System Of A Down

Who all here on AF likes this band?? I think they're flippin awesome. I just downloaded a few songs off their new cd and love em!!!

you know what- I actually don't like them- they jst never really appealed to me I don't even know why :D

Awesome band, I like them because they are different from a lot of other bands out there right now, and they arent going to change to suit someone elses taste. I hope they come out with a new album in the next year.

They'd be great if the lead singer would STFU. Hmmmm... maybe get Zach de la Rocha to sub for him permanently?

Originally posted by ci5ic
They'd be great if the lead singer would STFU. Hmmmm... maybe get Zach de la Rocha to sub for him permanently?

What? Serj is god! :)

System is the greatest... their lyrics make a lot of sense if you really listen to em...

-Grendel

they're pretty good. Better on the cd then in concert though...the on etime i saw em live, i didnt think they were very good.

Originally posted by Grendel

their lyrics make a lot of sense if you really listen to em...


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No, they don't.

was never a big fan of System of a Downsyndrome...

Originally posted by Grendel
their lyrics make a lot of sense if you really listen to em...

-Grendel

I agree. The lead singers voice just sucks a goat ass.

i liked 2 of there songs but i mostly just listen to afi and nofx and a few other bands

Originally posted by TerryJoe
i liked 2 of there songs but i mostly just listen to afi and nofx and a few other bands

NOFX rawks... I'm listening to Heavy Petting Zoo right now... Earlier, I was listening to Poison Ivy (old-school ska) and Dropkick Murphy's (Irish punk band from boston).

kick ass i listen to Drop kick Murphy's as well but right now i am listenin
to my scaner the burgler alarm at sonice went off about 4 minutes ago lol

I never liked SOD... always thought they were too annoying/produced for my tastes. Different though, I'll give them that.

Originally posted by Oz


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No, they don't.

Yes they do... read the lyrics while listening to the songs... they will make sense...

I passed em off as some nutty bad the first time I heard them, but after a while I realized what they are actually talking about... At least I think I know... *shrugs*

-Grendel

Originally posted by Grendel


Yes they do... read the lyrics while listening to the songs... they will make sense...

I passed em off as some nutty bad the first time I heard them, but after a while I realized what they are actually talking about... At least I think I know... *shrugs*

-Grendel

Yeah, they've got alot to say, mostly political... reminds me of RATM which is why I suggested that Zach de la Rocha should take over hehehe

Originally posted by Oz


:huh:
No, they don't.

actually they do, i got lyric sheets and shit of them and they make more sence then when u r listening to them!

i like soad but i think they need to come out with a double cd, that would be awsome. there cds are always so short. i love the lyrics becuase they talk about some of the injustices that we overlook. like there song nuguns is realy out there. there lyrics do make sense but you have to make sense of their analogies to get the meaning of the song. i lie that bout them, they make you think...:p

I love system they are awesome and their lyrics are funny as hell and are true.

Originally posted by ci5ic
They'd be great if the lead singer would STFU. Hmmmm... maybe get Zach de la Rocha to sub for him permanently?

you my friend are on crack...

I love em not as much for the lyrics or singing, but the technical music part. ITs fooking awesome.

My girlfriend absolutley hates them. But she's an "indie" rocker or something. Basically she hates anything mainstream because the fact that it's mainstream. She doesn like bands lok SOD or Metallica because she says "the lyrics are sooooooo typical":huh: :huh: :huh: :huh:

ok.

Anyway, i think Serj's voice goes good with the music.

Originally posted by Steel
Anyway, i think Serj's voice goes good with the music.

I agree... Systems lyrics are like the gospel, and Serj is like the pastor :p

-Grendel

I bow down to soad.. ive bin the biggest fan for like 5 years and i cant get enough of the new cd. The lyrics are sooo deep and i like the slow songs like roulette and stuff just because it has a meaning. the new cd has alot of shit on it but also alot of stuff thats better than anything ive ever heard, i know that its just ur opinion but if u dont like soad then ur on somthing

BTW Serj is GOD!!!! how can u say he has a bad voice? he has so many different ranges

Originally posted by ci5ic
They'd be great if the lead singer would STFU. Hmmmm... maybe get Zach de la Rocha to sub for him permanently?

Thats about ignorant, if you listen to the way SOAD sounds, if you were to put ZDLR as the singer it wouldnt sound like SOAD at all. Besides, these guys are like family, all turks, all believe the same Idea, all make music for themselves. I wish RATM were still a band, I miss them, AudioSlave Sucks a big fat one.

Originally posted by ChopinPorkChop
BTW Serj is GOD!!!! how can u say he has a bad voice? he has so many different ranges

Hell yea man, The lyrics System comes up with are so awesome, but they wouldn't be half as powerful w/o Serj's voice...

If he started a cult today I would drop everything I was doing and join :p

-Grendel

Originally posted by Grendel


Hell yea man, The lyrics System comes up with are so awesome, but they wouldn't be half as powerful w/o Serj's voice...

If he started a cult today I would drop everything I was doing and join :p

-Grendel

me 2!

Originally posted by ChopinPorkChop
BTW Serj is GOD!!!! how can u say he has a bad voice? he has so many different ranges

yeah he is fukkin awsome at the highs man
and he can pull a wicked lows not too many singers can manipulate their vocal chords like he can

Serj Tankien= Awesome

:huh: Never heard of them

System fan right here. I voted HELL YEA, but my true opinion of them falls in between that and They're Ok. My only real problem with them is that they got just a little too big with Toxicity, and a band getting too big is sort of like the kiss of death. And, they did lose a little of the raw edge that they had on the first album. Unlike most of their newer fans, who were hooked by Chop Suey, I was hooked by Sugar a while back. The stuff off Toxicity is great, but it just doesn't rock the same way, IMO.

As for the vocals and lyrics, I have a good friend who also can't stand them either, merely because of Serj's voice. It just doesn't sit with some people. I also know someone who doesn't like their music, or metal in general, but likes System because of Serj's voice. For the record, I too love the dynamcs of his voice. And, if you really think the lyrics are typical or nonsense, then I can say from an almost objective perspective that you are simply not giving them enough of a chance.

As for the quality of the band's live performance, I have seen them twice now (Pledge of Allegiance, October 2001, Hartford Civic Center, and Ozz Fest, July 2002, Meadows Music Theater), and I assert that they are among the best in live performances of the genre today. From the consistency with their recorded tracks, to the solos they pull out for live shows, they do put on an entertaining set.
Originally posted by ci5ic


NOFX rawks... I'm listening to Heavy Petting Zoo right now... Earlier, I was listening to Poison Ivy (old-school ska) and Dropkick Murphy's (Irish punk band from boston). Wow. I'm impressed that some of you know Dropkick Murphy's. I'm not a big fan myself, but I have a friend who is. And the band, despite the fact that one of their posters makes a "cameo" in a Papa Roach video, is mostly underground.