CHOP SUEY SONG FREE

The free parking lot show they held in Hollywood had roughly three times the amount than planned for and ended in a riot that was on the local news before the show could even begin.

It was like Led Zeppelin in an era of extreme paranoia and tragedy, some mighty music that could have been coming from the Middle Earth instead of the Middle East for all we knew.Īt this point System were already huge. They have songs about the US prison system, mass incarceration, the CIA, climate change, police brutality, the War on Drugs, reductionism, globalization…sometimes without the use of metaphors (see album opener “Prison Song”). Toxicity went number one on the Billboard 200, stayed there the week of 9/11, and continued to receive airplay in the years following despite its heavy political themes & abrasive presentation.Īlong with Rage Against the Machine, System’s affinity for social issues and dying mission to critique the powerful created a soundtrack to get behind in the era of Cheney/Bush. Their gift for melody and the charisma & range of principal songwriters Daron Malakian and Serj Tankian as well as the ferocious rhythm section of Shavo Odadjian and John Dolmayan transcended SOAD to the early 2000’s mainstream. Their advertent political messaging, bare it all emotion, and style clash of thrash, doom, jazz, prog, folk, and traditional style of Greek and Armenian music differentiated their music from the shlock nu metal that gravitated towards culturally appropriated house party rap SOAD were far more invested in the fundamentals. With their smash sophomore Toxicity landing one week from 9/11 and “Chop Suey” hitting airwaves three weeks before, System of a Down could not have come at a better time. What the hell happened? How did an Armenian metal band from L.A., who were shelved close to aggressive acts like P.O.D., Papa Roach, and Korn, with a singer who sounded like Pavarotti did three lines of meth and had to sing a dissertation on mass injustice, took over radio rock in the last great era of bands.

Ask someone ten years ago to describe “Chop Suey!” and they would likely refer to it as SOAD’s signature song with over a billion views on YouTube and nearly 700 million streams on Spotify (greater than any single Metallica song and bigger than the two most popular Slipknot songs combined) the song is now frequently described as the most well known heavy metal song of all time. The frenetic morning routine of the opening and chorus of “When angels deserve to die” have been pummeled into the lexicon through both rendition and meme. Talking about the band, System Of A Down, even though it has been a long time that the band released a new album, they have been performing in many concerts and reels in hundreds of streams throughout the year.On August 13, 2001, System of a Down released “Chop Suey.” Over the past twenty years, the song has been catapulted into the mainstream lexicon unlike few metal songs have. The track was performed by the 8-year-old Taylor Campbell while some teenage musicians back her up in the background. Now, the Armenian-American rock band's track Chop Suey has been re-written with more 'Jesus-friendly' lyrics by a Christian worship cover band which is formed by children and is front lined by an 8-year-old girl.Īlso Read: Top Chinese Foods That Indians Have Loved And Cannot Do Without Chop Suey gets re-written by a Christian worship bandĪlong with the support of the O'Keefe Foundation, the five-piece Christian rock band has re-written the song Chop Suey with adding lyrics such as 'Wake Up', 'I Praise The Lord With Every Breath I Take Up', 'Forgive The Sins, I Know I Gotta Make Up', 'Like Stealing All The Cookies In The Table' and 'I Try My Best To Do So As I'm Able.' Apart from this, O'Keefe Foundation's YouTube channel consists of many Christian renditions of metal tracks from popular troupes like Pantera, Metallica and White Zombie. While Sasami and Soccer Mommy have also organized a cover of the track ' Toxicity' for their single series.

The lead singer of the band Serj Tankian is all geared up for his documentary on music and activism. Even though the band, System Of A Down may have not released an album for the past 15 years, they have still managed to stay put in the news circuit.

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