ENGLISH PROJECT

JUAN CAMILO PERDOMO CARREO

DANIEL EDUARDO BARAJAS JARAMILLO
ANDRESJULIAN RUBIANO ALDANA

COLEGIO SALESIANO SAN MEDARDO

INGLES
NEIVA
2016

MUSIC BAND PROJECT: SYSTEM OF A DOWN

ENGLISH PROJECT

JUAN CAMILO PERDOMO CARREO

DANIEL EDUARDO BARAJAS JARAMILLO
ANDRESJULIAN RUBIANO ALDANA

JENIFFER SILVA CARDOZO

DOCENTE

COLEGIO SALESIANO SAN MEDARDO

INGLES
NEIVA
2016

SYSTEM OF A DOWN
History
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] They formed a band named Soil with Tankian on
vocals and keyboards, Malakian on vocals and guitar, Dave Hakopyan (who later played in The
Apex Theory/Mt. Helium) on bass and Domingo "Dingo" Laranio on drums. The band hired
Shavo Odadjian (another Rose and Alex Pilibos alumnus) as manager, although he eventually
joined Soil as rhythm guitarist. In 1994, after only one live show, and one jam session recording,
Hakopyan and Laranio left the band, feeling that it was not going anywhere.

The band's first official release of a professionally recorded song was on a collection called Hye
Enk, an Armenian Genocide recognition compilation, in 1997. Soon after playing at notable
Hollywood clubs such as the Whisky-A-Go-Go and Viper Room the band caught famed
producer Rick Rubin's attention who asked them to keep in touch with him. Showing great interest,
the group recorded Demo Tape 4 near the end of 1997. Unlike the previous demo tapes,
however, Demo Tape 4 was made only to be sent to record companies (although it has since been
leaked onto the internet). Rubin signed the group onto his American/Columbia Records, and
System of a Down began to record in Rubin's studio with engineer Sylvia Massy, laying down
tracks that would eventually be released on their debut album.

Also in 1997, the group won the Best Signed Band Award from the Rock City Awards.

REUNION AND TOURING

On November 29, 2010, following several weeks of Internet rumors, System of a Down officially
announced that they would be reuniting for a string of large European festival dates in June
2011. Among
the
announced
tour
dates
included
UK's Download
Festival,
Switzerland's Greenfield Festival, Germany's Rock am Ring/Rock in Park, Sweden's Metaltown,

Austria's Nova Rock Festival and Finland's Provinssirock. The reunion tour commenced on May
10, 2011 in Edmonton, Alberta. System's first tour through Mexico and South America began on
September 28, 2011 in Mexico City, ending in Santiago (Chile) on October 7, 2011. From late
February to early March 2012, they headlined five dates at Soundwave festival. This was the
band's first visit to Australia since 2005. The band have continued playing around the world. On
August 11 and 12, 2012, they played the Heavy MTL and Heavy T.O. music festivals in Montreal
and Toronto, respectively. In August 2013 System of a Down played at the UK's Reading and
Leeds Festivals, among other festivals and venues that year.

System of a Down played their only 2013 US performance at the Hollywood Bowl on July 29;
tickets sold out hours after going on sale on March 22.

On November 23, 2014, System of a Down announced the Wake up the Souls Tour to
commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. The tour included a free concert
in Republic Square in Yerevan, Armenia on April 23, 2015, their first show in the country.

MEMBERS
Current Members
Serj Tankian lead vocals, keyboards and occasional guitar (1994present)
Daron Malakian guitar, vocals (1994present)
Shavo Odadjian bass, backing vocals (1994present)
John Dolmayan drums (1997present)

Former members
Andy Khachaturian drums (19941997)

Occasional contributors
Arto Tunboyacyan percussion, composition (on Toxicity: "Science" and
"ATWA". Steal This Album!: "Bubbles" and some live concerts in 2005)

BIOGRAPHY
Serj Tankian
Born August 21, 1967. Is a Lebanese-born American singer-songwriter, composer, multiinstrumentalist, record producer, poet, and political activist. He is best known as the lead vocalist,
songwriter, keyboardist and occasional live rhythm guitarist of the rock band System of a Down,
formed in 1994 by four Armenian-American friends.

During his musical career, Tankian has released five albums with System of a Down, one
with Arto Tunboyacyan (Serart), as well as the five solo albums Elect the Dead, Imperfect
Harmonies, Harakiri, Orca, and Jazz-Iz-Christ. A live orchestral version of Elect the Dead
incorporating the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra named Elect the Dead Symphony was
released. In 2002, Tankian and Rage Against the Machine/Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello cofounded a non-profit political activist organization, Axis of Justice. Tankian also founded the
music label Serjical Strike Records, and is represented by Velvet Hammer Music and Management
Group under System of a Down. On August 12, 2011, Tankian was awarded the Armenian Prime
Minister's Medal for his contributions to the recognition of the Armenian Genocide and the
advancement of music. He is widely considered and ranked as one of the greatest vocalists in
metal history, with praise given to his unusual delivery and his wide vocal range. Serj Tankian is
currently listed as one of the Top 100 Heavy Metal Vocalists by Hit Parader, ranked at #26. A
study conducted by VVN Music found Tankian to possess one of the highest and most diverse
vocal ranges, not only in metal, but in all of popular music, with a range of 4.2 octaves.

Daron Vartan Malakian

Daron Vartan Malakian was born on July 18, 1975, in Hollywood, the only child to Vartan and
Zepur Malakian, immigrants originally from Iraq and Iran respectively. Vartan Malakian is a

painter, dancer, and choreographer and Zepur Malakian is a sculptor who used to instruct collegelevel sculpture. At a very early age, Malakian got into heavy metal music; his distant cousin played
him a Kiss record when he was four years old.

He is best known as the guitarist, songwriter and second vocalist of the rock band System of a
Down and as the lead vocalist, lead guitarist and songwriter of the band Scars on Broadway. Like
the rest of the Hollywood-based band System of a Down, he is of Armenian ancestry, but he is the
only member to actually have been born in the United States. Daron Malakian is known for his
distinctive playing and is ranked 40th in Loudwire's list of Top 50 Hard Rock + Metal Guitarists
Of All Time and #11 in Music Radar's poll, The 20 Greatest Metal Guitarists Ever. He is placed
30th in Guitar World's List of The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists of All Time.

GENRES

Alternative Metal
Nu Metal
Hard Rock
Progressive Metal
Thrash Metal

DISCOGRAPHY
They have released five studio albums, 16 singles, and 11music videos. By the end of 1997, the
group had signed to American Recordings, then distributed as Columbia Records. The following
year, they released their eponymous debut album, which peaked at #124 on the United
States' Billboard 200and #103 on the United Kingdom's UK Albums Chart;[1][2] it was certified
platinum two years later by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and gold
by Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA).

Their eponymous debut album produced a single for the song "Sugar", which reached the top 30
on the Billboard mainstream rock songs and alternative songs charts. Their follow-up
album, Toxicity (2001), topped the US and Canadian charts, and also reached the top 10 in
Australia, Finland, and New Zealand. The album was certified triple platinum in its home country
and triple platinum in Australia by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), as well
as double platinum by CRIA in Canada. Toxicity produced singles for the title track, "Chop
Suey!", and "Aerials". The last of these peaked at number one on the Billboard Mainstream Rock
Songs and Alternative Songs charts.

ALBUMS

System of a Down (1998)

Toxicidad (2001)
Steal This Album! (2002)
Mezmerize (2005)
Hypnotize (2005)

AWARDS

Ao

Trabajo
Nominado

Premio

Resultado

2002

Chop Suey!

Mejor Interpretacin de Metal

Nominado

2003

Aerials

Mejor Interpretacin de Hard Rock

Nominado

2005

Mejor artista alternativo en los Europe Music

Awards
Ganador

2006

Question!

Premio MTV Good Woodie Award Por Su Cancin

2006

B.Y.O.B.

Mejor Interpretacin de Hard Rock

Ganador

2007

Lonely Day

Mejor Interpretacin de Hard Rock

Nominado

Ganador