Why? For numerous reasons.” These include feeling like the music the band was making was sounding redundant and repetitive, the wish for an equal cut of the money (“Daron controlling both the creative process and making the lion’s share of publishing not to mention wanting to be the only one to do press”) and the fact that he didn’t feel connected to the music on the Mezermize and Hypnotize LPs. “Everyone else wanted to continue at the same pace to tour and make records. “It is true that I and only I was responsible for the hiatus SOAD took in 2006,” he wrote. Tankian replied Thursday night with an exhaustive explanation of his feelings on the matter on Facebook. To be honest with you, Serj didn’t even want to make Mezmerize and Hypnotize.” So I feel like the whole experience of becoming the lead singer in a hugely successful band was different for him than my experience was for me. I’m the kid that grew up with Slayer and Kiss on my walls … Serj didn’t grow up feeling that way. “I don’t know if he has the same love for this kind of music as I do. “Serj was never really a heavy metal or a rock guy,” Malakian said. He’s since accepted that the group won’t be making an LP anytime soon so he’s releasing the songs.įlashback: Tina Turner Covers Dolly Parton, Kris Kristofferson on Debut Solo Album
Malakian, in an interview with Kerrang! (via Revolver), said he didn’t want to finger Tankian but that the singer is “totally set in his way of thinking.” The new Scars on Broadway LP, Dictator – out July 20th – contains songs Malakian had been shelving since 2012, a couple of years after System of a Down reactivated after a hiatus following its last two albums. Now the vocalist has posted a lengthy Facebook message that lifts the veil on what has stopped them. First, guitarist Daron Malakian – who is promoting an upcoming album by his side project Scars on Broadway – said in an interview that the group had to “beg” frontman Serj Tankian to make those two records since the singer felt like he was “out” at that time. The members of System of a Down are finally detailing why they haven’t issued any new music since 2005’s Mezmerize and Hypnotize albums after more than a decade of speculation.
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