankian a label known as Serjical Hit; Tankian also collaborated with Armenian avant-garde folk musician Arto Tuncboyaciyan within a task known as Serart. In November 2002 Program released the bare-bones but believe it or not powerful chances ‘n’ ends established Steal This Record!; they also continued to be politically energetic. By 2004, Program of a Down was back the studio room with Rick Rubin. The vivid consequence of those periods was an individual epic record released in two parts. Mezmerize/Hypnotize held System’s furious imagination alive, incorporating the outrageous vocal melodies, lyrical interest, and rabid structural shifts that acquired become their brand. Mezmerize, or component one, appeared in-may 2005, while Hypnotize, its last section, appeared afterwards in the entire year, and both strike the top from the record charts. The next year noticed the group continue hiatus, with Malakian developing Marks on Broadway; Dolmayan starting an internet comic book shop and developing the group Signal (he also briefly used Marks on Broadway); Odadjian dealing with RZA, AcHoZeN, and George Clinton; and Tankian getting into a solo profession. This year 2010 the bandmembers announced that they might end up being reuniting for some European festival schedules in 2011. Program of a Down continuing to tour internationally through 2015, and hinted at the chance of releasing a fresh record soon.
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1 | Writing the follow-up to "Mezmerize"/"Hypnotize" and will be going back to the studio before the end of 2006 or sometime in 2007. [March 2006] |
2 | Working on their fourth album. [January 2004] |
3 | Announced they will be on hiatus after touring in Ozzfest this summer, but won't break up. [May 2006] |
4 | Wrapping up a video shoot for the 1st single "BYOB" from the new album "Mezmerize". [March 2005] |
5 | Shooting a video for "Question", the upcoming second single of Mezmerize. [2005] |
6 | 4th album "Mezmerize" released on May 17th. [May 2005] |
7 | System of a Down went on hiatus in 2006, but have been back together since November 2010 when it was announced that they would tour in the summer of 2011. |
8 | To date, SOAD has released five albums. Those albums are called "System of a Down" (1998), "Toxicity" (2001), "Steal This Album!" (2002), "Mezmerize" and "Hypnotize" (both 2005). |
9 | Grammy Award winning band, bowed at no. 1 on Billboard's Top 200 chart for their hugely innovative, platinum selling record "Toxicity" in 2001; System of a Down released not 1 but 2 records in 2005, "Mesmerize" and "Hypnotize", and, remarkably, both records became number 1 |
10 | 2 members of System of a Down were born in Lebanon and all are of Armenian heritage |
11 | Bowed at no. 1 on Billboard's Top 200 chart for their hugely innovative, platinum selling record "Toxicity" |
12 | Band members: Serj Tankian, Daron Malakian, Shavo Odadjian, John Dolmayan. |
13 | Their name comes from their idea/belief that if we don't act to change things for the better we will become less feeling and more cruel and animal like until the world is thrown into total chaos. |
14 | Their song "Soil" is talking about a friend of Serj's from a previous band called Soil, who ended up committing suicide. |
15 | Are active in political demonstrations. |
16 | The members of the Grammy Award winning American band are of Armenian heritage and their songs often have political lyrics like the P.L.U.C.K. about the 1915 Armenian Genocide and the Prison Song which criticizes the prison systems; former song is featured in Ararat (2002) by Canadian-Armenian Atom Egoyan, who admired the genius Soviet-Armenian Sergei Parajanov whose political imprisonment is condemned in Mikhail Vartanov's Parajanov: The Last Spring (1992) |
Soundtrack
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Heavy Metal 2000 | 2000 | performer: "Storaged" / producer: "Storaged" | |
Scream 3 | 2000 | performer: "Spiders" | |
Apocalypse | 1998 | Video Game performer: "War?" | |
Strangeland | 1998 | "Marmalade" | |
The Secret Life of Pets | 2016 | performer: "Bounce" - as System Of A Down | |
Guitar Hero Live | 2015 | Video Game performer: "Chop Suey!" | |
Atop the Fourth Wall | 2014 | TV Series 1 episode | |
Dirty Cops: Ta Batsonia: A Greek Novel About Crisis | 2014 | Video "Knight Rider Theme Song" | |
Dirty Cops-Ta Batsonia No.3 | 2013 | Video short "Knight Rider Theme Song" | |
Dirty Cops-Ta Batsonia: The Vengeance | 2012 | Video short "Knight Rider Theme Song" | |
Dirty Cops: Ta Batsonia | 2012 | Video short "Knight Rider Theme Song" | |
My Life with Angelina | 2011 | Video short "Knight Rider Theme Song" | |
Madden NFL 2010 | 2009 | Video Game performer: "Sugar' | |
Guitar Hero: Metallica | 2009 | Video Game performer: "Toxicity" | |
Guitar Hero World Tour | 2008 | Video Game performer: "B.Y.O.B." | |
Disturbia | 2007 | performer: "Lonely Day" | |
Screamers | 2006 | Documentary performer: "B.Y.O.B.", "P.L.U.C.K.", "Cigaro", "Chop Suey", "ATWA", "Aerials", "Holy Mountains", "War", "Mr. Jack", "Spiders", "China Girl" | |
Embedded | 2005 | Video performer: "Deer Dance" | |
Saturday Night Live | 2005 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
Super Secret Movie Rules | 2004 | TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode | |
Weird Al Presents Al-TV | 2003 | TV Special "Angry White Boy Polka" | |
Happy Homicidal | 2002 | Short performer: "Will They Die For You" | |
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 | 2002 | Video Game performer: "Shimmy" | |
MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica 2002 | 2002 | TV Special performer: "Chop Suey!" | |
Ararat | 2002 | performer: "P.L.U.C.K." | |
The Challenge | 2002 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
Not Another Teen Movie | 2001 | performer: "The Metro" | |
Dracula 2000 | 2000 | performer: "Metro" | |
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 | 2000 | performer: "Mind" | |
Daria | 2000 | TV Series performer - 1 episode |
Composer
Composer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Wake Up the Souls | 2015 | Documentary |
Music Department
Music Department
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Gintberg på kanten | 2015 | TV Series documentary music - 1 episode |
Self
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Rock in Rio | 2015 | TV Series | Themselves - Performers |
LiveXLive Presents Rock in Rio | 2015 | TV Movie | Themselves |
Wake Up the Souls | 2015 | Documentary | |
The 48th Annual Grammy Awards | 2006 | TV Special | Winners |
MTV Europe Music Awards 2005 | 2005 | TV Special | Themselves - Winners and Performers |
MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica 2002 | 2002 | TV Special | Themselves - Performer |
System of a Down: Psycho Messiahs Unauthorized | 2002 | Video documentary | |
Late Night with Conan O'Brien | 2000 | TV Series | Themselves |
Archive Footage
Archive Footage
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Mulatschag | 2012 | TV Series | Themselves |
Rock in Rio | 2011 | TV Series | Themselves |
Won awards
Won awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie | Award shared with |
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2015 | Parajanov-Vartanov Institute Award | Parajanov-Vartanov Institute Awards | Best Film | Wake Up the Souls (2015) | · Serj Tankian · Daron Malakian · Shavo Odadjian · John Dolmayan |
2005 | Grammy | Grammy Awards | Best Hard Rock Performance | · Serj Tankian · Daron Malakian · Shavo Odadjian · John Dolmayan |
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# | Trademark |
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1 | Songs often talk about political corruption and injustices in society |
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