No one was waiting for an Armenian heavy metal band. They were my favorite band, but I didn’t think anyone was going to like them apart from a small, likeminded group of people like me who were crazy. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).In a 2009 chat with Q magazine, legendary producer Rick Rubin pondered his initial interest in working on System of a Down’s 1998 self-titled debut album, confessing: “I loved them. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. Reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. You can also send an e-mail to with pertinent details. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint ofĭoes not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. Story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. Tankian said calling the EP "Elasticity", a play on SYSTEM's massive 2001 album "Toxicity".
But as we could not really see eye to eye on how to go forward with that, I decided to finish them off myself and release them as an EP." Tankian told SPIN that they were first meant for SYSTEM OF A DOWN, saying: "Originally, I had these songs in mind for a SYSTEM record if we were to end up doing a SYSTEM record. In a message on Facebook, Tankian wrote that Malakian wanted to control SYSTEM's creative process, take more of the publishing money and be the only band member to speak to the press.īack in May, Tankian revealed that he will put out a solo EP of what he described as "rock songs" later this year.
In 2018, Malakian publicly accused Tankian of not wanting to record, with Tankian responding that creative and financial issues with Malakian led to the stalemate. But the flipside is we should be fucking honored that people still care and want the new record." It became this thing we're, like, 'Fuck this.' It's gonna make me say, 'Fuck the new record,' because there's so much. 'Where's the new record?' It's always there now. John does something 'Where's the new record?' I'm posting NORTH KINGSLEY. Because Daron will post SCARS, and they'll rip him up about the new record. It's become this crazy thing: 'The new SYSTEM record isn't happening.' It's way too crazy, bro. And it just kind of grew to a point where, because of social media and because of all this demand for the record, it's become taboo it's become this thing. He continued: "It's a mixture of a lot of stuff that's happened. And I'll listen to you if you listen to me,' instead of, like, 'I think it should be this way, 'I think it should be that way.' Okay, well, then that's not gonna work because if you both… I don't know." It would be nice to just back up a little and say, 'You know, let's just do it. If people weren't so adamant about their views. We're still all here, we still can talk, we still can play, we're still alive."Įlaborating on the reason the members of SYSTEM OF A DOWN haven't been able to see eye-to-eye on how to proceed with a new record, Shavo said: "If we could just agree. It's not like someone said or did something that's 'end all.' It's not like, God forbid, anyone's passed away. But the reason why I'm optimistic is because nothing has been done that can't be undone. "Well, yeah, bro, I'm optimistic about a lot of things. 'Oh, Shavo is optimistic,'" he continued. "That's why I'm always optimistic, and whenever I say that, it becomes headlines. Nothing has gone down so terrible that we can never. Even if I don't see them or talk to them for months, when we're on the phone, we're best friends. The bassist said (hear audio below): "I love SYSTEM. Odadjian, who recently unveiled his new band NORTH KINGSLEY, discussed SYSTEM's inability to make a new album during an appearance on Ernie Ball's "Striking A Chord" podcast. The Serj Tankian-fronted outfit has toured intermittently since ending its hiatus in 2011 but has yet to record any new music. Shavo Odadjian says that he is still "optimistic" that SYSTEM OF A DOWN will one day record a follow-up to its "Mezmerize" and "Hypnotize" LPs, which came out in 2005.