i love system of the down

You forgot the part about being fed LIES FROM THE TABLE CLOTH!

Those dirty tables man, scary stuff. Why does nobody change the cloth after eating? Maybe we should ask James Hetfield.

I got back into them recently. Do you ever find a band that you love so much that you smother the life out of them? You read all the bios of the band members, you read interviews with them, you know the year every album was released and the entire track listing etc.? I don't give a shit about that kind of stuff for a lot of bands I listen to, but System of a Down was different for me.

I used to be kind of obsessed with them in grade school. I've never cared so much for one band in my life. Eventually I squeezed all the enjoyment I could get out of them so i gave up on them entirely for several years. I only come back to them recently, and really noticed how well put together their music is. The lyrics are very poetic and thought provoking. The musical style really fuels the imagination for the kind of visual they want to paint. And like Rage Against The Machine, they have a pretty awesome "shit is fucked up" kind of message to their albums. As an adult I'm noticing a much more profound message to their music now that I didn't completely understand in the past, and I love it.

I've never been in a band but I was always wondered how a group of people, each with their individual sets of values and beliefs come together and create interesting music together. With a lot of metal, it seems like its just a cool riff, a nice drumbeat, and some chaos-loving satan-worshipping lyrics rinsed and repeated a thousand times. These guys in System of a Down seemed really well in tune with one another about creating music where each song has a different story to tell or message to deliver. I don't even understand how a group can feel each other out so well and deliver a quality product.

I just like that you called them "System of the Down". Can't stand this group myself, but if you guys like it that's fine by me.

I remember having a slight System of a Down surge when mapping for TNT: Resistance. Really like the songs X, Toxicity and Aerials.

Probably because it's hell on the vocal chords when performing on the reg. Having said that I saw SOAD on 2 consecutive days and he sounded great live, the whole band does in fact. First show was a sideshow on a festival tour the night before the festival show. Small intimate venue called The Palace (RIP) in St Kilda, Melbourne. I loved that fucken show, but my only memory was walking to the speaker stack and putting my ear against it so I could feel the music running through my body. The next day was The Big Day Out festival held at the old Melbourne Showgrounds. I've seen some awesome performances there over the years, such as Metallica and the very first time that I heard Rammstein, what a spectacular stage show that was. On the day System played it was an afternoon time slot, hot sun and a gorgeous blue sky. At the end of one song, the band held a long note or some such and Serj spoke to us in the audience. He told us to look up to the sky, and was saying things like how good it is to be alive right now there and then, truly chilling awe inspiring stuff. Then they segued into Goodbye Blue Sky by Pink Floyd. I feel I got my money's worth those two days.

Great, my wife works with people who have Down syndrome, as well as people with a whole range of deficiencies, physical and mental. I'd say everyone of these people that I have personally met are gentler, kinder and better toilet trained than a lot of people I've come across in the Doom community.

The way certain members display their personality and "wit" it can be quite easy to infer from their posts their lack of integration in decent human society, which implies a lack of basic hygiene amongst other things. Also, if you've seen photos of some of the people who frequent the community, and add the amount of time that they spend online, you know that you wouldn't touch any of them with a ten foot barge pole. To be stereotypical here, nerds fucken stink.

BTW Trace, have you got something to say here about System of a Down or are you here to start making fun of Down syndrome people?