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System Of A Down Aren't Breaking Up!! |
Posted by AK on Wednesday, May 03, 2006 - 09:35 PM
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 Guitarist
Daron Malakian says band members need a break...
System of a Down are not breaking up. But if you'd like to catch them live, you
may want to consider buying an Ozzfest ticket.
There have been plenty of rumors suggesting that the band's headlining stint on
this summer's Ozzfest would be the last time front-man Serj Tankian, guitarist
Daron Malakian, bassist Shavo Odadjian and drummer John Dolmayan would be
appearing onstage together under the System banner. But Malakian said that's
just not true.
"I'll always be a member of System of a Down," he said. "That will never change.
There's no rule that says you have to make records constantly, like clockwork,
to continue being who you are. We want to live our lives, [because being in a
band] really consumes a big part of your life, and sometimes you just want to
stop and slow down. We started being just these guys in a band, and the next
thing you know, everyone's asking for autographs. It plays with your head."
So, Malakian said, after this summer's Ozzfest which will kick off in
Seattle on June 29 and wrap up August 13 in West Palm Beach, Florida
System of a Down will go on "Hiatus."!
"We're not breaking up," Malakian insisted. "If that was the case, we wouldn't
be doing this Ozzfest, because we're a little nervous" about trying to fill Ozzy
Osbourne's shoes. Ozzy will be headlining just 10 of this year's Ozzfest dates,
with System topping the bill on Ozzy's off days. "We're going to take a very
long break after Ozzfest and do our own things," he added. "We've done System
for over 10 years, and I think it's healthy for us to get away from it for a
while and come back to it later on. So, this is probably going to be ... well,
it's not a farewell tour, but it's going to be a little while before we go out
again."
Malakian said he couldn't guess just how long System's hiatus will be, other
than to say a few years. System of a Down have generally held recording sessions
every three years since their self-titled debut in 1998, although the release of
the material has been staggered: 2001's Toxicity was followed in 2002 by the
outtakes collection Steal This Album!, and in 2005 the band issued the two
halves of its double album, Hypnotize/ Mezmerize, five months apart. This fall,
Malakian said he'll start work on his next project, Scars on Broadway, a band
he's still assembling. He's also in talks to score a feature film, but hasn't
inked a deal just yet.
And the rest of the band has other interests, too. Tankian runs his own record
label, Serjical Strike, and Odadjian has been talking with members of the
Wu-Tang Clan about working together on a project.
"I have a few things lined up that I want to do," Malakian explained. "For me,
personally, I've written all the System records from day one, so it's kind of
healthy for me to go off and do a few other things and then come back to it, as
it is for the rest of the band. Some people would call it a breakup, but we
don't really call it that. You know, even U2 took a little time off, and then
they came back with a new sound. We're not trying to follow anyone that's just
an example of a band that kind of took a little break and then came back.
"People get very focused on the band and away from the art," he continued. "The
art, in my opinion, is the most important part of the whole thing whether it's
called System of a Down or Scars on Broadway or whatever. It's the songs and the
art that's the most important thing, and for me, creatively, I kind of want to
go somewhere else at the moment. We're not making any plans. For 10 years, it's
been make a record, plan on making the next record, plan on the next tour, plan
on this, plan on that. There have always been plans around System. Our lives
have been planned around System. We want to go live our lives a bit. We feel
this is healthy for the longevity of System."
by Chris Harris of
MTV.com
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Comments
Fentagon
04.05.06, 22:21
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Ha, System is over This website is over So now you can all shut the fuck up and go masturbate.
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Squishy
04.05.06, 22:23
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Fritz : "Wtf, you guys still don't get it. You are acting like they are breaking up, but they did this after Toxicity too. And they came back, better than ever. I'm not nervous at all. Daron is saying "We're not breaking up", and you say you're sad? You should be happy." ~~~~~~~ I know I know but its just a looooong time...
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Squishy
04.05.06, 22:26
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P.S.
i <33 you fentagon lmao!
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sagira-danea
04.05.06, 22:47
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:-( :-( :-( :-( :-(
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glowinghamster
04.05.06, 23:13
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im just praying they dont break up... so many bands do exactly this and just never come back together. crap i need an ozzfest ticket...
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excalibar
05.05.06, 00:50
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man this sucks! I want them to be a band for a long time gosh this sucks. Plus I dont have nothing to listen to now. SOAD rocks!!!!!!!
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mard
05.05.06, 01:25
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They need a break.
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DARK_FATE
05.05.06, 02:30
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As many other people had said, Daron had been a little show-offy when he said that he had written most of the songs. Hello, FYI, Serj wrote as many songs as he did! If you remember reading the little CD case booklets with the lyrcs, they had said 'written by Daron Malakain AND Serj Tankian' So, basically, all the songs Daron wrote were half written by Serj. Oh well... I hope they come back after their break. I love them! Peace
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WAR?NOMORE!
05.05.06, 02:32
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I'm glad in a way they're going on a break. 1 reason I'm glad is that they have time to miss being on the road and in the studio. When they miss each other enough they'll get together, bring new stuff to the table, and could be the best SOAD record yet. Then again, it might end up with them growing apart. We just have to pray and be positive. SOAD music will live forever even if they do break up.
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metro_
05.05.06, 03:34
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yay i got tickets!! =D im gonna see them the first time before they go on hiatus!! And... yea they need a break. They're humans not robots...lol
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Bia_Malakian
05.05.06, 04:42
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DAMN IT HIATUS! AND BRAZIL??? BRAZIL??? BRAZIL??? BRAZIL??? BRAZIL??? BRAZIL??? BRAZIL??? BUT,IF BRAZIL WILL GO SIX TIME WORLD CUP CHAMPION??? NO??? SHIT!
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I-luv-shavo
05.05.06, 05:18
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that fucken sucks I hope they do more concerts though...... If daron said they aren't breaking up i guess they're not......They are like the best band ever so they just can't break up!!!!!!!
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twstedlgc
05.05.06, 05:58
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Yeah, I'm sad too...
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tbdragon3
05.05.06, 06:22
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OMFG!!!!!!...lol,yeah though im gonna go to Ozzfest in Phoenix,anyway addressing the matter at hand...they can take a break cause playing music and making music for 10 years straight can get tiring,but now that they're also doing their own thing,regardless of what Daron said,its possible they might grow apart from eachother and breakup,hopefully that is not the case,and does anyone know for sure if SOAD stole B.Y.O.B. from Casey "Chaos" or was he just an influence...or waht happened there?
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I-luv-shavo
05.05.06, 07:11
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I guess im not sad i just wish that they weren't gonna take such a long break!!! But i think they'll come bak with even better material.................Im still depressed-=(
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alma
05.05.06, 10:55
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I am still quite upset about the hiatus thing although I really understand them and I know they deserve a break. I am so incredibly happy that I saw them last year in Austria and I will try my best to get a ticket for the Ozzfest since I am spending my vacation in the US this year. I wanna go see them in Raleigh but I am not sure if there are still tickets available. I really hope so. Have a nice day all together and don't despair. I will try not to do so either...
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Holysong
05.05.06, 12:03
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Daron is jealous of serj because of attention grasp, no problem daron, we love you too! :D
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nadinetannous
05.05.06, 12:24
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I was hoping that I'd have to wait maximum a year to see them live in Australia, but a few fuc*ing years? Wasn't there a world tour going on, to which they had to go to Europe, then Australia....?
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