Serj Tankian speaks out on “creative differences” in System Of A Down – says he’s “not thrilled about doing long tours”
09.05.2024 - 20:59
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Serj Tankian has opened up about the “creative differences” in System Of A Down, saying he’s “not thrilled about doing long tours”.Tankian sat down with actor Rainn Wilson in a new interview for the LiveSigning YouTube channel. The musician opened up about his collaboration process with his bandmate, guitarist/vocalist Daron Malakian.“Originally when we started System Of A Down, I was primarily a lyricist and he was primarily the musical songwriter.
Shavo [Odadjian, System Of A Down bassist] also brought in some riffs, to be fair, that he and I would work on. As time went by, I became a better instrumentalist, playing and composing, and [Daron] became a better lyricist, so we started bringing in more full songs ourselves, and then whatever we were lacking, the other would compensate.”He continued: “So, for example, if Daron brought in a song and he had a chorus idea that was sticking, that was working really well, I would write the verses, the middle eight part, maybe contribute an arrangement idea musically and whatnot, along with the rest of the band.
Same with my songs.“When I started bringing them in, they were a little more complete than originally, musically. And lyrically, they would pretty much be complete on my end as well.
But sometimes there would be an ask to kind of change thematically or this and that by any member of the band, really. So it was a process that developed and changed over time.”He then opened up about his forthcoming memoir Down With The System, sharing that it goes into “very detailed explanations of our relationships” and the origins of some of their tracks.“But one thing that I wanna clarify is, despite some of our creative differences, which has happened over the years, which is quite
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