His beard is the only thing stopping the world ending

@zombiehunter767

3 жыл бұрын

Cameron Steven you're damn right about that

@loganwilcox7212

3 жыл бұрын

My dad wanted a beard like his

@PibbDFanta

3 жыл бұрын

*holding a pair of scissors* I just want to talk...

@dankhill6851

3 жыл бұрын

IKR everybody needs a pair of anal beads.

@alk3myst

3 жыл бұрын

COVID is Temporary, Shavo's Beard, Wu-Tang and Wakanda are forever!

It still blows my mind Toxicity was 19 years ago. It makes me feel so old and I'm not even all that old lmao

@cotopaximusic

3 жыл бұрын

@Dalle Smalhals nanhh im only 3 years older than Toxicity lol

@maxcoen7641

3 жыл бұрын

Dalle Smalhals toxicity is older than me lol

@rive3051

3 жыл бұрын

toxicity older than me. but dont get me wrong, i grew with system of a down, avenged sevenfold, slipknot and rammnestein. my brother was the main cause for letting me grow up with amazing music.

@johnsmith-so5do

3 жыл бұрын

Jaco Brosius dude me too

@bPcrazydave

3 жыл бұрын

When the classic rock station, that played my dad’s music when I was a teen, started playing my bands, I didn’t like it. It shouldn’t be long before they start playing SOD.

Hearing Shavo say bro as often as he does makes me feel safe

Shavo is such a cool dude.

@merschavonia4745

3 жыл бұрын

Your name though 😂

@loneranger8343

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, you wouldn't expect that. But he is indeed.

@Treyorrrr

3 жыл бұрын

Except for that part where he put Brent Hinds in a coma.

@ThorCarlton

3 жыл бұрын

@@Treyorrrr came here to say that

@octaviosander8898

3 жыл бұрын

No way there's a Hannoveraner in the comments

To be in System of a Down, your last name needs to end in "ian".

@patrickeid1689

3 жыл бұрын

Well that’s how all the last names in armenia end and they’re all armenians

@aidanmaggio5538

3 жыл бұрын

John Dolmayan??

@patrickeid1689

3 жыл бұрын

Aidan Maggio it’s more about the sound “ ian” than the way it’s written

@janoslegyenfennajanoshegyen

3 жыл бұрын

Breaking News: System Of A Down announces the new rhythm guitarist *Scott Ian*

@patrickeid1689

3 жыл бұрын

Hunor Németh 😂😂😂😂

Odadjians beard is majestic 🤩🤟

@bladegreen1666

3 жыл бұрын

Kerry kings is better

@kobaba...12

3 жыл бұрын

bass covers who cares

@bladegreen1666

3 жыл бұрын

@@kobaba...12 well obviously I do

@hearteatrs

3 жыл бұрын

@@bladegreen1666 good Comeback

@bladegreen1666

3 жыл бұрын

@@hearteatrs says the person with undertale pfp cringe lord

Shavo is a total bad ass and has to be the most down to earth, coolest guy in that band. Would love to hang out with him sometime and just hear some more of his stories. Rock on dude!

@arpitmandhotra

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah man try hitting him up in DMs he reads them

@nemesis8626

Жыл бұрын

@@arpitmandhotra yeah because everyone loves complete strangers dm'ing them. Get a life stalker

@leakingmud

Жыл бұрын

@@nemesis8626 bro what💀

Yes finally someone from System of A Down. I've waited for a long time

shavo, the coolest metal bassist ever

@Daily_Bassist

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t know man, David Ellefson is literally the cool uncle of metal

@prometheustv6558

3 жыл бұрын

rive You don’t get cooler than Cliff Burton

@marcomaliqi9844

3 жыл бұрын

*Les claypool entered the chat*

@galacticsnake8982

3 жыл бұрын

Justin Chancellor

@Cabismer

3 жыл бұрын

Gojira's bassist is perfect too

I have never seen him speak lol

@linkinkrap462

3 жыл бұрын

Under which rock have you been living?

@thrashtildeth247

3 жыл бұрын

Same here. I’m just a casual SOAD listener so I haven’t been down their interview rabbit hole.

@charliechan6892

3 жыл бұрын

@@thrashtildeth247 well then you wont usually hear any band members speak unless it's the singer.

@thrashtildeth247

3 жыл бұрын

Dev n yep

@ivaerz4977

3 жыл бұрын

There's plenty of Soad interviews where he speaks all the time.

Met Shavo when they came to play in San Bernardino. He was so down to earth humble and genuine.

I'm thankful for this fact or fiction opportunity, and more thankful that SOAD exists.

I want another SOAD album so badly! They are my favorite band, and they got me into metal and hard rock. I treasure their music. I hope they’re all doing well

@hearteatrs

3 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@simonthibault365

3 жыл бұрын

We have a really good tribute here in Quebec, they're called Sweet Revenge, check them out !

@LilVukie

3 жыл бұрын

Carlos Lopes I have. They are great. One of my teachers said the same thing to me, and I’m happy to have discovered them closely after discovering SOAD.

@aroundthefur1210

3 жыл бұрын

I agree but Daron's Scars on Broadway work is pretty damn good and is probably going to be the closest thing we ever get. If you liked hypnotize and mezmerize then definitely check out Scars on Broadway.

@hearteatrs

3 жыл бұрын

@@carloslopes5322 you should try out scars on broadway it's Darons band.

For years people have been heavily requesting a System of a Down fact or fiction. I hope they’re more than satisfied👌🏻

@jdub5644

3 жыл бұрын

I know I am!

Aahhhh. Please do with Daron Malakian too.

@silverbunny6344

3 жыл бұрын

"Superman told me...........fellatio...."

@rebelguy9487

3 жыл бұрын

Shit.....beat me to it!

@octaviosander8898

3 жыл бұрын

Fallatio

@aarnavgandhi1680

3 жыл бұрын

They need to adjust their vibe

@andrewpappas9311

3 жыл бұрын

Daron would be awesome, I wonder how often he’d say “fellatio” in that interview

shavo doesnt get enough love, great to see him get some appreciation

Shavo is my favorite bassist this is a blessing

Met Shavo at NAMM 2019, most humble human being ever. Boy, was I "fan boying"😂

@Othmane131

3 жыл бұрын

He's awesome

System of a down is the best smooth jazz band

@hearteatrs

3 жыл бұрын

Excuse me but they're a classic and pop fusion with saint Angers snare.

@gerardoa9179

3 жыл бұрын

You know nothing of Jazz

@David-vl4yu

3 жыл бұрын

@@hearteatrs they always play smooth jazz there is no doubt about that

@David-vl4yu

3 жыл бұрын

@@gerardoa9179 also I know everything about jazz

@bryondevine4224

3 жыл бұрын

👏👏👏

He's so chill, hearing him talk is pretty calming

i've never clicked so fast and aggressively

This should have been an hour interview.. im sure Shavo has so many stories to tell that fans would love to hear!

Need to do one with Each member and the all together

@CartoonKidOLLY

3 жыл бұрын

@@rubi588 you ARE aware that John and Serj are brothers in law, right? Their wives are sisters, so they are family. Serj even posted a statement on Instagram that was condemning all the people who were talking about how the two of them hate each other so much.

@ZombieRoca

3 жыл бұрын

@@rubi588 They're still amazing friends and family by law. They don't let stuff like that get in the way, they aren't children.

@mikegeniole2ndchannel471

3 жыл бұрын

@@rubi588 More like Serj and Daron

@Ohokk0

3 жыл бұрын

Mike Geniole 2nd Channel are they on bad terms? i didn’t know that

@burgerwithfries6279

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ohokk0 Yeah, their current underlying conflict is a main reason why System isn't producing more music. To the best of my knowledge, it started back in 2004 or so when they were making Mesmerize/Hypnotize. Daron wanted to be more controlling in the music-making (you can notice he has a LOT more vocals in those 2 albums), while Serj wanted everyone to be involved. Serj himself stated that he wasn't as close to the music on their last 2 albums compared to the other ones. So, after Hypnotize, they went their separate ways, with Serj working independently and Daron joining Scars on Broadway. There are also monetary issues, as the members are not getting equal shares of money for the work SOAD has produced, but that's a whole nother matter. Basically, the beef is between Serj and Daron at the moment, while Shavo and John are just kinda twiddling their thumbs on the sidelines waiting for them to get along. Obviously its more complicated than that, but that's just a quick synopsis. Do some additional research on your own to go in-depth.

I miss SOAD. They helped make me who I am. I hope to see them get together again one day, but if not, I do appreciate those albums that shaped me. \m/

Yes just what I wanted

12:28 "Chop Suey is suicide chopped in half". This is something you won't get from Wikipedia. Wow! Thanks for finally explain the meaning behind the name "Chop Suey", Shavo.

FINALLY Someone from System. Only took 7 years. Also can Graham please get a real camera for this please?

@rhysgross2955

3 жыл бұрын

Flying V yeah. If people are gonna do these professional videos, they need a 1080p 60FPS camera. It’s not hard

@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS

3 жыл бұрын

@Elijah Taylor Tru-Dat

@skuzzyj

3 жыл бұрын

@Elijah Taylor I mean, it does look like he's using a camera from the bush administration when his phone probably has better image quality from the selfie camera

15 years of wait This world deserves a new System of a down album

One of the most underrated bass players

One of my very favorite bassists. Rocking that TBIRD

YES I'VE BEEN WANTING THIS FOR YEARS, THANKS LOUDWIRE, VERY COOL!

@chassy50

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t know what loudiwre but I do what loudwire is

@aggelbeatboxer

3 жыл бұрын

@@chassy50 I was very excited at the moment and misspelled it, haha

I love how most of these heavy metal artists are actually just super nice dudes.

Shavo seems like a cool dude.

I could totally hang with this guy. Been a huge fan of SOAD since they started getting big.

Most underrated member of SOAD

finally, the two decade long mystery of why chop suey! is called chop suey! is solved

@SanicStudios

3 жыл бұрын

It's been known for years.

@purityknot1081

3 жыл бұрын

Everyone knew that

@Justin-jg2gz

3 жыл бұрын

literally everyone knew because it’s been out for years

@Justin-jg2gz

3 жыл бұрын

Elijah Taylor grammar nazi

@dannybardon2934

3 жыл бұрын

“Rolling suicide”

Shavo is my first inspiration of being a bass player. I've been waiting for this for a long time!!!

A band I got into early in my life. Many great memories with albums like Toxicity and Steal This Album. Totally awesome that we finally got System Of A Down for fact or fiction.

Ah yes Shavo, the bassist of my favorite funky disco group

I didn't even notice he was in the AC/DC video

10:39 The publicity of the city, of the city

@lilo5437

3 жыл бұрын

YOU, what do you own the world?

@nickclements7613

3 жыл бұрын

How do you own disorder ! Disorder.

@Justin-jg2gz

3 жыл бұрын

NOW! Somewhere between the sacred silence, sacred silence and sleeeeeeeeeeeepppppp!!!

@elmoricio

3 жыл бұрын

SOMEEEEWHEEEERE, between the sacred silence and sleeeeep

@MrLinkmaster99

3 жыл бұрын

DISORDERRRR. DISORDERRR. DISORDERRRRRRRR

Graham, it’s great to see how much better and confident you seem. Been watching for a couple of years and it’s cool to see your growth

Shavo looks exactly like my neighbor. Same beard and no hair. My neighbor even plays bass. It’s freaky af.

@persondavis1294

3 жыл бұрын

Shavo's address confirmed?

@lukemontgomery9683

3 жыл бұрын

person Davis haha

@iliveonatropicalisland6086

3 жыл бұрын

It's either a SOAD fan or straight up Shavo himself

@TheDragonboy91

3 жыл бұрын

have you told him?

@lukemontgomery9683

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheDragonboy91 yeah. He said he has gotten that before.

As a long time system fan soad always seemed to me as a four man family and I loved all of them dearly.

Do you know how happy I got when I saw this finally happened?!!💙

Dam I miss these guys!!!

During Snocore, when SOAD was touring with Incubus, Shavo met us outside the tour bus and went back to my truck to smoke a bowl. Spent 45 minutes just telling me about life on the road and what it was like, just down to earth, great guy.

@matthewshelley1365

3 жыл бұрын

@D H it was the State theater in Detroit. Got there pretty early. Saw their bus, and decided to walk towards it. As we did, off walks Daron and then Shavo. Daron had somewhere to be, but Shavo took a second to look around. My gf called his name, and he came over. We asked if we could smoke out, and he said we couldn't go on the bus cuz Serj was meditating and he had never played there before so didn't know a good place to roast. So I offered my truck. We walked about a quarter mile to where it was parked, he climbed in the passenger side and we hung out. He complained that being a rock star meant he had no address at the time and that his mom had to collect his mail from a po box. Dude works hard for where he's at. Next time in Matt stories, I partied with Pantera after repairing Morbid Angels drum kit.

I never knew he was such a cool dude. Wish the interview was longer.

Been waiting for you guys to get someone from SOAD!

Love shavo!! Out of everyone from system I think it was really cool to have him be the one to do this! Wish it was longer🤘🏼

Man imagine being in Andy's shoes. Must suck Not being able to play for a band that would end up being worth MILLIONS of dollars (and literally one of the biggest bands of the 2000's) just because he got mad at something and punched a wall. He wasn't a bad drummer at all, pretty decent from what I've heard from the demos. Just sucks that it ended up that way for him. But I'm glad we got John, dude is a beast of a drummer

@featheryfemme

3 жыл бұрын

Andy wasn't really right for SOAD's sound anyway, imo. Too '80s-ish for a band in the later '90s. He was getting better, but John really brought them into the modern era.

@Posirep

3 жыл бұрын

to be fair, that first Apex Theory album was pretty dope.

@larrycrofttt

Жыл бұрын

in my opinion john was better for the band

I’ve been looking forward to this

Been waiting for a system episode for years

There really needs to be a full length feature film about SOAD (in theaters; globally). Their story is incredible.

Shavo is a great interview. I'd definitely like to see Daron Malakian for the next System Of A Down video, and for the next Slipknot video, can we please have Jim Root on here??? Please???

thank you for doing this!!!

This is one of my favorite series on youtube

Yes i love him too, i share the same birthday😅! Please we want more of SOAD👊✊👊❤❤

I love shavo so much

What a wholesome guy , amazing at bass and super interesting interviews 🤘

My tapeworm tells me what to do.

@kadafikadafiq381

3 жыл бұрын

Pull the tapeworm out of your ass!!

@Robbo859

3 жыл бұрын

HEY!

@hedged-valley1148

3 жыл бұрын

@@nonamebrotha HEY

@MyDemon32

3 жыл бұрын

HEY!

@ericthorpe5670

3 жыл бұрын

Pull the tapeworm out of meeeee...

The whole story about the bell tolling 100 times then they walk on stage and the whole country is waiting for them to play is the type of goals I want as a musician. Amazing!

That's so awesome to hear him confirm the AC/DC story! Great as always, long live Graham

"Chop Suey is literally SUIcide CHOPPED in half." How on earth did I not figure that one out until now? 😂 Great fact!

What an awesome dude, proud to say Shavo is one of the bassists that inspired me to pick it up myself!

Ive been waiting for this for system for ages

Love you always Shavo!

He's aging like fine wine 🍷

His description of the riots from that free concert was on point. Seems like a chill dude

I don’t understand wrecking a bands gear

@eothekingkong9727

3 жыл бұрын

If you ever been to a concert and you feel the hype after listening to some great music? Imagine that hype but playing it for thousands of people it’s just pure adrenaline and joy that you kinda “accidentally” start going crazy and start smashing everything lol

@hedged-valley1148

3 жыл бұрын

@@eothekingkong9727 again, humans in there purist form are the worst thing known to mankind.

@Ottophil

3 жыл бұрын

I never understood when people get mad about wrecking gear

@ericthorpe5670

3 жыл бұрын

@@eothekingkong9727 This circumstance wasn't after hearing some great music. The band's gear was destroyed by fans after SOAD was told they couldn't play due to the fan-security ratio.

Super awesome interview.

I'm actually really happy because this is helping me find my family too

❤️❤️❤️❤️ Yeahhhhh I love this man!!!!!

Shavo seems like a genuine good guy 🖒 Great interview!

Very cool dude, met him when Linkin Park opened for them way back. Need to check the new band out.

Shavo is bad ass and so down to earth. I wish they would put things behind and rock the fuck out

Shavo is so awesome

So happy he gives a definitive answer for the etymology of the song title Chop Suey. I have seen countless different takes and explanations for how they came up with the title.

We love you shavo

System of a Down is one of those bands you just constantly want to hear new music from them because of how talented they are, it's a shame they can't make a new album already :(

Damn, this needed to be at least 30 minutes. I was so sad seeing that the video was almost over.

I would love to see a second part

I feel like Shavo would be the coolest uncle ever.

Oh wow what a great interview! So exciting to know there is more and BETTER live material from the Yerevan show! It's like SOAD does not realize how much we WANT that! They are still a band, but they barely tour, and NOBODY expected any new music from them after 15 years of nothing new. SOAD could have been one of the biggest bands on the planet, but they are still on that 15 year pause, bickering about what to do next. A real break up would have fans less STARVING for more SOAD. But it is what it is, whatever it is...

So glad that’s how they got their drummer

shavo is such a homie

that’s really good VHS record man, thank you

I got the chills when he talked about the bells ringing 100 times before system went on stage. Wow

Seems like such a rad dude, great video!

We love you Shavo.

That was a great soundtrack check it out guys☮️☮️. Great interview

John dolmayan next!

@Ottophil

3 жыл бұрын

Hell no. That guys by far the dumbest member of the band.

@harrymcrorie

3 жыл бұрын

How? He's easily one of the best drummers out there.wtf are u on about lol

@alexberube5269

3 жыл бұрын

@@harrymcrorie well thats debatable with him being one of the best buuuuuut he's not bad at all

@harrymcrorie

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexberube5269 just my opinion dude.hes inspired me to start playing drums after all so I have him to thank lol.i just don't see how he's dumb?

@alexberube5269

3 жыл бұрын

@@harrymcrorie i never said he was dumb, i just said calling him one of the best drummers is a little bit of a stretch

Finally!

I'm dying to see the re-edit

Now were waiting for Daron Malakian

A good one!

Man I went to that free show and it got nutty. Ppl were saying that if SOAD didn't hit the stage there was going to be a riot.

Power in the beard.

I WANT THAT BAND EDIT BRO

Please do one with The Red Hot Chili Peppers I just think it would be epic and amazing to see them giving out what’s true and what’s fiction.