Monday, November 24, 2008

Shavo Odadjian

Shavo Odadjian. The beard says it all. He is the bassist for System Of A Down. As a kid, he spent all of his time skateboarding and listening to punk rock and heavy metal music. KISS, Slayer, and Black Sabbath are some of his influences in music.

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Daron Malakian

Daron Malakian has the coolest voice I have ever heard. He can reach into the clouds with his pitch. He's the lead guitarist, songwriter, and sub-vocalist of System Of A Down. Since they broke up, he has become the lead singer and guitarist for Scars On Broadway. He placed 30 in Guitar World's List of "100 Greatest Heavey Metal Guitarists of All Time". He was born July 18, 1975, which, for those of you who aren't good at math, makes him 33 years old.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Serj Tankian

Ah, Serj. Lead singer for System Of A Down, super musician, and he looks SWEEEEET! He was born August 21, 1967 in Beirut, Lebanon. He's a singer, songwriter, poet, activist, and multi-instrumentalist. In System, he sang lead vocals, played rhythm guitar, and keyboard. In 2002, he co-founded a non-profit political activist organziation with Tom Morello, Axis of Justice. He plays tons of instruments, including: vocals, keyboards/piano, guitar, bass, synthesizer, drum machine, melodica, theremin. He is a tenor, which is the higher octave for male voices. He's signed to five labels: Serjical Strike, Reprise, American, Columbia, Axis of Justice.
In 1975, Serj and his family immigrated to Los Angeles, where he started his own software company beofre pursuing music.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

SYSTEM OF A DOWN!!!


System Of A Down is usually referred to as System or SOAD. They were formed in 1994 in Glendale, California, and they consist of: Serj Tankian (lead vocals/keyboard), Daron Malakian (vocals/guitar), Shavo Odadjian (bass), and John Dolmayan (drums). They were nominated for three Grammy's but only won one. They are very politically active and their songs tackle some pretty controversial subjects, such as: American Genocide, War on Drugs, religion, and censorship. In 2006, the band went on an "indefinite hiatus", which pretty much means they split up. :(. They are all working on individual projects and Serj Tankian already has a hit song, "Empty Walls". It is a good one.

Travis Miguel <3.

Travis Miguel. Why is there no information on you, Travis? What are you trying to hide? Well, I guess you're too special to have anything to say so, MOVING ON!!!!!

Marc McKnight

This is Marc McKnight. He is the bassist for Atreyu. He also does some backup vocals. Plus, HE'S A GINGER!!!!!!!! He joined Atreyu in 2003. There's not much more information on Marc. He's so mysterious. You rock, bro!

Dan Jacobs

This lovely man on the left is Dan Jacobs, guitarist extraordinaire. He has the sickest guitar I have ever seen in my life. I want it! I have a guitar (it's a BC Rich Warlock named Huey), but I can't play yet. I need new strings!!! :(.
Anyway, Dan Jacobs is 27 and has been playing guitar since he was fifteen. His nickname is "Big" Dan Jacobs because he's really short. That just makes him even cooler. When he was asked what he would be if he wasn't a musician he said, "A sushi chef. I love that flippity floppity floop." Hehe. He's so funny. XD. He says Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day inspired him to be a musician. I just happen to love Green Day, too. He's so amazing. We love you, Big Dan!