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SYSTEM OF A DOWN'S SHAVO ODADJIAN WOULD 'TAKE BULLETS FOR ANY ONE OF' HIS BANDMATES
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Feb 10 2015
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SYSTEM OF A DOWN bassist Shavo Odadjian has confirmed that the band
is planning to release new material either later this year or in
2016. He told BackstageAxxess.com at last month's NAMM show in Anaheim,
California: "We're always working. [But] I don't wanna give you a time
[frame for the release of new music], because I don't wanna be false.
But when it's ready, people will hear it."
Shavo also spoke about SYSTEM OF A DOWN's relative reluctance to take
part in any large-scale touring. He said: "I would love to play. [But]
the band is made of four members -- our band -- and we're all artists,
and we all have lives. I got married, [and] I have two kids."
He continued: "We've been around for 20 years, so you have to sometimes
go away and come back with all this new energy and all this new
influence and inspiration. So that's what we did.
"Everyone thought we broke up, but we didn't. All we did was gain oomph
and gain experience and love each other more and miss each other..."
Shavo added: "We're brothers. I'll take bullets for any one of
those guys."
SYSTEM OF DOWN singer Serj Tankian said in a recent interview with
RollingStone.com that "there has been talk" of the band recording a
new album. Tankian explained, "We are going to play this (upcoming
U.S.) tour, come back and we're going to see where we are... The
openness is there to work together, but we haven't made any particular
plans that we can announce."
Tankian added that a new record depends on whether he and guitarist
Daron Malakian have "songs that work for SYSTEM," saying, "I have a
few that could apply, but I'm not sure until the time comes where I
can actually play them for the guys and see if it's something that
vibes off them."
Although the band has been vague for years about its status and
internal relationships, drummer John Dolmayan told The Pulse Of Radio
a while back that the members of SYSTEM have always been friends. "I
think a part of it is people like drama, you know," he said. "They
look for it, and they want drama involved, they want SYSTEM to have
problems. There's a lot of haters out there, let's face it, and as
much as the fans really want the band to get together just so that
they can see and enjoy the music again, there's also just as many
people that would like to see us not getting along and, you know,
no hope of reuniting."
Nevertheless, Dolmayan did hint last year at personal problems within
the group. "You know, there's still some drama from the past that
we've got to figure out, and the funny thing is that we get onstage,
we have a great time," he said. "The last couple of tours have probably
been the most fun we've ever had, but I'm a very honest guy.
You know, there's problems in this band. But they're problems that
can be figured out and we're in the process of doing that. We probably
would have been in the studio making an album already, but for personal
reasons, one of our members cant be in the studio right now.
It's a positive thing, but that's all I can say on that right now."
Tankian, who released a number of solo albums and has been the most
musically active member of the band, said that at the moment he's
working on a film score. He revealed, "It's actually a really cool
score, and it's for a film based on, again, the (Armenian) genocide.
That's all I'm dealing with right now. It's called '1915'... It deals
with denial and the psychological impacts of a genocide rather than
the physical aspects of it."
SYSTEM OF A DOWN last released new music in 2005 with the "Mezmerize"
and "Hypnotize" albums, but started to tour again in 2011.
The band will play in Los Angeles on April 6 before launching a string
of European dates on April 10 in London.
The tour commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide
and will conclude on April 23 with SYSTEM OF A DOWN's first-ever
performance in their homeland of Armenia, in the city of Yerevan.
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BLABBERMOUTH.NET
Feb 10 2015
`
SYSTEM OF A DOWN bassist Shavo Odadjian has confirmed that the band
is planning to release new material either later this year or in
2016. He told BackstageAxxess.com at last month's NAMM show in Anaheim,
California: "We're always working. [But] I don't wanna give you a time
[frame for the release of new music], because I don't wanna be false.
But when it's ready, people will hear it."
Shavo also spoke about SYSTEM OF A DOWN's relative reluctance to take
part in any large-scale touring. He said: "I would love to play. [But]
the band is made of four members -- our band -- and we're all artists,
and we all have lives. I got married, [and] I have two kids."
He continued: "We've been around for 20 years, so you have to sometimes
go away and come back with all this new energy and all this new
influence and inspiration. So that's what we did.
"Everyone thought we broke up, but we didn't. All we did was gain oomph
and gain experience and love each other more and miss each other..."
Shavo added: "We're brothers. I'll take bullets for any one of
those guys."
SYSTEM OF DOWN singer Serj Tankian said in a recent interview with
RollingStone.com that "there has been talk" of the band recording a
new album. Tankian explained, "We are going to play this (upcoming
U.S.) tour, come back and we're going to see where we are... The
openness is there to work together, but we haven't made any particular
plans that we can announce."
Tankian added that a new record depends on whether he and guitarist
Daron Malakian have "songs that work for SYSTEM," saying, "I have a
few that could apply, but I'm not sure until the time comes where I
can actually play them for the guys and see if it's something that
vibes off them."
Although the band has been vague for years about its status and
internal relationships, drummer John Dolmayan told The Pulse Of Radio
a while back that the members of SYSTEM have always been friends. "I
think a part of it is people like drama, you know," he said. "They
look for it, and they want drama involved, they want SYSTEM to have
problems. There's a lot of haters out there, let's face it, and as
much as the fans really want the band to get together just so that
they can see and enjoy the music again, there's also just as many
people that would like to see us not getting along and, you know,
no hope of reuniting."
Nevertheless, Dolmayan did hint last year at personal problems within
the group. "You know, there's still some drama from the past that
we've got to figure out, and the funny thing is that we get onstage,
we have a great time," he said. "The last couple of tours have probably
been the most fun we've ever had, but I'm a very honest guy.
You know, there's problems in this band. But they're problems that
can be figured out and we're in the process of doing that. We probably
would have been in the studio making an album already, but for personal
reasons, one of our members cant be in the studio right now.
It's a positive thing, but that's all I can say on that right now."
Tankian, who released a number of solo albums and has been the most
musically active member of the band, said that at the moment he's
working on a film score. He revealed, "It's actually a really cool
score, and it's for a film based on, again, the (Armenian) genocide.
That's all I'm dealing with right now. It's called '1915'... It deals
with denial and the psychological impacts of a genocide rather than
the physical aspects of it."
SYSTEM OF A DOWN last released new music in 2005 with the "Mezmerize"
and "Hypnotize" albums, but started to tour again in 2011.
The band will play in Los Angeles on April 6 before launching a string
of European dates on April 10 in London.
The tour commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide
and will conclude on April 23 with SYSTEM OF A DOWN's first-ever
performance in their homeland of Armenia, in the city of Yerevan.
http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/system-of-a-downs-shavo-odadjian-would-take-bullets-for-any-one-of-his-bandmates/