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Band: System of a Down

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 4:13 pm
by daniel robert chapman_Archive
Gramsci wrote:Although I don't listen to them they get a "Not Crap" from me, with a huge WF.

Reason: In a similar way to Green Day, they are a potential "Gateway Band", i.e. they could lead to some mall-rat moving on to better and more interesting things.


I could buy this view. My friend once did a project for a company he worked for about how they could market to teenagers. He interviewed a load of kids hanging around in town. Two kids stood out in the film: wearing metal gear and about fourteen years old, they were asked what they didn't like:

"The system!"
"Yeah, we're like, against the system, and that."
"We totally don't like the system, like - "
"SMASH THE SYSTEM!"

~pause~

"We like System Of A Down though."
"Yeah, System Of A Down, that's system's cool."


Crap, that just there was my waffle.

Band: System of a Down

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 11:09 pm
by hench_Archive
decent singles. draggy, filler-full albums. several of their songs would be enjoyable were it not for the sub-prepubescent lyrics...

"Gonorrhea gorgonzola
Gonorrhea gorgonzola
Single files of clean feedings"

"Everybody, everybody, everybody livin' now.
Everybody, everybody, everybody fucks.
Everybody, everybody, everybody livin' now.
Everybody, everybody, everybody sucks.

Everybody, everybody, everybody livin' now.
Everybody, everybody, everybody cries
Everybody, everybody, everybody livin' now.
Everybody, everybody, everybody dies.

It's a non-stop disco
Bet you it's Nabisco,
Bet you didn't know."


crap, but i like the singles.

Band: System of a Down

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 11:41 pm
by unarmedman_Archive
Wow. I'd like to take the opportunity to refer the above lyrics to this thread.

Band: System of a Down

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 12:08 pm
by Nico Adie_Archive
All research and successful drug policy shows that treatment should be increased and law enforcement decreased while abolishing mandatory minimum sentences.

Try turning that into a hook-line.

Crap with some waffles for the above.

Band: System of a Down

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 12:34 pm
by ubercat_Archive
I liked them better when they were called Biohazard.

Total ruthless, shameless, soul-sucking, unabashed rip-off crap.

Band: System of a Down

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 4:02 pm
by hogrot_Archive
not great, but not crap either.

Band: System of a Down

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 8:27 pm
by Paul Kemp_Archive
the_rekoner wrote:wasn't much into them until i saw them live. they were pretty fuckin good they all have pretty good voices too


That was how I felt. I couldn't care less about them and then someone dragged me to a show, and I saw the light. I'm a big fan now...

Band: System of a Down

Posted: Sun May 06, 2007 1:34 am
by pdc_heavy_Archive
Quiet crap, loud crap, quiet crap.

Band: System of a Down

Posted: Sun May 06, 2007 7:25 am
by Sly Bug_Archive
CRAP.

Band: System of a Down

Posted: Sun May 06, 2007 10:40 am
by sack of smashed assholes_Archive
crap.