It’s crazy, because the funny part is that I had given my old-school big-ass video camera to one of the crew guys to record. Is this happening? Is it a dream? It really happened. Oh my goodness, bro, chills from head to toe - one of those amazing moments in life. Bro, right before “Snowblind”, Ozzy, Tony, Geezer and Bill walk onstage, and Ozzy sings with us and does it with us. We said the only way we’ll do it, Bill, is if you guys get out onstage and play with us. When you open for a band, you don’t play one of their songs.
Bill Ward goes, “We need you to play ‘Snowblind’.” We looked at each other like, “No man, that’s blasphemy!” So, we’re like these kids who can’t believe it, and all of a sudden Bill Ward comes in to our dressing room. So, to be in Birmingham with Black Sabbath was just out of control.
There hadn’t been Toxicity, nothing like that. And at the time we had covered a Black Sabbath song, “Snowblind”, and I remember being in the dressing room, and were young at this time. And they flew us in just to open for them in Birmingham. In 1999 or 2000, Black Sabbath was going to play their last show in Birmingham, their hometown. On his most memorable moment with System of a Down, who celebrate their 25th anniversary in 2019 But it takes a couple of good bands to come with some good albums, and some great tours and festivals to bring it back. It’s because of what’s out there saturating the industry. People who say “rock is dead,” it’s because of that. The industry is so oversaturated with these fly-by-night rappers who come in and come out. It just needs more creative bands busting their balls right now. On the recently announced 2019 Sonic Temple Festival featuring System of a Down, Foo Fighters and moreĭude, how could rock be dead with all those bands blasting in Ohio? Tell me that! Rock’s not dead. I don’t think we owe it to anyone, but it would be nice if we did that, because we’re capable of it. I’ve said, “We’ve gotta get this done,” and he’s like, “Yeah, I’d love to.” So, we all want to, and I think Serj is kind of doing his own thing, and I get it. I have so much more stuff that is ready to go out. I’ve brought stuff to Daron and we’ve worked it out. I just hope it happens sooner than later.
And, can I be honest with you? Between you and me and this world, and to the people who read this interview, we have material that tops everything we’ve done. I think it kind of started with us singing that “Kill Rock N’ Roll” song, and then it kind of happened. One-hundred percent! Bro, if it was up to me, we would have done that already. On whether it’s important for bands like System, Tool and Rammstein to release new albums to help bring rock back to the forefront of music It’s weird that we don’t have a new record, or many records, and it’s weird that we don’t go on world tours. When we see each other, we’re so happy and we’re cool. I spoke with Daron, and he was like, “Dude, I didn’t say those things, I said it this way.” Anyway, that kind of made someone else think something, and then that person had to tell their point of view. And I read that, too, and it wasn’t like him. Because one person did an interview, and I guess in the interview they paraphrased his words and it came off wrong. It was something that was really old, and they were just hashing it out. So, it’s like, 10 years later, something new came up, but it wasn’t really new. I’m not worried at all.Įverything that you heard over the summer, that they kind of brought into public, was stuff that was in the past. Nothing! Everything is just taste, and they just gotta get in and forget the past, and kind of move forward.
Nothing between us has happened that’s so terrible that people can’t get in the studio and work. Read Part 1 of our interview with Shavo Odadjian below: On whether System of a Down will eventually get together to record a new album The bassist also talks about the state of rock music, including System’s potential role in proving that rock is not dead, as well as the upcoming Sonic Temple festival and one of his most memorable moments in System of a Down, who celebrate 25 years as a band in 2019.
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