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"I think the whole world felt some relief that Trump was gone"Serj Tankian has spoken of Donald Trump‘s departure from the White House, saying that “the whole world felt some relief” following president Joe Biden‘s victory. The System Of A Down frontman, who released his solo EP ‘Elasticity’ last month, was asked about his past criticism of Trump in a new interview with NME, and whether he felt more hopeful about Biden’s presidency. “The word is relieved, more than hopeful. The US president has way too much power in terms of Foreign Affairs, so it affects the rest of the...

One professional rocker has been continuing his social media crusade against Black Lives Matter and, despite his bandmates’ more liberal leanings, has refused to back off of his support for law enforcement. Metal and hard rock music outlet Loudwire reported on “System of a Down” drummer John Dolmayan’s brave pro-police support. The musician posted a photo of an NYPD uniform patch to his Instagram account on July 24 and captioned the social media post with pro-”Blue Lives” sentiment. He wrote, “Very proud to have received this gift and will always support the men and women who put their lives on...

Last night, The Stiletto went to see "Screamers," a powerful and moving documentary that asks why genocides keep occurring – from the 1915-1917 near-annihilation of Armenians by Ottoman Turks (warning: graphic images) to today’s ethnic cleansing in Darfur. You can watch the trailer here.The title of the documentary is meant to refer to those who don’t silently stand by as genocides are unfolding, notably Harvard Professor Samantha Power, author of "A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide" (2002). Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, assassinated 10 days ago in Istanbul by a Turkish nationalist sympathizer, is also interviewed.The film...

January 26, 2007 -- SO I went to this metal concert, and it turned out to be a lesson about the Armenian genocide of 1915. Color me stoked! "Screamers," one of the most bizarre documentaries you'll ever not see, follows the hopelessly generic rock band System of a Down on tour as they wag their goatees over their signature issue: recognition that the Turks committed genocide in their slaughter of the Armenians in 1915.

I was just watching Saturday Night Live with musical guest System of a Down, and noticing that they obviously had a "profanity delay" up and running. Unfortunately they missed a very pronounced, shouted "F*** YOU" at the end of their song. Nice work.

I had the TV on while getting ready to leave for work, when I saw MTV was playing a video by a band named System Of A Down. I don't particularly like them, but this time they caught my eye. It showed camcorder-sytle "man on the street" video clips of the protests (and the band participating in said protests), complete with all kinds of anti-war progaganda. I couldn't understand all the lyrics, so I looked them up and now post them here so y'all can be as outraged as I am. The song is called BOOM: ------------------------------------------------- I'm walking through...