Topic: System of a Down Members' Side Projects

System of a Down's bassist, Shavo Odadjian and The Rza from Wu-Tang are teaming up early June for writing/recording a new solo record but that's not it, There's also plans to release singles and tour.

It was reported before, earlier in last October, that there's 'talking' about a side project but without further details; Side project is 'not written in stone,' Shavo's talking in October 2005, 'but we're talking about it.'

Odadjian said he first befriended the Wu when the two groups teamed up with producer Rick Rubin for a new version of Wu's "Shame," which opens 2000's Loud Rocks hip-hop/rock summit LP. Odadjian has kept in touch with the RZA ever since, and they'd often talk about working together again on some future project.

ANCA Telethon, May 21st, 2006

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Mr. Di'Anno says;

"I will make a new record again, I think. Maybe…. See I don’t do many, I make one album, then two or three to four years later… because I’m always working! But we’ve got some ideas. Paulo, the guitarist who wrote everything with me for Living Dead, has moved back over to England from Brazil. So I’ll meet up with him on Sunday for the first time, and he’s got some new material. We got some shit we wrote a couple of years back but I gotta find it. I had all lyrics done and everything, it was pretty awesome stuff! So, I’ve got all that going on. I think I’m gonna do some work with System of a Down. So, that’s it. More punk shows coming up as well with the punk band, as well. That’ll be good!" Wether actual arrangements have been made with System of a Down to make this happen, remains unknown as Mr. Di'Anno did not ellaborate on this matter.

Chino Moreno of Deftones said he's doing a side project with Serj Tankian

"I wasn't interested in making a Deftones record at the time, and we were writing songs here and there, but no one really wanted to take control of the project," he explained. "With Team Sleep, there was just so much creativity going on, and everybody wanted to try all these weird, different things. So I just had more interest in it, and I told everyone [in Deftones] I was going to go away for a while. And Team Sleep was really fun for me. Some people enjoyed it, some people didn't."

And there are several guests who'll be appearing on the album, he said, including Giant Drag singer/guitarist Annie Hardy on the electronically inclined "Pink Cell Phone," which "reminds me of a club song, but it's Deftones, and that's what's awesome about it," said Moreno. System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian appears on the song "Buffalo."

"I've done a lot of stuff with a lot of people, and Serj came by and sang a little melody in this little part of this one song," said Chino. Other tracks planned for the record include "America," "FM" and "Beware." "I like to use people for what it is I like about what they do, and to me, I really like — I'm not too into System of a Down, lyrically, so much as I like some of the melodies that him and [guitarist] Daron [Malakian] do. That's what I utilized him for."

From MTV.com , read more details Here

Serj Tankian to feature Buckethead in This Friday's show, April 21st at the Henry Fonda Theater In Los Angeles will be a once in a lifetime event!

The show will feature very special guests 'Serj Tankian' from System of a Down and 'Efrem Shulz' from Death by Stereo, among others performing songs from Enter The Chicken on stage live!

Also opening will be beatbox master Kid Beyond and super-hot Trance DJ Bassnectar.

This show is not to be missed. Come One, Come All!

See the blog at Buckethead's official MySpace:  http://www.myspace.com/bucketheadnfriends

 

John Dolmayan is special guest in an Armenian genocide benefit show in L.A.

Despite SOULS 2006 being canceled due to unknown reasons, other Los Angeles-based bands are following in the footsteps of System Of A Down and using their creative talents as a means of contributing to the genocide recognition effort.

The Apex Theory, a Los Angeles-based band with 2 Armenian members, has organized "Izabelle's Scar 2006: An Armenian Genocide Benefit Show" dedicated to raising awareness about the Armenian Genocide. The band will be joined by various artists, including John Dolmayan of System of a Down, on April 23 at the Henry Fonda Theater in Los Angeles. Participating organizations include 'Amnesty International' and 'Axis of Justice'.

At the event, The Apex Theory, Harout Pamboukjian, OneSideZero and others will perform. Aside from rock band performances, there will be spoken word and poetry readings by Knowledge the Wordsmith (who opened at SOULS 2004), and up and coming film-maker/poet Armen Christopher Ramon Soudjian (ACRS).
The night will be concluded with a jam session with John Dolmayan (SOAD), P-Nut(311), Djivan Gasparyan Jr. and other surprise special guests.

Tickets and further information is available at zabellesscar2006.org.

Add it to your myspace friends: http://www.myspace.com/izabellesscar

Credits Shant Karnikian