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Song Of The Day – Scars On Broadway (They Say)

I’ve been a fan of System of Down since their self-titled album was released in the late 90’s. I think that Serj Tankian is one of the smartest guys I’ve ever had the chance to talk to and his music should stand up years from now. Daron Malakian and John Dolmayan from SOAD, have a new side-project titled, “Scars On Broadway.” Malakian did a lot of singing on SOAD’s “Mezmerize” and “Hypnotize,” so if you are a fan of those albums, you should love Scars on Broadway.

Scars on Broadway’s self-titled debut album was released at the end of July. SOAD’s bassist, Shavo Odadjian, was supposed to be in this side-project initially, but due to reasons unknown, he is not in Scars. Malakian has said in past interviews that Scars will be more song-based rock works, leaning towards classic rock. I can’t confirm nor deny this, but from what I’ve heard from the album so far, it sounds eerily like a bastard son of the Mezmerize/Hypnotize albums. I like what they are doing and I hope Scars, Serj, and even Shavo have future albums while they are working on SOAD albums.

Here is the first video from Scars On Broadway, “They Say.”

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Song Of The Day – Serj Tankian (Sky Is Over)


I have had the opportunity to talk with Serj Tankian on a couple of occasions. I had a music website for a few years and Serj was probably the most affluent speaker that I interviewed. He was so knowledgeable about world politics. He was very passionate about having the U.S. acknowledge the Armenian Genocide, in which a large number of people of Armenian descent were killed in Turkey around World War II. He lost people in his family and many of Armenians here in the U.S. do no know anyone in their family older than their own parents.

I admit that one of my interviews with Serj was never released online. I was so busy with college that I used one of the interviews strictly for a journalism assignment. I figured that I had connections and I wanted a good grade, so I called in a few favors and interviewed Serj for an assignment. He had a System Of A Down album set to release and was doing rounds of interviews. I ended up with an ‘A’ on the article, still not sure if my professor ended up buying System Of A Down – “Toxicity.” She should have, it was probably the best rock album released that year.

The song of the day is Serj Tankian’s “Sky Is Over.” The video is pretty cool, plus it has a political theme about everyday civilization being over as we know it.

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