![]() ![]() ![]() As long as we create an avenue for thought or discussion, we are happy.” Not just about the Armenian Genocide, but anything we discuss. We’re thankful for the number of fans that not only enjoy it, but kind of go deeper, transcend the world of music itself and go into a world of learning. You can’t judge how people will relate to your music or your art, you just have to let them enjoy it the way they want to. “I always relate it to food, like pizza, some people like it for the crust, some just for the cheese. “Everyone approaches music with their own kind of experience,” Tankian added. If we hit just one percent of the people at these shows, that could create a real groundswell and even if they only talk about it a few times, that information spreads.” There are going to be tons of people that come to these shows that could care less about the subject matter, they just want to dance around for two hours and hear ‘Sugar.’ That is fine. “You can make a profound statement without making a profound statement and people can read what they want out of it. “That’s the beautiful thing about art,” Dolmayan said. We are really happy to be doing it, so it is a big deal.” “We’ve been asked why we haven’t or when we are going to play in Armenian a million times, so this is a huge event for ourselves and for the country itself. “I, myself, have played Armenia a few times, but I can say that a lot of people have been waiting for System of a Down to play in Armenia for many, many years,” Tankian said. Wake Up the Souls only has the one stop in the U.S., but there was some strategic planning involved in plotting performances in the U.K., Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Russia and wrapping it all up with a free show on April 23 at Republic Square in Yerevan, Armenia, where SOAD will perform for the very first time. It’s not enough just to admit a crime, you have to gain justice from it so that in the future, people thinking of committing such atrocities, like Hitler did during World War II, are discouraged by it.” It’s about obtaining true justice from an atrocity like this. We have to continue to do that because it’s very important for the government of Turkey to recognize that historical past justly. “We’ve been told by our fans and people around the world that they found out about the genocide because of our actions and comments. “System has been involved in spreading that awareness since day one,” Tankian said during a recent phone interview. Since the genocide has yet to be acknowledged on a global level, the band has been instrumental in drawing attention to these atrocities and the push for that recognition, not only from the Turkish government, but more recently from the Obama Administration here in the U.S. The tour, which kicks off with a sold-out show at the Forum in Inglewood on Monday, is commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and calling for justice for the estimated 1 million to 1.5 million Armenians who died during the massacre and forced deportation by the Ottoman Empire starting in 1915.Īll of the band’s members – vocalist Serj Tankian, guitarist Daron Malakian, bassist Shavo Odadjian and drummer John Dolmayan – are of Armenian descent. ![]() Since the group announced its reunion in late 2010 after a four-year hiatus, the hard-hitting rock quartet, that initially formed in Los Angeles in the mid-‘90s, has embarked on a handful of smaller tours, but its upcoming Wake Up the Souls international jaunt has more of a direct purpose. System of a Down has never shied away from being politically outspoken. ![]()
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