Considering their obsessions include war, power and death, it should be easier to take System Of A Down seriously. Some might argue that`s the fault of the cynical listener, embarrassed by the band`s uninhibited passion and political commitment. Or maybe it`s just because this is a band who, on a song called «Chic’n’Stu», believe a pizza recipe serves as a searing condemnation of consumerism. «Pepperoni and green peppers/mushrooms, olives, chives!» trills Serj Tankian operatically, before yelping «Therapy! Therapy! Advertising causes me!»

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Jason Fisher
2008-07-01

The Gauntlet: How’s Europe?

John: Today is the one sunny day in London for the year. I don’t know how we found it.

The Gauntlet: How’s the tour?

John: It’s ok. How hard can it be though, we play rock songs for a living.

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Шаво Одаджян со своим проектом Achozen выступит на «We The People Festival», который состоится в Лос-Анжелесе на Los Angeles Historic Park 27 сентября.

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Scars On Broadway выступят на ABC-TV в программе «Jimmy Kimmel Live» 14 октября.

Пока по радио будут идти две их песни, группа отыграет бесплатный мини-концер, состоящий из пяти песен, на открытой сцене Kimmel, находящейся в центре Голливуда.

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Henry Northmore
18 September 2008

Henry Northmore talks to former System of a Down drummer John Dolmayan about his love of the graphic novel and his burgeoning online comics project

There are plenty of famous faces who love comics: Jonathan Ross, Edward Norton, Sam Raimi, Jon Bon Jovi, Simon Pegg, Jerry Seinfeld, Quentin Tarantino and Nicolas Cage. Even Anthrax wrote ‘I am the Law’ about Judge Dredd. But not many are as passionate as Scars on Broadway and System of a Down drummer John Dolmayan. ‘I’ve been in the comic industry for over 20 years,’ he explains. ‘That’s how I made my living before System got signed. I got fired from every other job so I was like, “fuck it, I’ll put up my own company”. I took a tremendous pay cut to join System in the beginning. But you know what, playing music is worth making no money.’

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