As I got older I was seeking the heavier stuff and when I turned 14, 15, it was just, like, as heavy, you know, and as uncomfortable as I could make it. Then came death metal like Obituary and Morbid Angel - all the Tampa bands. I liked Overkill and the German stuff like Destruction and Kreator. The first record I got was Def Leppard’s Pyromania and from then on I was really into metal, and by the time I was, like, 11, 12 years old, it was Slayer, Metallica and a lot of Bay Area thrash. “When I was four years old, I saw KISS and I was scared as hell, but I was way interested in them.
“I was totally influenced by Slayer because I grew up a total metalhead,” Malakian said. Loaded with enthusiasm and confidence, the young rockers burned through a set of skewed, metallic songs that, at first listen, sounded like a hybrid of Dead Kennedys and Slayer. In no time, System of a Down had signed their deal and booked time to record at Rubin’s legendary mansion. He believes in us and he’s not following any trends. As soon as we walked out of that meeting we said, ‘You know, man, we should just go with Rick. It was pretty much a hip-hop/R&B culture that they were building there. And they didn’t have anything, anybody in there that even knew what to do with rock. “But then we went into their offices and looked at the posters on the walls and what they were promoting and we realized they didn’t have any rock acts. “We were actually going to sign with Universal at one point,” added Malakian. “There were a number of labels looking at us when Rick and Guy both came and saw one of our shows at the Viper Room,” Tankian said.
In 1997, System recorded a three-song demo that caught the attention of Maverick’s Guy Oseary and Rubin, among others. At first they had trouble finding a drummer, but eventually anchored their rhythm section with John Dolmayan and developed a strong following in the Los Angeles community, which praised their quirky, bombastic sound. Suddenly, magazine editors were including the band in features about ethnic-centric metal and wrote pieces specifically about the rise of the supposed Armenian metal community, areas System of a Down had little interest in being associated with.Īfter the breakup of their earlier band, Soil, Tankian, guitarist Daron Malakian and bassist Shavo Odadjian formed System of a Down in 1994. Since they didn’t really fit in the nu-metal category, and couldn’t accurately be called funk rock, pundits scrambled for a category to slot them into and, without too much research, noticed that the members were all Armenian and had spoken before about their contempt for governments - especially Turkey - that still failed to recognize the Armenian Genocide in the early 1900s. Plus, they lacked any real vestiges of hip-hop. But System of a Down were vocally zanier and their guitars were more frenzied and metallic. Like Faith No More and Rage Against the Machine there were elements of metal, punk and funk on System of a Down’s self-titled debut, which came out June 30, 1998. Ya know that “post a picture of yourself that looks like an album cover” trend? 1997, when System of a Down signed to Rick Rubin’s American Recordings, no one knew exactly what to make of them. kICW5FMwuU- Morgan Shamy October 10, 2021 If I were to do that album cover trend thing going on, I’d do this. CGw0SLqiQc- Steely-Eyed Missile Dan October 10, 2021 left would be a gordon lightfoot album and the right could’ve been a late-70s don henley solo album. Not sure if album cover selfie trend still happening? here is two. Hey, punkin /zLLSqsLxSD- 2Gays1Twitch October 10, 2021 Post a pic of you that looks like an album cover trend /xXcjm9xqPq- Summer Lazenby October 10, 2021 Let me try to be on cover at 55 /0kF8HwHvRW- swapna chhaya mankodi October 9, 2021 This picture makes us want to go on a beach holiday. NbNbZQz2cx- Gentle Giant October 9, 2021 Stop and drop a pic of you that looks like an album cover. This definitely looks like an album cover of a hard-rock band. Col DPK Pillay,Shaurya Chakra,PhD (Retd) October 10, 2021
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