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"Our fans were starting to say, ‘Hey, these guys are prophets, they’re saying things that hadn’t happened yet.'" 9/11, censorship and conspiracy theories: the bizarre story behind the System Of A Down classic that became metal's biggest song

Not even System Of A Down themselves could have predicted just how big this song would become

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“My production manager came into my bus. He’s like, ‘That white SG…’ It got stolen right off stage”: Daron Malakian on the time his prized Gibson was swiped from the stage – while System of a Down were headlining Ozzfest

It’s a lesson that your gear isn’t safe anywhere – even when it is onstage with you and you’re at the top of the bill

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System of a Down got 'booed off stage' and had bagel and coins thrown at them opening for Slayer

System of a Down didn't go down well with Slayer fans.

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“They would hear Aerials or Chop Suey! on the radio or MTV, and they’d be like, ‘That’s the one we heard you playing in your room’”: Daron Malakian wrote System of a Down’s career-defining album while still living with his parents

As Toxicity celebrates its 24th anniversary, the SOAD guitarist looks back on the record that spawned some of the band’s most beloved and mosh-worthy tracks

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"Nobody wanted to sign us, because we didn’t sound like Korn or Limp Bizkit." How Daron Malakian went from nu metal misfit to international metal star with System Of A Down and Scars On Broadway

System Of A Down might not've fit in, but they helped reshape metal for generations to come

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“I probably had a better chance of getting struck by lightning”: Daron Malakian joins System of a Down tribute band onstage – after wandering into their gig off the street

The guitarist was enjoying a day off before SOAD’s Chicago show and suddenly found himself playing one of the band's classics in front of a shell-shocked audience

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Watch Daron Malakian join stunned System Of A Down tribute band for cover of Cigaro in Chicago

System Of A Down guitarist hears his own band being covered, then walks into venue and joins them onstage

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“He’s like, ’I’m not a technical guy. I’m not a musician. But I bring my taste”: Daron Malakian on what Rick Rubin brings as a producer

He’s the ultimate sounding board, guitarist argues

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The System Of A Down legend recently released Scars On Broadway's brand new album, Addicted To The Violence

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“I went to Guitar Center and saw this Iceman sitting there and I was like, ‘You know, that’s a guitar that not too many people use’”: How the Ibanez Iceman became System of a Down’s Daron Malakian’s go-to guitar – and why he initially didn’t play it live

The System of a Down guitarist even got his own limited-edition signature version in 2004

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“All those nu metal copy bands, I don’t give a s*** about”: System Of A Down’s Daron Malakian has some thoughts on being lumped in with the 90s nu metal scene

Scars On Broadway/System Of A Down guitarist Daron Malakian is interviewed in the brand new issue of Metal Hammer

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“I can’t force other people to do something just because I wanted it”: Daron Malakian admits System Of A Down’s hiatus was “difficult”

The guitarist/vocalist reveals he struggled when the nu metal-era juggernauts went their separate ways in 2006

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"In a world where we can’t have System Of A Down, this will more than do nicely." Daron Malakian and Scars On Broadway make a brilliant, bonkers comeback with Addicted To The Violence

Wild-eyed riffs, insane left-turns and lyrics blurring the surreal and poignant: Daron Malakian is at his best on the new Scars On Broadway album

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“If I was a painter, I wouldn’t tell myself,‘I can’t use these colours’”: System Of A Down guitarist Daron Malakian on how the synth leads the guitar on his new Scars on Broadway album – and why he doesn’t stick to one style

Addicted To The Violence drops on Friday 18 July and finds Malakian freewheeling through his musical vocabulary

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Watch video for new Scars On Broadway track Killing Spree

Daron Malakian and Scars On Broadway are back with new album Addicted To The Violence due in July

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"This is not a war zone...this is a System Of A Down concert!" Have you seen this crazy footage from System Of A Down's South American tour?!

Flares, arena-sized circle pits and some of the most passionate singalongs you will ever hear

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“It’s radical. It’s like magic. I get chills”: How Rick Rubin’s philosophy of chance led System of a Down to the first metal masterpiece of the 21st century

It’s one of the biggest streamed metal songs of all time, but what role did the hand of fate play in its origin?

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"They take your song and put it on the radio and it ends up becoming f***ing propaganda." How Scars On Broadway's They Say helped Daron Malakian move on from System Of A Down

How Scars On Broadway helped Daron Malakian dust himself off after System Of A Down's breakup

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"A small subset of fans had a practice of showing up to gigs in Nazi regalia." System Of A Down's Serj Tankian on why supporting one iconic metal band was like "rock 'n' roll boot camp"

System Of A Down have a storied career, and Serj has spoken on one of the most challenging support slots the band experienced in their early days

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“Bet you didn’t know!” Glenn Close once drummed for System Of A Down, Daron Malakian ‘confirms’

Onstage at the Golden Globes, it was jokingly stated that the legendary actress once manned the stool for one of nu metal’s biggest bands

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“Daron’s the guitarist, I’m the vocalist, and yet he was using my Strat… Then somebody stole it after breaking our car window”: Serj Tankian reflects on his guitar journey with System of a Down, Tony Iommi, Buckethead and beyond

In a rare guitar interview, Serj Tankian breaks down his “fast folk” playing style and upcoming signature Gibson Les Paul, his love of shredders, and freaking out Maynard James Keenan (and being freaked out by Buckethead)

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"These shows are very special to me, because they’re rare." Why Daron Malakian has resurrected Scars On Broadway

After their first show in five years, System Of A Down's Daron Malakian admits Scars On Broadway already have their third album ready and waiting

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"I don’t want to say that I have sacrificed the band or the music for The Truth, but I’ve held them both very close." Serj Tankian reflects on a life of truth, activism and System Of A Down

The System Of A Down singer acknowledges his past activism might have hurt the band, but is proud of their legacy and enduring popularity

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“Being crazy is being free, man. Completely free!”: the unhinged story of System Of A Down’s Hypnotize, the last album they might ever make

In 2005, System Of Down released their fifth, and possibly final, album Hypnotize

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“We’ve really fought. In one day something can blow up into a full-scale war. There’s been days I’ve quit the band”: how System Of A Down turned friction into genius with Toxicity

In 2001, Metal Hammer joined System Of A Down in their Hollywood HQ to talk about their brilliant second album, Toxicity

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