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SOAD never planned to present Armenia at Eurovision
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| Posted by ZAk on Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 07:04 AM |
What are the facts? Last August, in an interview with Asbarez newspaper,
SOAD’s lead singer Serj Tankian said that a Finnish journalist had asked
him if he would be interested in participating in "a song competition" which
would raise "awareness about the Armenian Genocide." Tankian told the reporter
that it was "an interesting idea." When the reporter asked if he would be
interested in participating in such a song contest, Tankian said, "Maybe, yeah."
Soon after the Finnish interview, Tankian said he was inundated with media
reports that he was "going to take System of A Down to do this Eurovision
thing." He told Asbarez: "It was all a misinterpretation and a
misunderstanding to a point where I had to actually call my label reps [representatives] in
Finland and asked them to please tell the journalist to retract |
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Random Questions with Daron Malakian
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| Posted by ZAk on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 07:46 PM |
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far, what has been the best day of your life?
"Being on magic mushrooms at a [legendary jam band] Grateful dead concert. It
was just the most blissfully happy feeling I've ever experienced. This was about
a year or two before [frontman] Jerry Garcia, and the show was at the LA sports
Arena. I had taken mushrooms before, but that was at a NIN concert, which was a
completely different vibe, But when the Grateful Dead were playing, it was like
being abroad on a spaceship, and every time they started a song the spaceship
lifted off and we were being transported through space. it was just fantastic."
If you were governor of California, how would you improve the lives of your
fellow citizens?
"I hate coming off like big pot head, but I would definitely move for more
lenient laws on pot. The jails in California are pretty full, so I would figure
out a way of getting some people out there, people who aren't a danger to
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Scars on Broadway cancelled their tour... So what happened?
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| Posted by ZAk on Thursday, October 09, 2008 - 04:22 PM |
A Complete shock and surprise hit the Scars on Broadway's fans, all over the
world and especially in the North America, when the band did surprisingly
canceled their North America tour, 28 show (including a live appearance on Jimmy
Kimmel Show) should have performed starting October 19 to November the 26th were
all cancelled.
The cancellation announcement been posted on myspace and then the official
website October 06, 2008, did not state clear reason for this apart from that "Daron's
heart wasn't into touring at this time"
A mix of disappointment, angry and frustration have been showed by the fans
through their messages on myspace or discussions on SOADFans' forum. |
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Serj
Tankian has donated a new song "Fears" to support a great cause for Amnesty
International, the Global Write - A - Thon campaign.
