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System of a Down, also known by the acronym SOAD and often shortened to System, is an American four-piece rock band from Southern California, formed in 1994. The band currently consists of four Armenian-Americans: Daron Malakian (vocals, guitar), Serj Tankian (lead vocals, occasional keyboards and rhythm guitar), Shavo Odadjian (bass, background vocals) and John Dolmayan (drums).The band achieved commercial success with the release of five studio albums, of which three debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. System of a Down has been nominated for four Grammy Awards, and their song "B.Y.O.B." won the Best Hard Rock Performance of 2006. The group went on hiatus in August 2006 and reunited in November 2010, embarking on a tour for the following three years. System of a Down has sold over 40 million records worldwide.
| Full Name | System Of A Down |
| Net Worth | $12 Million |
| Profession | Soundtrack, Composer, Music Department |
| Nicknames | System of a Down |
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| Awards | Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance, MTV Europe Music Award for Best Alternative, Kerrang! Award for Best International Live Act, Echo Award for Best International Rock/Alternative Group |
| Nominations | Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance, MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video, Kerrang! Award for Best Album, Kerrang! Award for Best Live Band, Kerrang! Award for Best International Band, Kerrang! Award for Best Track, Kerrang! Award for Best Video, American Music Award for Favorite Alternativ... |
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| 1 | Songs often talk about political corruption and injustices in society |
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| 1 | Writing the follow-up to "Mezmerize"/"Hypnotize" and will be going back to the studio before the end of 2006 or sometime in 2007. [March 2006] |
| 2 | Working on their fourth album. [January 2004] |
| 3 | Announced they will be on hiatus after touring in Ozzfest this summer, but won't break up. [May 2006] |
| 4 | Wrapping up a video shoot for the 1st single "BYOB" from the new album "Mezmerize". [March 2005] |
| 5 | Shooting a video for "Question", the upcoming second single of Mezmerize. [2005] |
| 6 | 4th album "Mezmerize" released on May 17th. [May 2005] |
| 7 | System of a Down went on hiatus in 2006, but have been back together since November 2010 when it was announced that they would tour in the summer of 2011. |
| 8 | To date, SOAD has released five albums. Those albums are called "System of a Down" (1998), "Toxicity" (2001), "Steal This Album!" (2002), "Mezmerize" and "Hypnotize" (both 2005). |
| 9 | Grammy Award winning band, bowed at no. 1 on Billboard's Top 200 chart for their hugely innovative, platinum selling record "Toxicity" in 2001; System of a Down released not 1 but 2 records in 2005, "Mesmerize" and "Hypnotize", and, remarkably, both records became number 1 |
| 10 | 2 members of System of a Down were born in Lebanon and all are of Armenian heritage |
| 11 | Bowed at no. 1 on Billboard's Top 200 chart for their hugely innovative, platinum selling record "Toxicity" |
| 12 | Band members: Serj Tankian, Daron Malakian, Shavo Odadjian, John Dolmayan. |
| 13 | Their name comes from their idea/belief that if we don't act to change things for the better we will become less feeling and more cruel and animal like until the world is thrown into total chaos. |
| 14 | Their song "Soil" is talking about a friend of Serj's from a previous band called Soil, who ended up committing suicide. |
| 15 | Are active in political demonstrations. |
| 16 | The members of the Grammy Award winning American band are of Armenian heritage and their songs often have political lyrics like the P.L.U.C.K. about the 1915 Armenian Genocide and the Prison Song which criticizes the prison systems; former song is featured in Ararat (2002) by Canadian-Armenian Atom Egoyan, who admired the genius Soviet-Armenian Sergei Parajanov whose political imprisonment is condemned in Mikhail Vartanov's Parajanov: The Last Spring (1992) |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| Heavy Metal 2000 | 2000 | performer: "Storaged" / producer: "Storaged" | |
| Scream 3 | 2000 | performer: "Spiders" | |
| Apocalypse | 1998 | Video Game performer: "War?" | |
| Strangeland | 1998 | "Marmalade" | |
| The Secret Life of Pets | 2016 | performer: "Bounce" - as System Of A Down | |
| Guitar Hero Live | 2015 | Video Game performer: "Chop Suey!" | |
| Atop the Fourth Wall | 2014 | TV Series 1 episode | |
| Dirty Cops: Ta Batsonia: A Greek Novel About Crisis | 2014 | Video "Knight Rider Theme Song" | |
| Dirty Cops-Ta Batsonia No.3 | 2013 | Video short "Knight Rider Theme Song" | |
| Dirty Cops-Ta Batsonia: The Vengeance | 2012 | Video short "Knight Rider Theme Song" | |
| Dirty Cops: Ta Batsonia | 2012 | Video short "Knight Rider Theme Song" | |
| My Life with Angelina | 2011 | Video short "Knight Rider Theme Song" | |
| Madden NFL 2010 | 2009 | Video Game performer: "Sugar' | |
| Guitar Hero: Metallica | 2009 | Video Game performer: "Toxicity" | |
| Guitar Hero World Tour | 2008 | Video Game performer: "B.Y.O.B." | |
| Disturbia | 2007 | performer: "Lonely Day" | |
| Screamers | 2006 | Documentary performer: "B.Y.O.B.", "P.L.U.C.K.", "Cigaro", "Chop Suey", "ATWA", "Aerials", "Holy Mountains", "War", "Mr. Jack", "Spiders", "China Girl" | |
| Embedded | 2005 | Video performer: "Deer Dance" | |
| Saturday Night Live | 2005 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Super Secret Movie Rules | 2004 | TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode | |
| Weird Al Presents Al-TV | 2003 | TV Special "Angry White Boy Polka" | |
| Happy Homicidal | 2002 | Short performer: "Will They Die For You" | |
| Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 | 2002 | Video Game performer: "Shimmy" | |
| MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica 2002 | 2002 | TV Special performer: "Chop Suey!" | |
| Ararat | 2002 | performer: "P.L.U.C.K." | |
| The Challenge | 2002 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Not Another Teen Movie | 2001 | performer: "The Metro" | |
| Dracula 2000 | 2000 | performer: "Metro" | |
| Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 | 2000 | performer: "Mind" | |
| Daria | 2000 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
Composer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| Wake Up the Souls | 2015 | Documentary | |
Music Department
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| Gintberg på kanten | 2015 | TV Series documentary music - 1 episode | |
Self
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| Rock in Rio | 2015 | TV Series | Themselves - Performers |
| LiveXLive Presents Rock in Rio | 2015 | TV Movie | Themselves |
| Wake Up the Souls | 2015 | Documentary | |
| The 48th Annual Grammy Awards | 2006 | TV Special | Winners |
| MTV Europe Music Awards 2005 | 2005 | TV Special | Themselves - Winners and Performers |
| MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica 2002 | 2002 | TV Special | Themselves - Performer |
| System of a Down: Psycho Messiahs Unauthorized | 2002 | Video documentary | |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | 2000 | TV Series | Themselves |
Archive Footage
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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| 2015 | Parajanov-Vartanov Institute Award | Parajanov-Vartanov Institute Awards | Best Film | Wake Up the Souls (2015) |
| 2005 | Grammy | Grammy Awards | Best Hard Rock Performance | |
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