News Latest News from Ultimate-Guitar.Com. en-US Copyright 1998-2026 Ultimate-Guitar.Com. All rights reserved. https://fr.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php?artist=487 Thu, 30 Oct 2025 01:10:10 -0400 Sat, 20 Jul 2024 15:28:04 -0400 60 Ultimate-Guitar.Com https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/static/_img/logo_trans.png https://fr.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php?artist=487 144 44 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/we-had-to-go-back-to-our-own-corners-assess-things-serj-tankian-addresses-current-state-of-system-of-a-down https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/we-had-to-go-back-to-our-own-corners-assess-things-serj-tankian-addresses-current-state-of-system-of-a-down Actualités Musicales: "We're not selling widgets. We're artists, and we want to remain that way."]]> Thu, 30 Oct 2025 01:10:10 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/shavo-odadjian-reflects-on-soads-chop-suey-success-and-legacy-its-kind-of-a-like-a-generational-thing-like-a-classic-song https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/shavo-odadjian-reflects-on-soads-chop-suey-success-and-legacy-its-kind-of-a-like-a-generational-thing-like-a-classic-song Actualités Musicales: "It's been like a childhood thing for a lot of people who are older now, and they're still into it, and their kids get into it."]]> Sun, 28 Sep 2025 18:44:03 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/i-was-like-how-could-this-happen-daron-malakian-on-the-time-his-famous-gibson-got-stolen-in-broad-daylight--at-one-of-the-worlds-biggest-metal-festivals https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/i-was-like-how-could-this-happen-daron-malakian-on-the-time-his-famous-gibson-got-stolen-in-broad-daylight--at-one-of-the-worlds-biggest-metal-festivals Matériel: "I get it in the club days, but now we're, like, playing amphitheatres and we have all this security, and the venue security, and someone just walks out with my guitar."]]> Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:25:17 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/nobody-wanted-to-sign-us-because-we-didnt-sound-like-korn-or-limp-bizkit-daron-malakian-on-why-everyone-was-weirded-out-by-soad-and-how-they-changed https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/nobody-wanted-to-sign-us-because-we-didnt-sound-like-korn-or-limp-bizkit-daron-malakian-on-why-everyone-was-weirded-out-by-soad-and-how-they-changed Actualités Musicales: "People didn't get it at first, but we got it."]]> Tue, 02 Sep 2025 22:21:03 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/vocals-included-daron-malakian-says-he-wrote-90-to-95-percent-of-all-system-of-a-down-music https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/vocals-included-daron-malakian-says-he-wrote-90-to-95-percent-of-all-system-of-a-down-music Actualités Musicales: "You're not going to get System of a Down from anywhere else."]]> Sat, 30 Aug 2025 03:09:14 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/daron-malakian-reveals-what-rick-rubin-brings-to-the-table-as-a-producer-names-soad-song-rick-made-really-great https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/daron-malakian-reveals-what-rick-rubin-brings-to-the-table-as-a-producer-names-soad-song-rick-made-really-great Interviews: UG Exclusive: "I've only worked with one producer in my whole life, that's Rick Rubin."]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2025 14:14:31 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/daron-malakian-opens-up-on-amazing-nu-metal-scene-system-of-a-down-grew-up-in-nothings-happened-in-la-since-to-be-honest https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/daron-malakian-opens-up-on-amazing-nu-metal-scene-system-of-a-down-grew-up-in-nothings-happened-in-la-since-to-be-honest Actualités Musicales: "That's the scene that kind of revived LA and that, 'till this day, I think that was really the last rock and metal scene."]]> Sat, 16 Aug 2025 04:02:02 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/i-would-heckle-the-slayer-audience-daron-malakian-opens-up-on-what-it-was-really-like-to-tour-with-slayer https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/i-would-heckle-the-slayer-audience-daron-malakian-opens-up-on-what-it-was-really-like-to-tour-with-slayer Actualités Musicales: "You could be a great wrestler, that doesn't mean you're going to be great on the mic."]]> Sun, 10 Aug 2025 14:22:24 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/daron-malakian-recalls-radios-refusing-to-play-system-of-a-downs-hit-song-reveals-why-they-had-to-change-its-name https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/daron-malakian-recalls-radios-refusing-to-play-system-of-a-downs-hit-song-reveals-why-they-had-to-change-its-name Actualités Musicales: "I'm proud of the song because we've never done anything for mainstream, like to conform."]]> Sat, 02 Aug 2025 23:02:02 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/why-dont-you-tell-serj-john-dolmayan-speaks-up-on-secret-sauce-that-would-lead-to-new-system-of-a-down-album https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/why-dont-you-tell-serj-john-dolmayan-speaks-up-on-secret-sauce-that-would-lead-to-new-system-of-a-down-album Actualités Musicales: "What's the difference? But that olive branch says 'I care about your songs more than I care about my own."]]> Thu, 31 Jul 2025 03:02:01 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/where-do-you-pick-up-from-daron-malakian-reveals-what-p-ssed-him-off-about-soad-speaks-on-prospect-of-making-a-new-album https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/where-do-you-pick-up-from-daron-malakian-reveals-what-p-ssed-him-off-about-soad-speaks-on-prospect-of-making-a-new-album Actualités Musicales: "Well, we could do it, and it might even be good."]]> Thu, 17 Jul 2025 04:02:01 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/this-record-pushed-nu-metals-limits-but-triggered-a-band-fallout-that-still-lingers-20-years-later-178571 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/this-record-pushed-nu-metals-limits-but-triggered-a-band-fallout-that-still-lingers-20-years-later-178571 Caractéristiques: A Rick Rubin-produced masterpiece that exposed the tensions within an iconic group.]]> Mon, 19 May 2025 08:41:49 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/john-dolmayan-on-whether-something-is-cooking-in-system-of-a-down-kitchen-eventually-youre-not-gonna-be-hungry-anymore https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/john-dolmayan-on-whether-something-is-cooking-in-system-of-a-down-kitchen-eventually-youre-not-gonna-be-hungry-anymore Actualités Musicales: "If you know what you wanna eat and you look forward to that and you enjoy it, then you won't be hungry."]]> Sun, 04 May 2025 17:57:20 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/shavo-odadjian-speaks-up-on-infamous-brent-hinds-rumor-he-was-very-in-my-face https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/shavo-odadjian-speaks-up-on-infamous-brent-hinds-rumor-he-was-very-in-my-face Actualités Musicales: "I said, 'Check the *** cameras! I did nothing!'"]]> Fri, 11 Apr 2025 12:03:49 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/john-dolmayan-reveals-if-system-of-a-down-will-ever-reunite-properly-explains-bands-conflict-with-serj-tankian-the-more-crazy-he-got-and-into-it https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/john-dolmayan-reveals-if-system-of-a-down-will-ever-reunite-properly-explains-bands-conflict-with-serj-tankian-the-more-crazy-he-got-and-into-it Actualités Musicales: "The rest of the band and I too felt like it was just too much of our focus."]]> Mon, 07 Apr 2025 23:51:33 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/john-dolmayan-names-favorite-and-one-of-the-sloppiest-drummers-of-all-time-he-was-all-over-the-place https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/john-dolmayan-names-favorite-and-one-of-the-sloppiest-drummers-of-all-time-he-was-all-over-the-place Actualités Musicales: "He played drums the way a painter paints. It wasn't like- there was nothing formulaic about it."]]> Wed, 02 Apr 2025 18:02:02 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/he-was-irritating-me-i-was-mimicking-him-john-dolmayan-reveals-odd-way-soad-wrote-their-classic-song https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/he-was-irritating-me-i-was-mimicking-him-john-dolmayan-reveals-odd-way-soad-wrote-their-classic-song Actualités Musicales: "I didn't even think about it."]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2025 14:02:01 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/john-dolmayan-reveals-why-labels-and-radios-refused-to-support-them-recalls-rick-rubin-hearing-them-for-the-first-time https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/john-dolmayan-reveals-why-labels-and-radios-refused-to-support-them-recalls-rick-rubin-hearing-them-for-the-first-time Actualités Musicales: "We went from 'You'll never be played on this station' to 'You can't, you can't avoid us.'"]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2025 20:18:19 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/i-was-hit-in-the-face-by-a-bagel-and-lost-it-serj-tankian-speaks-on-problems-soad-faced-when-opening-for-slayer https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/i-was-hit-in-the-face-by-a-bagel-and-lost-it-serj-tankian-speaks-on-problems-soad-faced-when-opening-for-slayer Actualités Musicales: "Then I launched into an angry tirade and threatened to start kicking people's butts. When I finished, the venue went dead silent."]]> Tue, 28 Jan 2025 13:44:45 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/shavo-odadjian-speaks-up-on-soads-status-explains-why-theyre-reluctant-to-commit-to-touring https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/shavo-odadjian-speaks-up-on-soads-status-explains-why-theyre-reluctant-to-commit-to-touring Actualités Musicales: "I'm not saying it's not gonna happen; I'm not saying it is gonna happen."]]> Sun, 26 Jan 2025 14:45:37 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/nu_metal_became_cheesy_says_soads_shavo_odadjian_some_bands_ruined_that_cool_vibe.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/nu_metal_became_cheesy_says_soads_shavo_odadjian_some_bands_ruined_that_cool_vibe.html Actualités Musicales: "I don't wanna name 'em, but some cheesy bands came out."]]> Thu, 21 Nov 2024 13:22:26 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/soads_daron_malakian_names_album_that_took_slayers_style_and_made_it_heavier_it_mixed_technical_musicianship_with_aggression.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/soads_daron_malakian_names_album_that_took_slayers_style_and_made_it_heavier_it_mixed_technical_musicianship_with_aggression.html Actualités Musicales: "It was one of the first that really mixed this technical musicianship with the aggression."]]> Tue, 29 Oct 2024 21:05:12 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/john_dolmayan__shavo_odadjian_name_conditions_for_making_a_new_soad_album_its_been_built_up_too_much.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/john_dolmayan__shavo_odadjian_name_conditions_for_making_a_new_soad_album_its_been_built_up_too_much.html Actualités Musicales: "If we try to plan it, the anxiety involved with that will be too much. It'll splinter the band too much."]]> Tue, 22 Oct 2024 22:02:38 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/metal_wasnt_doing_so_well_soads_malakian_reveals_how_nu_metal_affected_the_genre_explains_why_it_started_to_lose_respect.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/metal_wasnt_doing_so_well_soads_malakian_reveals_how_nu_metal_affected_the_genre_explains_why_it_started_to_lose_respect.html Actualités Musicales: "When we first toured with Slayer, they weren't playing arenas."]]> Fri, 11 Oct 2024 21:00:04 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/shavo_odadjian_reveals_how_disconnect_in_soad_began_explains_current_relationship_between_members.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/shavo_odadjian_reveals_how_disconnect_in_soad_began_explains_current_relationship_between_members.html Actualités Musicales: "I think it's a shame that [a new album] is not happening because we can do so much."]]> Mon, 07 Oct 2024 22:33:20 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/is_system_of_a_down_still_together_shavo_odadjian_addresses_breakup_rumors.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/is_system_of_a_down_still_together_shavo_odadjian_addresses_breakup_rumors.html Actualités Musicales: "We're always gonna be friends no matter what."]]> Fri, 04 Oct 2024 17:21:44 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/this_system_of_a_down_hit_is_way_deeper_and_complicated_than_you_think_it_is-169236 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/this_system_of_a_down_hit_is_way_deeper_and_complicated_than_you_think_it_is-169236 Caractéristiques: It's way more than just a mishmash of wild lyrics and crazy riffs. ]]> Sat, 31 Aug 2024 17:25:08 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/we_didnt_get_a_good_reaction_shavo_odadjian_on_how_opening_for_slayer_affected_soad.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/we_didnt_get_a_good_reaction_shavo_odadjian_on_how_opening_for_slayer_affected_soad.html Actualités Musicales: "It was like heavy metal boot camp, you know?"]]> Mon, 26 Aug 2024 12:01:33 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/shavo_odadjian_addresses_relationship_between_soad_members_now_theyre_not_a_big_touring_band_anymore.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/shavo_odadjian_addresses_relationship_between_soad_members_now_theyre_not_a_big_touring_band_anymore.html Actualités Musicales: "I like what we're doing because we're all in agreement."]]> Fri, 23 Aug 2024 00:34:07 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/serj_tankian_explains_why_soad_shouldnt_change_members_despite_creative_differences_it_should_always_be_us_four.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/serj_tankian_explains_why_soad_shouldnt_change_members_despite_creative_differences_it_should_always_be_us_four.html Actualités Musicales: "No one can have the same exact thought process. And trying to negotiate all that where everyone is happy is really, really not easy."]]> Sat, 20 Jul 2024 15:28:04 -0400