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    • System of a Down - US singer Serj Tankian performs with his band 'System Of a Down' during the last day of the Rock in Rio music festival, at the 'City of Rock' in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, on October 2, 2011.
    • System of a Down - US singer Serj Tankian performs with his band 'System Of a Down' during the last day of the Rock in Rio music festival, at the 'City of Rock' in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, on October 2, 2011.
    • System of a Down - US singer Serj Tankian performs with his band 'System Of a Down' during the last day of the Rock in Rio music festival, at the 'City of Rock' in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, on October 2, 2011.
    • System of a Down - US singer Serj Tankian performs with his band 'System Of a Down' during the last day of the Rock in Rio music festival, at the 'City of Rock' in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, on October 2, 2011.
    • System of a Down - US singer Serj Tankian performs with his band 'System Of a Down' during the last day of the Rock in Rio music festival, at the 'City of Rock' in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, on October 2, 2011.
    • System of a Down - NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 22: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Singer Serj Tankian of System of a Down performs during MTV 2's $2 Bill concert at Webster Hall November 22, 2005 in New York City.
    • System of a Down - INDIO, CA - APRIL 29: Musician Serj Tankian from the band "System of a Down" poses backstage during day 3 of the Coachella Music Festival held at the Empire Polo Field on April 29, 2007 in Indio, California. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Serj Tankian
    • System of a Down - Former Black Sabbath member and hard rock musician Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon pose for reporters during a press conference in Los Angeles 06 February 2007. Osbourne announced that Ozzfest 2007, the 25-day music festival that tours the country, will be free. The music festival created in 1996 as a virtual breeding ground for rising Heavy Metal bands has launched careers of platinum-selling artists like Linkin Park, System of a Down and Incubus
    • System of a Down - Former Black Sabbath member and hard rock musician Ozzy Osbourne sprays the word "free" on a banner during a press conference in Los Angeles 06 February 2007. Osbourne announced that Ozzfest 2007, the 25-day music festival that tours the country, will be free. The music festival created in 1996 as a virtual breeding ground for rising hard rock bands has launched careers of platinum-selling artists like Linkin Park, System of a Down and Incubus
    • System of a Down - Former Black Sabbath member and hard rock musician Ozzy Osbourne speaks at a press conference in Los Angeles 06 February 2007. Osbourne announced that Ozzfest 2007, the 25-day music festival that tours the country, will be free. The music festival created in 1996 as a virtual breeding ground for rising Heavy Metal bands has launched careers of platinum-selling artists like Linkin Park, System of a Down and Incubus
    • System of a Down - Former Black Sabbath member and hard rock musician Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon pose for reporters during a press conference in Los Angeles 06 February 2007. Osbourne announced that Ozzfest 2007, the 25-day music festival that tours the country, will be free. The music festival created in 1996 as a virtual breeding ground for rising Heavy Metal bands has launched careers of platinum-selling artists like Linkin Park, System of a Down and Incubus
    • System of a Down - Former Black Sabbath member and hard rock musician Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon pose for reporters during a press conference in Los Angeles 06 February 2007. Osbourne announced that Ozzfest 2007, the 25-day music festival that tours the country, will be free. The music festival created in 1996 as a virtual breeding ground for rising Heavy Metal bands has launched careers of platinum-selling artists like Linkin Park, System of a Down and Incubus
    • System of a Down - Former Black Sabbath member and hard rock musician Ozzy Osbourne speaks at a press conference in Los Angeles 06 February 2007. Osbourne announced that Ozzfest 2007, the 25-day music festival that tours the country, will be free. The music festival created in 1996 as a virtual breeding ground for rising Heavy Metal bands has launched careers of platinum-selling artists like Linkin Park, System of a Down and Incubus
    • System of a Down - SANTA MONICA, CA - NOVEMBER 02: Musician Serj Tankian of System of a Down speaks during the "Screamers" press conference at the American Film Market held in the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel on November 2, 2006 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Thos Robinson/Getty Images for AFM) *** Local Caption *** Serj Tankian
    • System of a Down - SANTA MONICA, CA - NOVEMBER 02: Musician Serj Tankian from System of a Down (L) and director Carla Garapedian speak during the "Screamers" press conference at the American Film Market held in the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel on November 2, 2006 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Thos Robinson/Getty Images for AFM) *** Local Caption *** Serj Tankian;Carla Garapedian
    • System of a Down - SANTA MONICA, CA - NOVEMBER 02: Producer Peter McAlevey (L) and Musician John Dolmayan from System of a Down speak during the "Screamers" press conference at the American Film Market held in the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel on November 2, 2006 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Thos Robinson/Getty Images for AFM) *** Local Caption *** Peter McAlevey;John Dolmayan
    • System of a Down - SANTA MONICA, CA - NOVEMBER 02: (L-R) Producer Peter McAlevey, Musicians John Dolmayan and Serj Tankian of System of a Down, Director Carla Garapedian, Campaign Manager for the Save Darfur Coalition Ben Prochazka, and Armenian National Committee of America's Raffi Hamparian speak during the "Screamers" press conference at the American Film Market held in the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel on November 2, 2006 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Thos Robinson/Getty Images for AFM) *** Local Caption *** Peter McAlevey;Carla Garapedian;Ben Prochazka;Serj Tankian;John Dolmayan
    • System of a Down - SANTA MONICA, CA - NOVEMBER 02: Producer Peter McAlevey, Director Carla Garapedian, Campaign Manager for the Save Darfur Coalition Ben Prochazka, and Musicians Serj Tankian and John Dolmayan from System of a Down pose during the "Screamers" press conference at the American Film Market held in the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel on November 2, 2006 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Thos Robinson/Getty Images for AFM) *** Local Caption *** Peter McAlevey;Carla Garapedian;Ben Prochazka;Serj Tankian;John Dolmayan
    • System of a Down - WASHINGTON - APRIL 24: Lead singer for System of a Down Serj Tankian (R) attends a demonstration remembering the Armenian Genocide in front of the Turkish Embassy April 24, 2006, in Washington DC. The band, whose members are of Armenian heritage, joined several hundred Armenians in remembering the 1915 expulsion from Turkey of the the Armenian community during which time up to 1.5 million people are alleged to have been killed. (Photo by Joshua Roberts/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Serj Tankian
    • System of a Down - WASHINGTON - APRIL 24: Lead singer for System of a Down Serj Tankian (L) and drummer John Dolmayan attend a demonstration remembering the Armenian Genocide in front of the Turkish Embassy April 24, 2006, in Washington DC. The band, whose members are of Armenian heritage, joined several hundred Armenians in remembering the 1915 expulsion from Turkey of the the Armenian community during which time up to 1.5 million people are alleged to have been killed. (Photo by Joshua Roberts/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Serj Tankian;John Dolmayan
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    Like many late-'90s metal bands, System of a Down struck a balance between '80s underground thrash metal and metallic early-'90s alternative rockers like Jane's Addiction. Their dark, neo-gothic alternative metal earned a cult following in the wake of the popularity of such likeminded bands as Korn and the Deftones. Vocalist Serj Tankian, guitarist Daron Malakian, bassist Shavo Odadjian, and ...more
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