Презентация на тему System Of A Down

album
Breakthrough and success
Mezmerize / Hypnotize
Hiatus and future of the

band
Style

part unknown (even to the local music scene) would

meet by chance at a studio session for their Respective bands.
A connection was made immediately, having similar tastes in music, politics and culture. Not soon after, Serj Tankian and Daron Malakian Decided to start a band together, which they named "Soil." In another chance meeting, They came across Shavo Odadjian at the same private Armenian school where they (Serj and Daron) attended.
Shavo is asked to manage the band, but instead Proves that He's a capable bassist, and becomes a proper member.
The original drummer chosen, Andy Khatchadurian , Was replaced soon after with John Dolmayan, Found through another chance encounter.

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something more fit to the type of music they

were making. They choose "System Of A Down", which is based on a poem Daron wrote, Ttitled "Victims Of A Down."

System of a Down is very politically active and are noted for the liberal political views expressed in their songs, tackling several subjects including the Armenian Genocide, War on Drugs, religion, and censorship. The band is a part of the Axis of Justice, a non-profit organization co-founded by Tankian and fellow musician Tom Morello, dedicated to bringing together musicians, music fans, and grassroots political organizations to fight for social justice.

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August 21, 1967
Birth Place - Beirut, Lebanon
Lives in Los

Angeles, California
Height - 185 cm
Marital Status - Not Married
Nationality - American [Armenian Ancestry] - New Zealander **
Occupation - Vocals, Songwriter, Composer, Keyboards (System of a Down),Social Activist [Axis of Justice, Amnesty and other organizations]
Pre-band Occupation - Information Technology field, Marketing
Personal Projects - Serjical Strike Music label, Solo Album "Oct. 23rd 2007'
Appearances - Serart, Buckethead & Friends, FTM and others.
Risk Factors - Smoking (reported that he did quit), Drugs, Vegetarian

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date - July 18, 1975
Birth Place - Hollywood, California,

USA
Lives in Glendale, California
Height - 171 cm
Marital Status - Not Married
Nationality - American [Armenian Ancestry]
Occupation - Guitarist, Composer, Songwriter, Vocals (System of a Down) (Scars on Broadway)
Personal Projects - EatUrMusic Music label (dropped) / Scars on Broadway
Appearances - Bad Acid Trip on the Stage and others
Risk Factors - Drugs, Smoking

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date - April 22, 1974
Birth Place - Yerevan, Armenia
Lives

in Los Angeles, California
Height - 182 cm
Marital Status - Not Married
Nationality - American [Armenian Ancestry]
Occupation - Bassist (System of a Down), DJ and Music Videos Director
Pre-band Occupation - Banking, DJ
Risk Factors - Smoking, Drugs

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date - July 15, 1973
Birth Place - Beirut, Lebanon
Lives

in Las Vegas
Height - 176 cm
Marital Status - Not Married
Nationality - American [Armenian Ancestry]
Occupation - Drummer (System of a Down) (Scars on Broadway)
Pre-band Occupation - Gas Station clerk, others

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of a Down released their debut album, System of

a Down. They enjoyed moderate success with their first single "Sugar" becoming a radio favorite. After the release of the album, the band toured extensively, opening for Slayer before making their way to the second stage of Ozzfest. Video «War» is forbidden in USA.

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when their second album Toxicity debuted at #1 on

the American and Canadian charts, eventually achieving multi-platinum certification. The album has since sold 6 million copies worldwide.

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tracks made their way onto the Internet. This tracks

were unfinished material. Soon after, the band released the final versions of the songs, which were recorded at the same time, but hadn't been used for Toxicity. The result was Steal This Album!, released in November 2002.

The cover of Steal This Album! resembled a burnable CD that was marked with a felt-tip marker. The name of the album is a message to those who stole the songs and released them on the Internet. A video for "Boom!" was filmed with director Michael Moore as a protest against the War in Iraq. This video is forbidden in USA.

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group produced a double album, Mezmerize / Hypnotize with

the two parts released six months apart. The first album, Mezmerize, was released on May 17, 2005. It debuted at #1 all around the world, making it System of a Down's second #1 album. The Grammy Award-winning single "B.Y.O.B.", which questions the integrity of military recruiting in America, worked its way up the Billboard Modern Rock and Mainstream Rock charts.

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was released on November 22, 2005. Like Mezmerize, it

debuted at #1 in the US, making System of a Down, along with the Beatles, Guns 'N Roses, and rappers 2Pac and DMX, the only artists to ever have two studio albums debut at #1 in the same year.

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going on hiatus. Malakian has confirmed the break will

probably last a few years. Shavo told MTV, "We're not breaking up. We're going to take a very long break after Ozzfest and do our own things. We've done System for over ten years, and I think it's healthy to take a rest."

During their performance in Houston, Texas, Malakian also took a moment to say, "There's been a lot of rumors about us breaking up. Well, don't listen to them. Us four right here, we will always be System of a Down!"

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hiatus took place on August 13, 2006 in West

Palm Beach, Florida. "Tonight will be the last show we play for a long time together," Malakian told the crowd during Sunday's last performance. "We'll be back. We just don't know when."Shavo Odadjian recently told Launch Radio Networks that System of a Down is "alive and well", but just aren't working together.

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System of a Down's music has made it difficult

to describe. This has made them difficult to categorize, prompting the press to describe them with several different genre handles, among them alternative metal, hard rock, nu metal and progressive metal.

Even some electronic influences can be heard in songs such as "Old School Hollywood."

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instruments, including electric mandolins, baritone electric guitars, acoustic guitars,

ouds, sitars and twelve string guitars.

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