Scars' fans worldwide: For those of you that don't live in Southern California and will not be able to attend the Scars record release show this Monday at Union Station, we have some good news... Scars' performance will be webcast LIVE exclusively at www.scarsonbroadway.com  at  9:25pm PST on Monday, July 28.

Ask Daron Malakian why he walked away from one of the most important bands in heavy metal and he'll respond with a question of his own, one worthy of the great philosophers of our time: "What's pussy to a porn star?" It's a sunny June afternoon in Los Angeles, and Malakian's smoking pot in the lounge of a dimly lit recording studio while he takes a break from sequencing the self-titled debut by Scars on Broadway, the group Malakian formed with drummer John Dolmayan when the two musicians' other band, System of a Down, went on hiatus following their headlining slot on Ozzfest 2006. Malakian brings up the porn star example to illustrate a point about a kind of "innocence" that he says System lost as a result of their success.

I came to the place at one o'clock, Kato was opened and some guys were already unpacking the Scars stuff. So, I walked out and came back at 5.

We were just six people waiting for about two hours, before the other ones started to gather. So those two hours we had a chance to take a photos with Daron (he was really hurrying up, so there was no time for some talk) and meet Dominic, Danny and Franky. Man, they're so cool. I mean as people - everyone, including the roadies (Sako, Hampig and I can't remember the name:).

They were just hanging around with us when they had some time before the show. I talked mostly to Danny, and... you know I didn't want to bother them with some lame SOB related questions.... but he's originally from Detroit (Red Wings!), played ice hockey, and last two years he's already been practicing for Scars (right after John asked him). So the waiting itself turned out to be a very nice time.