1996 Serj looks like the early concept art for 2005 Serj

@d1mitrio

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao you're freaking right

@prodbystarboy

2 жыл бұрын

@@d1mitrio he also resembles Our Lord And Saviour JESUS CHRIST

@elemental1874

Жыл бұрын

I’m just randomly scrolling through whatever comes up, and this has to be the best comment I’ve ever read

@leonidasneves7972

Жыл бұрын

Yep, the only difference is his way heavier vocals

@jacxpuma

9 ай бұрын

Looks like a mix of Serj's beard in 2002 and his hair from 2005

This is the most mysterious SOAD era

@TheLarryburns84

2 жыл бұрын

this, a few photos and their demos is about all we have from this era. Shavo has their first ever gig on video but the only clips that we've seen were in an interview and he was talking over them ..

@thanasismatzi8540

2 жыл бұрын

This along with 2003-2004

@oui2611

Жыл бұрын

@@thanasismatzi8540 well they only played like 4 shows from 2003 to 2004 and there's full video of 2 of them, reading 2003, and souls 2004. its not really very mysterious. 1995 to 1996 theres barely any footage of what they looked and sounded like and they played a handful of shows back then.

@jacxpuma

7 ай бұрын

​@@oui26112002 has many unknown concerts

This is gold!! Thank so much everyone for making it happen and released this to us!!!

@lefteris1243

6 жыл бұрын

ObeyYourSysteM Παντου εισαι ρε τρελε👊👊

@NeonOpan

6 жыл бұрын

LIT AF🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥I remember these days

@leonardorivas9465

4 жыл бұрын

ObeyYourSysteM The bests

@AaronOnTopFr

3 жыл бұрын

Hey i saw your videos of the livestream

@eduardodasilva455

2 жыл бұрын

@@NeonOpan Aham, claro q tu lembra

17:00. Serj: close your eyes. close your eyes. CLOSE YOUR EYES. chick in audience: CLOSE YOUR F*CKIN EYES. gotta love SOAD audience interactions

4:17 damn Serj going straight death metal, love it

@NotFuzion

2 жыл бұрын

He Did Do A Walrus Scream With This One

@joemusolf6657

Жыл бұрын

As a fan of death metal I gotta say Serj has a good growl. Would be cool to hear SOAD write a full death metal song.

OMG I JUST REALIZED THIS IS A SHOW WITH THEIR OLD DRUMMER

@gegart01

5 жыл бұрын

Really? Andranik Khachaturyan? aka Ontronik

@alruiz1989

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah i was listening to the first song and i automatically knew it wasn’t John on the drums lol. John hits harder and is way more intricate. Still a badass live show

@featheryfemme

5 жыл бұрын

@@alruiz1989 Yeah, Andy is a great drummer, don't get me wrong, but John's just more fitting for SOAD. Andy makes it more like mid-late 80's death metal-y. SOAD had gotten their 'sound' when John joined.

@antokay5530

5 жыл бұрын

I’m sorry but the groove Andy brought to the set John doesn’t have.

@chunkyryan5233

4 жыл бұрын

i really like the heavy-ness of John's drums and think I favor it more

live audio with no john is very rare wow

@aydindagdeviren101

5 жыл бұрын

@Amanze The Xzyro he left the band after an Injury and John replaced him

@Polyinstrumentalism

3 жыл бұрын

@@aydindagdeviren101 I met them on the tour with Slayer when the s/t album was released and had them sign an old Circus mag from years prior that had reviewed their first demo tape. I don't remember the exact comments that were made, but I got the impression that there was some less-than-warm feelings held towards Andy and his presence and/or departure from the band at that time. His drumming sounds really good on this show here though.

@TwelfthQuotient

2 жыл бұрын

@@drfaustus2964"uh hello"

@johnmarston1158

Жыл бұрын

@@aydindagdeviren101 shavo said Andy was supposed to be temporary gone just so his hand could heal up but doctors said it would take a year plus Rick was already talking about producing them so after discussion they brought john in fully

@XtremeKillah101

7 ай бұрын

If you think about it Andy wrote all drums for the first album. He helped shape the soad sound into what it is now and without him the band wouldn’t be where it is now

4:39 WHY THE FU- oh right, that wasn't written in yet.

@LoLiTRiNX

6 жыл бұрын

So frustrating haha

@khangbui446

6 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaa 😂😂😂

@kolbyclements2755

5 жыл бұрын

I was waiting so hard 🤣

@ArthasTLK01

5 жыл бұрын

That gave me anxiety

@soadr6908

3 жыл бұрын

As i read this it happend!

Wow this is probably the rarest thing Ive seen in the past few months

@ZombieRoca

6 жыл бұрын

Welcome back ;)

@lordkane9940

6 жыл бұрын

Hello Peter

@5ksubswithnovideoschalleng497

4 жыл бұрын

Everywhere I go, I see his face

@tzctlpc

3 жыл бұрын

@@5ksubswithnovideoschalleng497 sam with me

@leonidasneves7972

Жыл бұрын

@@ZombieRoca i knew u would be here

WOW, This is why they just got famous, their earlier concerts where sick.

@rpeet687

6 жыл бұрын

No kidding, this sounds so crisp

Serj's voice is so amazing in this clip.

@thefakeericmitchell6028

5 жыл бұрын

Recording*

@leonidasneves7972

Жыл бұрын

Was*

4:54 "It would be nice if i can hear my guitar on stage too" lol

@regularshow960

5 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of lowlands 2001 when his guitar wasn't working xd his guitars just don't behave on stages do they

@AlexisRanae

7 ай бұрын

@@regularshow960bad bad guitar lol

Serj with a full beard. Hell yeah

Now this is rare! one of the few shows where the show does not end with sugar as well haha,

@upmarketcrayon

6 жыл бұрын

That's not always a bad thing ending with sugar gets old for me

@olofh1

6 жыл бұрын

Ben Lawrence it’s certainly not a bad thing, just that is what we are used to right?

@BrokenGodEnt

6 жыл бұрын

I've seen them end with toxicity a couple times too

Set List Fixed Up: Intro 0:03 Soil 1:46 Know 5:08 War? 8:20 Temper 11:21 Honey 14:30 PeepHole 17:19 Sugar 21:13 36 24:07 The Metro 25:08 Suite-Pee 28:21 Thanks For Sharing Man!!!!!

@systemofafox6487

5 жыл бұрын

So they knew 36 would always be their 36th album song?

@TheFriendlyBola

4 жыл бұрын

@@systemofafox6487 no. It was just called 36

@hawleybarrows2357

4 жыл бұрын

Mr Hprv3 it was meant as .36 like a gun

@fedora997

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheFriendlyBola 36 Is their 36th studio album song.That's what he meant

@ewangoodwin1127

3 жыл бұрын

@@systemofafox6487 it was originally called your own pace

I remember being at Ozzfest 1999 and kept seeing System Of A Down t-shirts everywhere, they played earlier in the day and missed them, i ordered their self titled album off of the old buy one cd get 9 free deals they used to have, and i remember listening to it and thinking "holy shit, this is the heaviest shit i ever heard" i've been a fan ever since...thanks for the upload

@JPX64Channel

3 жыл бұрын

Oh you missed them in their absolute best live perfomance shave

@metropsiderss

3 жыл бұрын

Haha, I was there as well, saw them on stage 2. Was still thinking about the system while getting effed when Black Sabbath took stage some 9 hours later.

1:10 "Hello, my name is Johnny..." Verse part of B-Side track Johnny released in 2001 on Chop Suey! single and Japanese-released Toxicity💥🤘

17:03 Love it when Serj tells people to close your eyes "but I can't see you" lol

Serj 29 at 1996.Daron 28 at 2003......wow!

Amazing drumming by Andy!

@saidoterodiseno

6 жыл бұрын

Oh, that wasn't John? I can tell why kinda noticed the style was different, like heavier and loose, and with some triplets at the bass drum. John's style is tighter and more jazz oriented.

@ArthasTLK01

6 жыл бұрын

In Sugar he becomes berserker hahah

@dannydyi7123

4 жыл бұрын

I love John. But i don't think I've ever danced harder to soad than this made me dance while making breakfast. -i almost burned the kids' scrambled eggs because I was too busy bouncing around! This was the first I ever heard Andy, and my mind is blown!

@ontronik

4 жыл бұрын

I’ve heard that name before

@peoplelegend8476

3 жыл бұрын

@@ontronik bruh.. Is it really you?

4:18 Back in the days when Serj used to do death growls. I thought it was Corpsegrinder for a second lol

@ConsideratelyKillingMe

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah 😂 Especially at 29:26

@needsomeink

5 жыл бұрын

I thought SOAD was sooo much beter when Serj sang and not Daron.

@airdren4592

5 жыл бұрын

Mmmm idk he stopped growling after 2003

@TheFriendlyBola

4 жыл бұрын

@@ConsideratelyKillingMe that wasnt serj btw

@ConsideratelyKillingMe

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheFriendlyBola dude who was it, they sounded great

now this why I like the youtube... cuz of these dirty little gems

4:54 when Daron said exactly what I was thinking and oH MY GOD WITH SUCH A CHILDISH VOICE TOO

Yes! Another live temper performance. I think temper is truly a hidden gem by them and it quickly became a favorite after finding it 15 years into my love for soad

@55marzocchi

5 жыл бұрын

Oh, that is a rare thing to hear someone saying Temper is one of his favorites. Give me five :)

@chunkyryan5233

4 жыл бұрын

@@55marzocchi temper is such a good song to me lol. I wonder if they preformed in 95 at the Roxy and how they preformed it. Also that peephole intro really nice

@rpichinine

2 жыл бұрын

they played it at rock in rio 15. I was there, thankfukly

@aarrin5058

7 ай бұрын

temper acc slaps i love it

"Honey" is such a great song. Same with "Marmalade" although that wasn't played here.

@guilhermemazer393

6 жыл бұрын

Andre Willomitzer this is easily the best live version of Honey, Serj's voice and Andy's drumming are amazing in that recording.

@leonelespudo

6 жыл бұрын

I Agree but Marmalade was made in '97

@SauerkrautX

4 ай бұрын

I was literally just gonna comment that honey is awesome. Top ten songs by them for me for sure

Just when I thought the 1997 recording was the oldest thing out there. Main take aways: 1) The songs were already written 2 years before the first record! 2) I always thought John did the drums for "Know". 3) Serj had already mastered the crazy psycho style.

@featheryfemme

5 жыл бұрын

Shavo and his dad have a recording with video from 1995. There's only a short clip without sound online, though. Andy isn't as fitting for them as John was, at least in my opinion. I'm glad that John was able to join in 1997. 36 was actually written half of a decade before it was on an album, so that's even more interesting.

Best band in history of metal in my humble opinion

This is fucking amazing! I had been waiting for a pre-1997 live audio or video for ages!

@TheLarryburns84

11 ай бұрын

the dude from the band Helen 55 put up a full video of this gig a few months ago. probably the earliest publicly available, full System show I'd guess

They will forever be my favorite band.

Shite their old drummer was a really hard hitter,

@fedora997

4 жыл бұрын

John hits harder. Especially in his prime he was a monster, still is. Not saying Andy isn't a bad drummer he's great but I prefer John

@ontronik

4 жыл бұрын

Good times

@AaronOnTopFr

3 жыл бұрын

@@ontronikWAIT YOUR THE OLD DRUMMER

@t3mper

3 жыл бұрын

Old drummer is more groovy but John hits harder and more pro

Weird how they performed 36 here but it's their 36th song in their discography. Just goes to show how early on these songs were thought of.

@ryanz48

6 жыл бұрын

In a 1998 show they played the Aerials riff as an intro for Mind.

@nickandthecrisis

5 жыл бұрын

@@ryanz48 which gig?

@ryanz48

5 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/imqu1pmno7XQg9Y.html

@krzysztof4607

3 жыл бұрын

It reminds me of Eminem freestyling verse from 2006 in 2002

@jethrodelfierro1164

2 жыл бұрын

@@krzysztof4607 "No Apologies" was written around 2002

Love John (huge influence on my drumming) but Andy invented the System drumming style and you can tell he was very good and way more confortable with the toms compare to John and very good with the groove to.

@ontronik

4 жыл бұрын

Arigato

@TheLarryburns84

2 жыл бұрын

@@ontronik are you actually the man himself? if so, you're a damn good drummer

@gabry5433

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheLarryburns84 yes he is!

It's nice to know I performed rock music on the same stage as SOAD.

Andy is a phenomenal drummer, especially when the play Know

Holy shit 1996? Serj looks homeless

@ismsn8653

5 жыл бұрын

So is that daron and shavo playing guitars?

@AaronOnTopFr

3 жыл бұрын

@@ismsn8653 yes

@tzctlpc

3 жыл бұрын

@@ismsn8653 yeah

@pedrocasarim986

3 жыл бұрын

@@tzctlpc is it? So whos on the bass?

@prodbykomrebi

3 жыл бұрын

@@pedrocasarim986 john dolmayan

Holy shit. This takes me back to the ol bootleg trading days from like a decade ago. If this dropped back in 2008, the SOADFans forum would have lost their shit. Love you for this, thanks a million!

Literally saying "Hello, My name is Johnny" as a mic test in 1996!

Come on someone has to have this on a camcorder. The dragonfly was always happening. And can't forget the showcase Corona.

At the first bass note you can tell it’s SOAD

The only live show where we can hear andy, i have to. Say, he was a pretty solid drummer

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Cant wait to get home plug my headphones in and absorb this ! Thanks a lot whoever found this !

00:00 Intro 01:37 Soil 05:17 Know 08:19 War? 11:20 Temper 14:26 Honey 17:02 Peephole 20:40 ... 21:12 Sugar 23:54 36 25:08 Metro 27:52 Suite-Pee

Can't fucking believe it. This is outstanding, this is the first time I can unironically say "I was born in the wrong generation".

The sound quality is amazing for 1996 tape. The bass is amazing.

Haha "close your eyes" "you close your fucking eyes". Gold

So glad y'all shared this. This is awesome. Thank you.

26:28 That groove on the drums 🔥

"H'ello, my name's Johnny." I can see where SoaD's Johnny song came from.

Great recording..... thank you for putting it up here 👍

oh my sweet mother of god, thank you so much for this, i've searched for older concerts like this for half a decade

This is so surreal. Also, Ontronik on the drums. \o/

@ontronik

4 жыл бұрын

•_•

Wow. Thanks for uploading this its amazing

Guys, in war i can hear the missing part, but in a very low volume, if i can fix i upload it

How does this sound so clean and nice

Victims Of A Down and ObeyYourSystem love you both for uploading rare footage

What a gem! Thanks for sharing.

Awesome recording!! Love it

what's amazing is that "Your own pace" or "36" is the 36th song if you play their first 3 LP's in order, but i guess they named (or numbered) the song way before it was on an album

THERE’S NOW RELEASED FOOTAGE OF THIS SHOW I’M SO HAPPY TO SEE ANDY DRUM

@RYANINBODEN1547

8 ай бұрын

no dates are different just same venue lol

28:22 what is that 12 year old kid doing at a show by himself

@marioarty

2 жыл бұрын

Kid witnessed history right here

Thanks for sharing!!!

Wow! Super rare! Thanks for sharing!

Absolutely insane find! It's incredible seeing how far they have came after all these years.

this is awesome. so glad to hear a performance this rare and old!

This just turned my SOAD world upside down

"hello, my name is Johnny" OH SHIT ITS ROGER

wow this boot legs is so awesome! Thanks man, 1995 i can't believe it. such good quality to for a punk show

Can’t believe that no one mentioned Shavo has a shirt on!

@romaretaylor9953

3 жыл бұрын

Shavo always wore shirts at this time. And did again 2003 and on

@chrisp9046

3 жыл бұрын

@@romaretaylor9953 hmm interesting. I take your word fellow SOADer

@romaretaylor9953

3 жыл бұрын

@@chrisp9046 you made a wise decision fellow SOADer

Dude, 36 here sounds fucking AWESOME

This is awesome, thank you for uploading! Now if you can just hack Daron's hard drive and release all the shit he's been sitting on for a decade

I enjoyed this thank you, the drumming reminds me of myself style wise. Was a good listen

This is AMAZING

If you listen close enough, you can still hear audio during that really quiet part of war.

@insertnamehere5106

4 жыл бұрын

Oh damn, you actually can

@noodleplanet2124

8 ай бұрын

The microphone probably just got mistakenly covered for a minute

The fact that this even got recorded is insane

this is amazing

Badass thanks!!

21:58 Sounds so cool

Thanks bro...

God damn!! I saw a post of ObeyYourSystem here in KZread about this concert, and I thought it was some kind of April Fool's joke. Utterly insane. The mighty System Of A Down, the band that we all love, on their first steps. Only some early '96 and '95 performances could be different.

This is amazing!

This is amazing! Love the early structure of Sugar

If you listen closely you can hear the part when war cuts off

lol serj rocking the jean shorts

Love the passion on the drums and vocals. A lot is different now that age and fame has taken hold.

OMG Andy's drumming fucking awesome on this show

Damn this is amazing!

Waiting for the Leeds 2003 one and the full show of hollywood paladium 2003

@spyrospets5813

6 жыл бұрын

And Souls Benefit 2000, of course!

@bazejsowul6322

6 жыл бұрын

Setlists say that they performed ATWA at that concert, man I'd love to hear a fucking 2000 version of it

@spyrospets5813

6 жыл бұрын

+Błażej Sowul ATWA, Bounce, Prison Song, Shimmy and Aerials. All first time live, except for Prison Song.

@officialdifusorYT

6 жыл бұрын

Spyros PETS would be awesome if they publish it

@elvolao9449

6 жыл бұрын

Spyros PETS and pictures

I remember being sad about not getting to go to this show because Dragonfly was 21+

@VictimsOfADownOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

This sucks lol. Did you manage to attend any other gig they had on those years?

@amnocturne

4 жыл бұрын

Victims Of A Down Haha yes, most of them. And nearly all of the studio practices; I was dating one of them before the band even existed so I watched it all happen❤️

@VictimsOfADownOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

@@amnocturne that's so dope! If you don't mind emailing me anytime, would be amazing to read some stories from their early years. Stay safe! (soad.jpg@gmail.com)

@amnocturne

4 жыл бұрын

Victims Of A Down I’ll add a tidbit here😊 The practices were pretty normal to start with, I’d be there watching with someone’s best friend or brother, etc...usually the band plus 2-5 other people. Once things really progressed, though, and word got out about them - Saturday nights the small, windowless studio would be busting at the seams. 50? 70?! people? Like a giant house party. I remember standing on the toilet in the teensy restroom, surrounded by handful of folks, taking rips out of a 6ft bong...just super fun insanity!

@VictimsOfADownOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

@@amnocturne Was that at their resersal place in north hollywood? Heard about that a bunch of times! Those parties seemed to be a bomb lol... amazing to read. Do you have flyers, photos or anything from those years?

I Love S.O.A.D!! This is Gold !

Serj was under 30...

@n1x.aeritttt

5 жыл бұрын

Serj was 29 in 1996

@nico.ch029

4 жыл бұрын

Serj was a bit old for doing that kind of metal in that time i mean,metallica members were only 32-33 and serj was 29

@fedora997

4 жыл бұрын

@@nico.ch029 Imagine if System started in the early 90s

@ZombieRoca

4 жыл бұрын

Daron Malakian's Fedora Daron would have been a teenager lol

@fedora997

4 жыл бұрын

@@ZombieRoca Well yeah but Slayer Metallica and Anthrax all started in the 80s when they were 16/17

Man,they were amazing from the beginning. Good songs and they played so well!

*This is gold.*

This is a gift

bin überwältigt.... DANKE 💟💟❣️❣️🎼🎤🪕🥁🎸

Holy shit is this real? How does it sound so damn good?

@ontronik

4 жыл бұрын

Because science

@amnesia998

3 жыл бұрын

sounds like shit tbh. the live show must've been awesome, but the tape is toast.

@CariHelstrom

3 жыл бұрын

@@amnesia998 you clearly haven't heard literally any other rare live tape

@unknownleague2650

3 жыл бұрын

@@ontronik hi Andy

@viniciussouza9941

3 жыл бұрын

@@amnesia998 you should listen to rock am ring from 2017, then you'll see what a really bad sound is Lol

Almost stopped listening at 2mins in raw emotion... glad I stuck through it... :)

22 fukin years!

14:15 A Random Girl: SUGER!! Serj:...I Hear anyone said “Sugar”...

metro was a bit rough with lyrics but this is my all time favorite show. i really love the drummer boy this is fucking great

@ontronik

4 жыл бұрын

Gracias

@unknownleague2650

3 жыл бұрын

@@ontronik I liked the drums in temper ty Andy

@XtremeKillah101

Жыл бұрын

@@ontronikyou’re a fucking legend man. Without you there would be no system, one of the biggest bands in history bro . I wanna thank you for helping shape this band and their sound