Kerrang! Magazine featured an article with the title "The world according to Serj Tankian" and its basicaly Serjs views o­n the world.

The article goes like this :
We're a government experiment that went horribly wrong. We were bred in a test tube and our parents raised us to be in a band.
The point is to get our message across and have a better platform. There are people into it just for the music or the energy, but there are also people who come up to me and have conversations about the lyrics. We reach different people in different ways.

System of a Down bassist Shavo Odadjian has a few words for listeners who think they know what to expect when the second half of the band's "Mezmerize/Hypnotize" concept album hits stores Nov. 22.

"What to expect from us is the unexpected, I guess," Odadjian said Sunday from a tour stop in Columbus, Ohio. "If we do something common, it doesn't match us. People look at us differently. They look at us with o­ne eye and say, 'Why are they doing that?'"

Fans haven't questioned the odd time signatures, sociopolitical lyrics and aggressive rhythm section. The first half of the set, "Mezmerize," was released May 17 and hit No. 1 o­n Billboard's album chart, selling over 1 Million of  copies. The set was produced by Rick Rubin and System of a Down guitarist Daron Malakian.

Cheerfully idiosyncratic in an old-school, Frank Zappa way, System of a Down is an unlikely arena act. Nevertheless, in the decade since the progressive metal quartet formed at an Armenian Christian school in Los Angeles, it has become o­ne of the most popular and outspokenly political groups in rock today.

Vocalist Serj Tankian, guitarist Daron Malakian, bassist Shavo Odadjian and drummer John Dolmayan released their eagerly anticipated fourth album, "Mezmerize," in May, after keeping fans waiting for more than four years after 2001's "Toxicity." Now, as the band prepares to release "Hypnotize," the second installment of its double album, o­n Nov. 22, it is touring with another equally strange and creative act, the Mars Volta.

I spoke with Tankian from his home in L.A. shortly before the start of the tour...

First off I must say I am very dissapointed at the turnout for the show. Half the seats in the arena were filled. the upper level was practically empty, the pit area was half filled. I figured o­n more ppl being there, especially for the video shoot.

The opening acts....basically sucked! Hella...well not much to say. i mean it was like a 30 min compilation of random stuff. there was no organized song. it sounded pretty bad.
After that the mars volta came out which was almost the samething...i think they had 3 songs? 2? over 45 mins of playing. singer was pretty good along with the music. but i mean it was just drowned out by drums and bass so u really couldnt understand much. then when the singer hit a high note the guitarist would match it with some sort of effect? ok enough griping....onto SYSTEM!