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Daron Malakian (Armenian: Դարոն Մալաքյան; born July 18, 1975) is an American musician. He is the guitarist, songwriter, and second vocalist of the metal band System of a Down , and the lead vocalist, lead guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter of Scars on Broadway .
On April 16, 2018, Malakian announced the lead single from the second album would be released on April 23. [51] The band was re-branded as "Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway". [52] Regarding the change, Malakian stated, "Nobody quit [the band]. When I first started Scars, I always said that it would be different line-ups from album to album.
System of a Down is an Armenian-American heavy metal band formed in Glendale, California, in 1994.Since 1997, the band has consisted of founding members Serj Tankian (lead vocals, keyboards); Daron Malakian (guitar, vocals); Shavo Odadjian (bass, backing vocals); along with John Dolmayan (drums), who replaced original drummer Andy Khachaturian in 1997.
Mezmerize features guitarist Daron Malakian sharing most of the vocal work with vocalist Serj Tankian, splitting the vocals at least halfway on many of the tracks. Malakian wrote "Old School Hollywood" after playing in a celebrity baseball game for charity.
Serj Tankian was born in Beirut, Lebanon, on August 21, 1967 to Armenian parents Khachadour and Alice Tankian. [5] [6] [7] He traces his ancestry to the cities of Dörtyol, Kayseri, Tokat, and Urfa, all of which are in modern-day Turkey. [8]
Scars on Broadway is the debut studio album by Scars on Broadway, a band consisting of System of a Down members Daron Malakian and John Dolmayan. The album contains 15 tracks, all written by Malakian. The album opened at No. 17 on the Billboard 200 with 24,000 copies. [1] As of April 2010, the album has sold 83,000 copies in the US. [2]
The Independent gave the album 4 out of 5 stars, stating "With a dynamism and ferocity like few other releases so far this year, Dictator shines a light on Malakian's musical prowess: he performs all of the instruments on the record in addition to vocal duties, creating a shifting, immersive mood that delves into everything from straight-up thrash to early Eighties metal and signature, Middle ...
"Toxicity" is a song by the American heavy metal band System of a Down. It was released in 2001, as the second single from their second album of the same name.The song was written by band members Daron Malakian, Shavo Odadjian, and Serj Tankian.