System of a Down: Last News

100 gecs recently aired a remix of System Of A Down‘s nu-metal classic ‘Toxicity’ at a DJ set in California. Check it out below.The duo – made up of Laura Les and Dylan Brady – revealed the remix during their 64-song Boiler Room set in Los Angeles.

Serj Tankian has discussed how System Of A Down fans “scare the shit out of” the singer by screaming the lyrics to ‘Chop Suey!’ at him in public.The rock band’s iconic 2001 song opens with Tankian screaming the lyrics “wake up!” which has become a curse for him when going about his daily life, as he revealed.“People will scare the shit out of me when they yell, ‘Wake up!’ behind me somewhere — wherever, in public,” Tankian told Revolver in a new interview.“I’m like, ‘Fuck dude! Really? Wow, I’m glad you’re excited but don’t do that.’ I get that a lot.”Despite this, Tankian says he is still grateful to have fans who connect with his music and want to meet him. “It’s the biggest compliment in the world, to start with, that anyone would listen to your music,” he said.

System Of A Down‘s Serj Tankian has shared a new visualiser video for his song ‘The Race’ – watch it below.The song is featured as an additional bonus track on his upcoming five-track LP ‘Perplex Cities’, which was announced last month.‘Perplex Cities’ will be out on streaming services on October 21 through Tankian’s Serjical Strike label and follows his 2021 EP ‘Elasticity’.He has been sharing the LP via the augmented reality app Arloopa, with tracks released each week starting September 19 along with Tankian “appearing in the same space as the listener-viewer to explain the music and listen along.”Alongside the release of the video, Tankian has announced a live show called ‘Invocations’ at The Soraya in Northridge, California, which will include a full choir, a full orchestra, and soloists including a tenor, an alto, a world singer, a death metal singer, and Tankian himself.The show will take place live on April 29, 2023, and will be simultaneously streamed worldwide. Tickets are available here.In other news, System Of A Down recently condemned the “evil aggression” against their home country Armenia in the wake of a recent bombing that took place along the nation’s eastern border.Tankian – who is American-Armenian – released the solo protest song ‘Amber’ back in June.

System Of A Down‘s Serj Tankian has announced a new EP, which he is releasing through an augmented reality app.‘Perplex Cities’ is the follow-up to the 2021 EP ‘Elasticity’ and a track will be released through the Arloopa app each week starting today (September 19) along with Tankian “appearing in the same space as the listener-viewer to explain the music and listen along.”“I’m always trying to create new and interesting ways to connect with people via my music,” Tankian said in a statement via Rolling Stone. “We made some amazing videos for the last EP ‘Elasticity’, so I wanted to try something different for ‘Perplex Cities’.

System Of A Down have condemned the “evil aggression” against their home country Armenia in the wake of a recent bombing that took place along the nation’s eastern border.According to the Associate Press, the border clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan have killed at least 155 troops on both sides (105 Armenian soldiers and 50 Azerbaijan, it is reported).The two countries have been in conflict for decades, but the latest outbreak of fighting is said to be biggest in almost two years.SOAD – all of whom are of Armenian descent – were at the forefront of campaigning for recognition of the Armenian genocide of 1915, and have continued with their efforts speak up for the nation amid ongoing unrest.Responding to the most recent round of aggression, System Of A Down have issued a statement on social media.“Around midnight on the 12th of September 2022, forces of Azerbaijan led by its corrupt petro-oligarchic leader Aliyev attacked Armenia’s whole eastern border bombing civilian infrastructure and homes,” the message began.Please repost or retweet this message and use the hashtags #Armenia #StandWithArmenia pic.twitter.com/N94jL0vd6R— System Of A Down (@systemofadown) September 14, 2022“Their goal is to terrorise Armenians and gain more concessions from Armenia along with regime change in one of the few democracies in the whole region. This is 2 years after they attacked Nagorno-Karabagh in an attempt to ethnically cleanse the region of Armenians.“They have been emboldened by the EU’s ill perceived dependency on their natural gas and a perceived weakened Russian hegemon in the region.”It continued: “As a band, we have always done our best to entertain and inform.

System Of A Down vocalist Serj Tankian and drummer John Dolmayan have joined covers band Médium for a performance of SOAD’s 2002 single ‘Aerials’ – watch footage below.Tankian and Dolmayan were reportedly in Mexico to celebrate the latter’s 50th birthday with their families, and Médium were booked to play the party.In the fan-shot footage Dolmayan can be seen behind the drum kit for the ‘Toxicity’ track but is soon joined by Tankian after a little encouragement from his wife.Following the performance the band reportedly took to social media and said (via Remezcla): “One day they tell you that you’re going to play at a dinner for System Of A Down, and the next you’re playing alongside them. Without a doubt, one of our best experiences.”Earlier this month Dolmayan spoke about his frustration at the lack of new music from System Of A Down.“We still have something to give to the world.

Machine Gun Kelly performed a cover of System Of A Down‘s ‘Aerials’ during an appearance on The Howard Stern Show this week – you can watch his rendition below.Explaining his choice of cover, the US artist said that SOAD “blew my mind every night” when he joined the band on the European festival circuit a few summers ago.Kelly then told Stern that he and his live band were performing ‘Aerials’ for the first time on the latter’s show, adding: “I’m here to just jam it and see what happens. Serj’s [Tankian] voice is so untouchable.

System Of A Down drummer John Dolmayan has said that the COVID-19 pandemic “has always been about money”.Dolmayan has previously been vocal about vaccine mandates and has received criticism for his views on the Black Lives Matter movement, his support for Donald Trump and has stated that people won’t work with him now because of his views.In February last year, he called Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “a moron” in an interview, where he also explained that he’s not a fan of “the agenda of a lot of the Democratic platforms”.Yesterday (February 27), Dolmayan took to his Instagram to share a Pokémon-related COVID-19 meme, writing: “And just like that covid will slowly go away. This is and has always been about money , covid was about money , Ukraine is about money.

System Of A Down.Speaking in a new interview with national radio station Bandit Rock, Andersson – who last year became the first female to be elected to the commanding position in Sweden’s history – was quizzed about her musical tastes.“When it comes to rock, it’s System Of A Down,” she told hosts Bollnäs-Martin and Richie Puzz.Asked whether Serj Tankian and co. were part of her listening habits at home, Andersson replied: “Yes, absolutely, and when it’s [a] party!” However, she admitted she’s never the one in charge of DJ-ing these parties.

System Of A Down and Korn have announced a pair of new US headline shows for 2022.The two new concerts in San Diego and Phoenix come alongside rescheduled dates for the bands’ long-awaited shows in Los Angeles.Originally planned for May last year, the LA gigs have been postponed due to the pandemic three times, most recently when Serj Tankian tested positive for COVID on the day the first show was set to take place.The two shows at LA’s Banc Of California stadium, which see them supported by Helmet and Russian Circles, will now take place on February 4 and 5 next year.On January 31, the bands will play Phoenix at the Footprint Center, heading to San Diego the following night (February 1) for a gig at the Viejas Arena.We’re joining forces

System Of A Down‘s Serj Tankian has said that he’s “happy” he was vaccinated after testing positive for COVID-19 last week.The frontman’s diagnosis forced the band to postpone a pair of shows in Los Angeles at the weekend, both of which were alongside Korn, Helmet and Russian Circles. The gigs have been rescheduled to February 2022.Taking to social media today (October 25) to thank fans for their outpouring of well wishes, Tankian wrote: “I am overwhelmed and extremely grateful for the outpouring of love and concern from friends and strangers alike.

System Of A Down have performed their first show since July of 2019, treating fans in Las Vegas to a 30-track set heavy on cuts from their 2001 album, ‘Toxicity’.Celebrating the record’s 20th anniversary, the band showcased all but three of the 14 songs on ‘Toxicity’ (omitting ‘Jet Pilot’, ‘Forest’ and ‘Shimmy’), as well as a handful of rarities like ‘Soldier Slide’, ‘Chic ’N’ Stu’ and ‘Holy Mountains’, the former of which they played for the first time since 2013, and the latter two for the first time since 2015.Nestled in the set were the live debuts of ‘Genocidal Humanoidz’ and ‘Protect The Land’.

Rick Rubin has recalled a huge fight between the members of System Of A Down over their notorious “tapeworm” lyric.The band’s song ‘Needles’, from their iconic 2001 album ‘Toxicity’, features the immortal lyric, “Pull the tapeworm out of your ass.”In a new episode of Rubin’s Broken Record podcast, the Toxicity producer reminisced with the band’s frontman about the lyric, and the mighty argument that followed, with Rubin believing that it could’ve broken the band up on its own.“Originally, the chorus was ‘Pull the tapeworm out of my ass.’ Daron [Malakian] and Shavo [Odadjian] didn’t like ‘my ass,'” Tankian told Rubin.

System of a Down have released two new songs, their first since 2005. Scroll down to watch the “Protect The Land” video and listen to “Genocidal Humanoidz” now.