Topic: System of a Down Members' Side Projects

System of a Down guitarist Daron Malakian will contribute a track to the upcoming full-length album from the Street Drum Coprs, the side project of The Used frontman 'Bert McCracken'. The CD, which will mostly feature found instruments, will have a whole lot of other guest stars.

"So far we've only used three drums on the whole recording. Everything else was stuff we found on the street: garbage cans and satellite dishes and big, heavy chains and propane tanks," McCracken told MTV.com.

"And it turned out really well. We hoping to get a lot of different artists to be on it. Hopefully Daryl Palumbo from GLASSJAW will be on it, hopefully DJ Shadow is going to jump on it too. Daron from SYSTEM OF A DOWN said he's going to do a track. The STREET DRUM CORPS was pretty much the most punk-rock thing we saw on the Warped Tour, which kind of bums me out. But it's also encouraging that there are so many artists looking to help out with it."

The STREET DRUM CORPS debut should be out in February, just around the time McCracken and the rest of THE USED are scheduled to get to work on a follow-up to last year's "In Love and Death".

Sources: mtv.com / roadrunnerrecords.com

Side project is 'not written in stone,' bassist says, 'but we're talking about it.'
System of a Down will release the second half of their Mezmerize/ Hypnotize double LP o­n November 22 — but bassist Shavo Odadjian is already looking ahead to a potentially fascinating side project he's cooking up with Wu-Tang Clan's RZA
 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

Masters of Horror", which debuts o­n Showtime in time for Halloween and runs through the end of January 2006, features 13 chilling hour-long films directed by top North American horror auteurs, including John Carpenter ("Halloween"), Tope Hooper ("Texas Chainsaw Massacre"), John Landis ("An American Werewolf in London"), Don Coscarelli ("Phantasm"), Mick Garris ("The Stand"), Stuart Gordon ("Re-Animator"), and William Malone ("FearDotCom"). The series also attracted several huge international directors, including Dario Argento ("Suspiria") and Takashi Miike ("Audition"). Each episode in the anthology will include music from the soundtrack.

In addition, videos were recently shot for IT DIES TODAY's "Enjoy the Silence" and Buckethead and Tankian's "We Are o­ne". 

The "We Are o­ne" video features Tankian as a derelict vagabond that collects animal carcasses for Buckethead, a benevolent cabin dweller who attempts to bring the dead animals back to life. In his attempt to resurrect the carcasses, Buckethead winds up being attacked by the mutating creatures. "I think the track lends itself well to the horror genre," Tankian says.
The Video Should be premiered o­n Oct., 29

"The feeling of 'horror' is a very particular o­ne," Andrew WK adds. "My song 'You Will Remember Tonight' attempts to take that dreadful feeling and manipulate it into some thing thrilling and exciting. I think that's essentially what horror movies are trying to do, too. It feels good to feel scared."

"Masters of Horror" developed out of an informal bi-monthly dinner attended by many of the horror genre's most admired directors. Garris, who spearheaded the series, took their ideas from the realm of fantasy into reality along with co-executive producer Andrew Dean, and will be the showrunner of the anthology. "Masters of Horror" is an IDT Entertainment production.

"Masters of Horror" soundtrack final track listing:

CD1:

01. MUDVAYNE - "Small Silhouette"
02. NORMA JEAN - "ShaunLuu"
03. IT DIES TODAY - "Enjoy The Silence"
04. FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND - "Lazarus (In The Wilderness)"
05. ANDREW WK - "You Will Remember Tonight"
06. ARMOR FOR SLEEP - "Very Invisible"
07. SCARY KIDS SCARING KIDS - "What's Up Now"
08. SHADOWS FALL - "This Is My Own"
09. THE BLED - "Nervous Breakdown"
10. MURDER BY DEATH - "End Of The Road"
11. THURSDAY - "Division St" (acoustic)
12. BLOODSIMPLE - "Overload"
13. MASTODON - "Megalodon" (live)
14. DEATH BY STEREO - "Bottled Up"
15. FALL RIVER - "At Least You Bought Her Flowers"

CD2:

01. BUCKETHEAD feat. SERJ TANKIAN - "We Are o­ne"
02. RISE AGAINST - "Obstructed"
03. THE BRONX! - "Bats"
04. FROM AUTUMN TO ASHES - "Betwixt Her Getaway Sticks"
05. EVERY TIME I DIE - "Keith The Music"
06. MATCHBOOK ROMANCE - "In Transit (For You)"
07. BEDLIGHT FOR BLUE EYES - "Hindsight"
08. ALKALINE TRIO - "We Can Never Break Up"
09. AVENGED SEVENFOLD - "Beast and the Harlot" (live)
10. IN FLAMES - "Discover Me Like Emptiness"
11. A CHANGE OF PACE - "The Thin Red Line"
12. BEAR VS SHARK - "Victoria Iceberg"
13. GRATITUDE - "If Ever" (acoustic)
14. FEAR BEFORE THE MARCH OF FLAMES - "237"
15. YESTERDAY'S RISING - "Contrast of Light and Dark"

According to MTV.com, SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian's remix of the NOTORIOUS B.I.G.'s "Who Shot Ya" is featured o­n the soundtrack to Marc Ecko's "Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure" game, along with three other tracks executive co-produced by Diddy (the other three are from Talib Kweli and Rakim, Pack FM, and Pharoahe Monch).
Kweli is also the voice of the game's lead character, Trane. RZA, meanwhile, is composing an exclusive remix for o­ne of the game's cinematic videos.

As previously reported, American Recordings/Columbia will release two versions of "Hypnotize", SYSTEM OF A DOWN's fifth studio album, o­n November 22. Both the CD and DualDisc versions feature 12 new songs as well as artwork by Vartan Malakian, father of SYSTEM OF A DOWN's guitarist/singer Daron. The packaging for "Hypnotize" is specially designed to physically join "Mezmerize" and "Hypnotize" together, forming o­ne unified product with continuous artwork. Additionally, the DualDisc edition will contain exclusive behind-the-scenes footage showing the making of both records.

SYSTEM OF A DOWN filmed performance footage for their video for "Hypnotize"'s title track o­n September 28 at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, MI.

The Wu-Tang Clan is reported to be o­n the verge of a big comeback, including the release of Raekwon's Cuban Linx Part II album o­n deck.

Rae's highly anticipated Cuban Linx sequel, which has no release date as of yet, will reunite many of the Clan. It is reported that The Rza will handle 90% of the LP's production with the additional beats coming from none other than Dre Dre and Nottz.
Many of the Wu-Gambino aliases who first appeared o­n the first Cuban Linx joint will also resurface, including Maximillion (aka The Gza), who has been in the studio with Rae recently. Busta Rhymes is also reportedly signed o­n to executive produce the project.