Tag: System of a Down
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System of a Down – Tottenham Hotspur Stadium – 13/07/26
This was a massive gig for me, and for so many other metal fans. SOAD haven’t performed in the UK for a decade, and after reading how much Serj Tankian struggles with touring in his autobiography, Down with the System, I’m not sure they will again. I had a VIP ticket. That sentence is huge,…
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Protest Songs Through Time P7 – Why Do They Always Send the Poor? – 21st Century
System of a Down In 1994, four Armenian-Americans—Serj Tankian, Daron Malakian, Shavo Odadjian, and John Dolmayan—formed the neo-metal band System of a Down, who went on to pioneer the nu-metal genre. Armenian history is marked by violence: between 1915 and 1923, the Ottoman Empire forced Christian Armenians from their homes en masse, exposing them to…