The band recruited drummer Ontronik 'Andy' Khachaturian, an old school friend of Malakian and Odadjian who had played with Malakian in a band called Snowblind during their teens. Odadjian switched from guitar to bass and passed on his managerial duties to Velvet Hammer Music and Management Group and its founder David 'Beno' Benveniste. The word 'victims' was changed to 'system' because Odadjian believed that it would appeal to a much wider audience and also because the group wanted their records to be alphabetically shelved closer to their musical heroes, Slayer. The group took its name from a poem that Malakian had written titled 'Victims of a Down'. In 1994, after only one live show at the Roxy and one jam session recording, Hakopyan and Laranio left the band.Дemo tapes and signing (1994вЂ“1997) ДЄfter Soil split up, Tankian, Odadjian, and Malakian formed a new band, System of a Down. The band hired Shavo Odadjian (another Rose and Alex Pilibos alumnus) as manager, although he eventually joined Soil on second guitar. Helium) on guitar and Domingo 'Dingo' Laranio on drums. They formed a band named Soil with Tankian on vocals and keyboards, Malakian on vocals and bass, Dave Hakopyan (who later played in The Apex Theory/ Mt. Serj Tankian and Daron Malakian attended Rose and Alex Pilibos Armenian School as children, although due to their eight-year age difference they did not meet until 1992 while working on separate projects at the same recording studio.

2.3 Influences and comparison to other artists.

1.7 Artsakh benefit singles and possible sixth studio album (2020вЂ“present).

1.5 Mezmerize, Hypnotize, band hiatus and side projects (2004вЂ“2008).

The band has sold over 12 million records worldwide, while two of their singles ' Aerials' and ' Hypnotize' reached number one on Billboard 's Alternative Songs chart.ДЄll members of System of a Down are of Armenian descent, being born to Armenian immigrants or being immigrants themselves. Other than two new songs in 2020 (' Protect the Land' and ' Genocidal Humanoidz'), System of a Down has not released a full-length record since the Mezmerize and Hypnotize albums in 2005. The band went on hiatus in 2006 and reunited in 2010. System of a Down has been nominated for four Grammy Awards and their song ' B.Y.O.B.' won a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance in 2006. The band achieved commercial success with the release of five studio albums, three of which debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200.

It currently consists of Serj Tankian (lead vocals, keyboards) Daron Malakian (guitar, vocals) Shavo Odadjian (bass, backing vocals) and John Dolmayan (drums), who replaced original drummer Andy Khachaturian in 1997. System of a Down (also known as SoaD or simply System) is an Armenian-American heavy metal band formed in Glendale, California, in 1994.

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