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A Talk With SYSTEM OF A DOWN's TANKIAN: 'Screamers,' Activism, And Heart

HuffingtonPost.com recently spoke with SYSTEM OF A DOWN singer Serj Tankian about "Screamers", a documentary by Carla Garapedian which centers around SYSTEM OF A DOWN and Tankian, as they tour Europe and discuss the issues of Armenia, genocide, and human rights. A couple of excerpts from the chat fo...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Singer Speaks Out On Turkish Repression

Launch Radio Networks reports: SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian has sent out a message asking fans to write letters to the Turkish government protesting a law in Turkey called Article 301, which makes it a crime to say or write anything deemed to be "un-Turkish." Tankian wrote, "Journalists, w...

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Saturday Night Wrist

No one could ever accuse DEFTONES of not being a truly weird bunch of guys: just listen to "Pink Cellphone", from the band's fifth album, "Saturday Night Wrist", to hear the group at their absolute strangest. In fact, the band fades into the background on this track: it's an ambient collage of loops...

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Documentary Featuring SYSTEM OF A DOWN Premiering In December

Launch Radio Networks reports: A new documentary about the history of genocide throughout the 20th century, featuring SYSTEM OF A DOWN, will premiere in Los Angeles on December 8, with the film expanding to New York and other selected cities in January. Titled "Screamers", the film examines why geno...

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FAIR TO MIDLAND To Release EP Through SYSTEM OF A DOWN Frontman's Label

Genre-bending Dallas progressive rock band FAIR TO MIDLAND will release its debut EP, "The Drawn and Quartered", on November 7 via SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian's label Serjical Strike. The EP's studio tracks — "Orphan Anthem '86" and "Kyla Cries Cologne" — showcase FTM's flair for combinin...

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DEFTONES Drummer Talks About Collaboration With SYSTEM OF A DOWN's TANKIAN

DEFTONES drummer Abe Cunningham recently spoke to AOL Music about the guest appearances on the band's upcoming album "Saturday Night Wrist" by SYSTEM OF A DOWN's Serj Tankian and GIANT DRAG's Annie Hardy. Tankian, a longtime DEFTONES associate, appears on the track "Mein", which offers a different k...

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Metridium Fields

Artsy doom rock, avante-garde indie doom, experimental melancholic doom metal…you get the picture. Austin, Texas' GIANT SQUID will be an acquired taste for many, a diamond in the rough for the dedicated, and a confounding exercise in the esoteric for the traditionalists. "Metridium Fields" is anothe...

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BUCKETHEAD Covers 'Game Of Death': Audio Available

Former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Buckethead's cover of "Game of Death", the theme song from Bruce Lee's classic movie, has been made available for download at this location. Buckethead last year issued the album "Enter the Chicken" — including the song "We Are One", featuring a guest appearance by the...

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AUDIOSLAVE And SYSTEM OF A DOWN Members Named In Anti-BUSH Ad

Launch Radio Networks reports: AUDIOSLAVE guitarist Tom Morello and SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian are among the people listed in an anti-George W Bush petition, in a full-page newspaper ad that ran Thursday (August 3) in the New York Times. The full-page ad from the group World Can't Wait a...

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Report: Heavy Metal Adopts Political, Social Messages In New Millennium

Justin M. Norton of the Associated Press has issued the following report: Heavy metal singer Chris Barnes didn't know what people would think of the anti-war song "Amerika the Brutal" he wrote after his cousin deployed to Iraq in 2003. He heard a number of complaints — but also received supportive e...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Malfunctioning?

Launch Radio Networks reports: Despite repeated assurances that their forthcoming "hiatus" is not a break-up, SYSTEM OF A DOWN reportedly acted like a band on the brink at the opening day of this summer's Ozzfest last Thursday (June 29) in Auburn, Washington, about 30 miles from Seattle. According t...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Bassist's Collaboration With WU-TANG CLAN's RZA To See Light Of Day

According to a posting at SOADFans.com, SYSTEM OF A DOWN bassist Shavo Odadjian will be teaming up WU-TANG CLAN's RZA in early June to begin writing/recording a new collaborative album. In an October 2005 interview with MTV.com, Odadjian said of the project, "[WU-TANG CLAN's] GZA's writing beats and...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Raise Awareness Of Sudanese Genocide

SYSTEM OF A DOWN is committed to raising awareness of all human rights issues, including the current genocide crisis going on the Darfur region of Western Sudan. mtvU has launched a online campaign at www.darfurisdying.com to help spread information about the genocide. Through a partnership with the...

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1,000 Join SYSTEM OF A DOWN Rally Urging Turkey To End Armenian Genocide Denial

Yerkir, the online Armenian newspaper, has published the following report: Armenian Americans from across the United States joined [Monday, April 24] with SYSTEM OF A DOWN's Serj Tankian and John Dolmayan at a Washington, D.C. "Rally for Justice", urging the Turkish Government to end its worldwide c...

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FAIR TO MIDLAND Sign With SERJ TANKIAN's SERJICAL STRIKE RECORDS

Dallas-based quintet FAIR TO MIDLAND have just inked a deal with Serjical Strike Records, the label headed by SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian. The band that had been touted by Music Connection as one of the top 100 unsigned bands of 2005 can no longer carry that distinction in 2006, as they e...