The first album, Mezmerize, was released on May 17, to favorable reviews by critics. It debuted at No. First week sales rocketed to over , copies worldwide.
The Grammy Award-winning single "B. The next single, "Question! The second part of the double album, Hypnotize, was released on November 22, Like Mezmerize, it debuted at No. The band headlined Ozzfest in cities where tour founder Ozzy Osbourne opted not to appear or was not playing on the main stage.
In May , the band announced they were going on hiatus. Malakian confirmed the break would probably last a few years, which Odadjian specified as a minimum of three years in an interview with Guitar magazine.
He told MTV, "We're not breaking up. If that was the case, we wouldn't be doing this Ozzfest. We're going to take a very long break after Ozzfest and do our own things. We've done System for over ten years, and I think it's healthy to take some rest. We just don't know when. Malakian announced he was forming a band called Scars on Broadway, which was joined by Dolmayan. Tankian released his debut solo album Elect the Dead in the autumn of to great critical and commercial acclaim.
Dolmayan, alongside working with Scars on Broadway, formed his own band, Indicator, as well as opened Torpedo Comics, an online comic book store. Reunion and tour —present.
On November 29, , following several weeks of internet rumors, System of a Down officially announced that they would be reuniting for a string of large European festival dates in June The reunion tour commenced on May 10, in Edmonton, Alberta. From late February to early March , they headlined five dates at Soundwave festival. This was the band's first visit to Australia since The band have continued playing around the world. In mid March , via their Facebook Page, System hinted at an announcement of a show by posting pictures of famous Los Angeles Landmarks and asking fans to figure out "where all roads lead".
Tickets sold out hours after going on sale on March Asked in August whether System of a Down will record a new album, frontman Serj Tankian said that the members of System of a Down have not "really discussed another record as of now with any of the guys", although he later added, "when it's the right time, it'll materialize, like everything else in the universe".
Also in August, Dolmayan said that he would like to do a new System of a Down album in On May 20, bassist Shavo Odadjian criticized fellow band member Serj Tankian on Facebook, stating that differences of opinion between the lead vocalist and the rest of the band were the primary reasons why the band has not yet recorded or released a sixth studio album. We are just waiting for SERJ!
Now He might hate me for exposing the truth but i Had too.. Sorry folks!!! While he has since removed the posts from his page, System of a Down's official Facebook page later responded to Shavo's posts with the following statement: "Earlier today, Shavo posted a few statements on his personal Facebook page that do not reflect the sentiments of System Of A Down as a collective band.
On September 14, an American TV interview video with Shavo Odadjian was posted online, and subsequently embedded on the MySpace profile of his current working band, Achozen. It got to a point where we we're kinda…not implode but like, y'know, I saw something and … Thirteen years of non stop y'know, so- and we all have things we wanna do… Everyone and their mother wants to say that we are breaking up, that we broke up.
It's like, everyone talks to me 'Oh you guys broke up' no we didn't break up, why d'ya want us to brea- you want us to break up, we'll break up! In a September 13, interview, frontman Serj Tankian offered his take on the band's future by saying: "It's very simple. System of a Down, we've been a band for 11 years, or 12 years. We've put out five records, we're all friends. We're still friends. And we decided to take time to pursue our own artistic and personal goals.
And unlike a company like Nabisco that puts out crackers every year, or cookies every year, we're artists, we're friends. So we don't have to necessarily do things the same way every year. So we took time to do our own things and we left the door open. We're all friends. If we ever want to get together and speak to the world as System of a Down, then we will. If not, then we'll…the door is open. When asked if there could be a possible reunion one day, he responded by saying: "It's very possible".
In an April interview with Kerrang magazine, guitarist Daron Malakian and drummer John Dolmayan who have recently formed a side project known as Scars on Broadway gave their takes on the bands future. When told that many people are going to wonder what the future of the band is, Malakian responded by stating that: "We'll all know when the time is right".
Dolmayan added: "It'll just happen". It'll feel good and happen. I can respect this situation System's hiatus more than I can respect the situation where two people are like, 'The lead singer fucked my girlfriend! Nah, man. The lead singer is a special person to me and I am to him. And that's how we ended off. Same with Shavo, same with John.
And it will always be. It was a big part of my life. We were onstage together for a long time, man. We went through shit as a band and friends — we slept in RVs together!
In an interview with Tankian about Big Day Out a show which involved playing his Elect the Dead album live with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, and a few songs from his then-upcoming second studio album Tankian stated, "Every few months I am honored to hear interesting rumors about whether the band is going to tour or break up permanently. I find them all to be very entertaining. This performance was followed by another partial reunion of the band on November 20, , at the Avalon in Hollywood during which Malakian, Dolmayan, and Odadjian played "Aerials" and "Toxicity.
Reunion On Monday, November 29th, , System of a Down announced on their website that they would reform for a string of large European festival dates in June In their reunion statement posted on their website, the band was unclear as to the extent of their reformation. It read, "We have no master plan of sorts — we are playing these shows simply because we want to play together again as a band and for you, our amazing fans.
From late February to early March , they headlined five dates at Soundwave festival. This was the band's first visit to Australia since The band have continued playing around the world. Artist descriptions on Last. Feel free to contribute! All user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply.
Don't want to see ads? Upgrade Now. Us four right here, we will always be System of a Down! An earlier engagement started exclusively in Los Angeles on , System of a Down was honored at the USC v.
As for the future of the band, he said that he does not know whether System of a Down is over or not. Bassist Shavo Odadjian was recently revealed to be directing the first video for the comeback of the hardcore punk band, Bad Brains. System of a Down is my lifeline. Future and possible Reunion When asked in February if a reunion was planned any time in the future, Daron Malakian had admitted that System of a Down may never get back together again.
This Scars on Broadway is my band right now. On September 14, an American TV interview video with Shavo Odadjian was posted online, and subsequently embedded on the MySpace profile of his current working band, Achozen. And we decided to take time to pursue our own artistic and personal goals. So we took time to do our own things and we left the door open.
If we ever want to get together and speak to the world as System of a Down, then we will. In an April interview with Kerrang magazine, guitarist Daron Malakian and drummer John Dolmayan who have recently formed a side project known as Scars on Broadway gave their takes on the bands future.
Nah, man. The lead singer is a special person to me and I am to him. Same with Shavo, same with John. And it will always be. It was a big part of my life. We were onstage together for a long time, man.
We went through shit as a band and friends — we slept in RVs together!
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