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США  11 янв 2024 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN's JOHN DOLMAYAN To KANYE WEST: 'Show Some Class, Man' |  8 дек 2023 : |
SHAVO ODADJIAN Names 'Coolest' Things He Has Experienced As A Member Of SYSTEM OF A DOWN |  26 окт 2023 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Drummer Claims He Lost 'Hundreds Of Thousands Of Fans' Who 'Couldn't Handle' His Opinions |  24 май 2023 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN's SHAVO ODADJIAN Doesn't Think About Hypothetical ROCK HALL Induction: 'It Doesn't Drive Me' |  15 май 2023 : |
Watch: SYSTEM OF A DOWN Plays First Concert Of 2023 At SICK NEW WORLD Festival In Las Vegas |  21 апр 2023 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN's 'Chop Suey!' Surpasses One Billion Streams On SPOTIFY |  10 апр 2023 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Bassist SHAVO ODADJIAN's Solo Album To Include Guest Appearance By KORN's JONATHAN DAVIS |  9 мар 2023 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Bassist SHAVO ODADJIAN Is Working On 'Heavy' Solo Album: 'I Decided To Go Back To My Roots' |  25 окт 2022 : |
SERJ TANKIAN: SYSTEM OF A DOWN 'Will Be Making An Announcement About Something Next Year' |  19 июл 2022 : |
Watch: SYSTEM OF A DOWN's SERJ TANKIAN And JOHN DOLMAYAN Perform 'Aerials' With Cover Band On Mexican Street |  13 июл 2022 : |
JOHN DOLMAYAN On SYSTEM OF A DOWN's Inability To Make New Album: 'We're Squandering' Our Gift |  10 июл 2022 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Drummer Is 'Not Ashamed To Say' He Voted For DONALD TRUMP Twice: 'I'd Vote For Him Again' |  25 май 2022 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Bassist SHAVO ODADJIAN Is Working On 'Really Heavy' New Solo Project |  3 апр 2022 : |
Watch: MACHINE GUN KELLY Butchers SYSTEM OF A DOWN's 'Aerials' On 'The Howard Stern Show' |  1 мар 2022 : |
FILTER And QUEENSRŸCHE Members Blast SYSTEM OF A DOWN Drummer: 'Moronic' And 'Not Very Bright' |  1 мар 2022 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN's JOHN DOLMAYAN Says COVID-19 'Is And Has Always Been About Money' |  24 фев 2022 : |
What Makes SYSTEM OF A DOWN So Musically Different From Its Peers? SHAVO ODADJIAN Weighs In |  15 фев 2022 : |
Watch ANTHRAX's SCOTT IAN Play SYSTEM OF A DOWN's 'Bounce' With His 10-Year-Old Son |  25 ноя 2021 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Drummer Rails Against Los Angeles's Vaccine Mandate: 'Self-Imposed Tyranny And Mental Slavery Is Rampant' |  18 окт 2021 : |
Watch SYSTEM OF A DOWN Perform 'Protect The Land' And 'Genocidal Humanoidz' Live For First Time |  1 июл 2021 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN And PUCK HCKY Release New Hockey-Themed Collaboration |  11 июн 2021 : |
How SYSTEM OF A DOWN's SHAVO ODADJIAN Got Involved In Cannabis Industry |  6 май 2021 : |
SERJ TANKIAN On Possibility Of More New Music From SYSTEM OF A DOWN: 'Time Will Tell' |  1 май 2021 : |
SERJ TANKIAN Has 'Hope' That SYSTEM OF A DOWN Will Be Able To Record More New Music |  29 апр 2021 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Drummer, Staunch TRUMP Supporter, Thanks PRESIDENT BIDEN For Recognizing Armenian Genocide |  25 мар 2021 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN's SHAVO ODADJIAN: I Used To Be Very Good Friends With KANYE WEST' |  14 мар 2021 : |
SERJ TANKIAN: Fans Wanting New Music From SYSTEM OF A DOWN Is 'Biggest Compliment In The World' |  25 фев 2021 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Drummer Speaks Out Against 'Cancel Culture', Calls It 'Really Destructive' |  15 фев 2021 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN's JOHN DOLMAYAN Defends GINA CARANO After LUCASFILM Fires Actress For Offensive Posts |  9 фев 2021 : |
SHAVO ODADJIAN Says 'Misunderstandings Between Bandmembers' Are To Blame For Lack Of New Album From SYSTEM OF A DOWN |  31 янв 2021 : |
Watch SYSTEM OF A DOWN's Music Video For 'Genocidal Humanoidz' |  29 дек 2020 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN's TANKIAN And ODADJIAN Reflect On 'Chop Suey!' Being Released Shortly Before 9/11 Terrorist Attacks |  22 дек 2020 : |
SERJ TANKIAN: 'Time Will Tell' Whether Recording Two New SYSTEM OF A DOWN Songs Will Lead To Something More |  15 дек 2020 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Is 'Not Thinking About' A New Studio Album Right Now, Says SERJ TANKIAN |  8 дек 2020 : |
JOHN DOLMAYAN Says He Never Wanted SYSTEM OF A DOWN To Take A Hiatus: 'It Was A Disastrous Move For Us' |  7 дек 2020 : |
SERJ TANKIAN On Reaction To New SYSTEM OF A DOWN Songs: 'It's Great To See Art Open Minds' |  3 дек 2020 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN's SERJ TANKIAN: 'We've Never Tried To Appeal To A Mainstream Audience' |  28 ноя 2020 : |
DARON MALAKIAN On Possibility Of More New Music From SYSTEM OF A DOWN: 'I Never Say Never' |  27 ноя 2020 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN's 'Chop Suey!' Video Surpasses One Billion Views On YouTube |  24 ноя 2020 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN To Film Music Video For 'Genocidal Humanoidz' |  20 ноя 2020 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN's First New Music In Nearly 15 Years Tops Billboard's 'Hot Hard Rock Songs' Chart |  18 ноя 2020 : |
DARON MALAKIAN: 'It's A Shame That Certain Things Can't Come Together' For SYSTEM OF A DOWN To Make A Full Album |  14 ноя 2020 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN's New Songs Raise $600,000 For 'Armenia Fund' |  11 ноя 2020 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN's JOHN DOLMAYAN Defends DONALD TRUMP: 'This President Has Been Under Attack For Nearly Five Years' |  10 ноя 2020 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Bassist On Decision To Release New Music To Benefit Armenia: 'This Is Bigger Than Our Egos' |  6 ноя 2020 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Releases First New Music In 15 Years |  29 окт 2020 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN's SERJ TANKIAN Performs At 'Rock For Artsakh: A Concert for Peace' (Video) |  20 окт 2020 : |
SHAVO ODADJIAN Says Demand For New SYSTEM OF A DOWN Album Has 'Become This Crazy Thing' |  8 окт 2020 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN's JOHN DOLMAYAN Wants To 'Present An Opposing Viewpoint' For Fans Who Don't Agree With SERJ TANKIAN |  7 окт 2020 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Releases Statement In Support Of Artsakh From Azerbaijani Aggression |  2 окт 2020 : |
JOHN DOLMAYAN Says SERJ TANKIAN Doesn't Speak For All Four Members Of SYSTEM OF A DOWN |  11 сен 2020 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN's JOHN DOLMAYAN Is 'Speaking Against The Willful Destruction And Hate That Is Consuming So Many People' |  20 авг 2020 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN's JOHN DOLMAYAN: Those Who Despise DONALD TRUMP Will Try To Get Him Out Of Office By Any Means Necessary |  17 авг 2020 : |
SHAVO ODADJIAN: 'I'm Not Closing The Book On SYSTEM OF A DOWN' |  28 июл 2020 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN's JOHN DOLMAYAN Says 'Black Lives Matter' Movement 'Could Care Less' About Black People |  8 июл 2020 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN's JOHN DOLMAYAN Says 'Black Lives Matter' 'Never Had Legitimacy', Calls Movement A 'Propaganda Tool' |  4 июл 2020 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN's SERJ TANKIAN: Our Only Problem Is Not Seeing Eye To Eye Artistically |  29 июн 2020 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN's SERJ TANKIAN Says He And JOHN DOLMAYAN Are Subjected To An 'Unjustifiable' Amount Of Online Hate |  25 июн 2020 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Drummer Blasts Democrats For 'Demonizing' DONALD TRUMP And 'Blaming Him For Everything Under The Sun' |  23 июн 2020 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN's SERJ TANKIAN: 'We Can No Longer Withstand Stupid Leadership' |  23 июн 2020 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN's JOHN DOLMAYAN Hopes SERJ TANKIAN Was 'Misunderstood' When He Branded Fans Who Support TRUMP 'Hypocrites' |  17 июн 2020 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN's JOHN DOLMAYAN Is 'In No Danger' Of Losing His Job Because Of His Political Views |  17 июн 2020 : |
SERJ TANKIAN Blasts 'Hypocrites' Who 'Play Along To' SYSTEM OF A DOWN Song 'Temper' And 'Love DONALD TRUMP' |  14 июн 2020 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN's JOHN DOLMAYAN: 'Those Of You Peacefully Protesting, Please Continue To Do So' |  13 июн 2020 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN's SERJ TANKIAN Rips DONALD TRUMP: 'A Real Leader Would Address The Nation Properly' |  7 июн 2020 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN's JOHN DOLMAYAN: It 'Shouldn't Be A Shock To Anybody' That SERJ TANKIAN And I Have Different Political Views |  5 июн 2020 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN's JOHN DOLMAYAN: 'My Band Is Stupid, And We're Gonna Continue To Be Stupid' |  4 июн 2020 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN's JOHN DOLMAYAN Praises DONALD TRUMP, Calls Him 'The Greatest Friend To Minorities' |  28 май 2020 : |
Why Hasn't SYSTEM OF A DOWN Released Any New Music In 15 Years? The Reason Is 'Quite Simple,' Says SERJ TANKIAN |  19 май 2020 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN's JOHN DOLMAYAN Floats Conspiracy Theories About The Origin Of The New Coronavirus: 'I Have A Big Imagination' |  27 апр 2020 : |
JOHN DOLMAYAN Is 'Not Even Sure' He Wants To Make A New SYSTEM OF A DOWN Album Anymore: 'It's Just So Much Drama And Bulls**t' |  20 апр 2020 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN's JOHN DOLMAYAN Says '...And Justice For All' Is METALLICA's Best Album: 'It's Them At Their Most Perfect' |  3 апр 2020 : |
SHAVO ODADJIAN On SYSTEM OF A DOWN's Inability To Release New Music: 'I Still Don't Get It' |  28 мар 2020 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN's SHAVO ODADJIAN On Panic Surrounding Coronavirus: 'I Think It's The Stupidest Thing' |  23 мар 2020 : |
JOHN DOLMAYAN: 'There's Always Been Dysfunction' In SYSTEM OF A DOWN |  6 янв 2020 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Singer Condemns TRUMP's Attack On Iran: 'We're Saying No To Another War!' |  15 дек 2019 : |
SERJ TANKIAN Says He Is 'All For' SYSTEM OF A DOWN Putting Out Previously Unreleased Material |  4 ноя 2019 : |
JOHN DOLMAYAN Says SYSTEM OF A DOWN 'Played A Couple Of Shows' Recently That He 'Was Not Proud Of' |  1 окт 2019 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Announces Spring/Summer 2020 European Tour |  19 сен 2019 : |
SERJ TANKIAN On Lack Of New Music From SYSTEM OF A DOWN: 'The Status Has Not Changed' |  18 сен 2019 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN To Tour Europe In 2020 |  19 авг 2019 : |
SHAVO ODADJIAN On Possiblity Of New Music From SYSTEM OF A DOWN: 'Why It Isn't Happening Is A Big Question' |  16 май 2019 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN's DARON MALAKIAN: 'Three Of Us Don't See Eye To Eye' With SERJ TANKIAN On Where To Take The Band |  21 дек 2018 : |
SERJ TANKIAN: There Have Been 'No Further Discussions' About A New SYSTEM OF A DOWN Album |  20 дек 2018 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Bassist: We Have New 'Material That Tops Everything We've Done' |  28 ноя 2018 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Classic "Chop Suey" Gets Sock Puppet Parody Treatment (Video) |  11 окт 2018 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Bassist Says 'It's Hurtful' That Band Hasn't Been Able To Make New Music |  5 июн 2018 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Guitarist On Possibility Of New Album: 'It's Not Looking Like We're Doing Something Together Soon' |  15 май 2018 : |
DARON MALAKIAN: 'As Of Right Now, SYSTEM OF A DOWN Is Not Making Albums' |  6 июл 2017 : |
New SYSTEM OF A DOWN Album 'Is Not Happening' Right Now, Says SHAVO ODADJIAN |  2 июн 2017 : |
Watch SYSTEM OF A DOWN's Entire Zurich Concert |  11 окт 2016 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Announces Summer 2017 European Tour Dates |  22 авг 2016 : |
Video: SYSTEM OF A DOWN's DARON MALAKIAN Performs With MILLENNIALS In West Hollywood |  7 май 2016 : |
Is SERJ TANKIAN Warming To A SYSTEM OF A DOWN Studio Return? |  13 окт 2015 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN To Be Honored By Parajanov-Vartanov Institute In Los Angeles |  25 сен 2015 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN |  25 апр 2015 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN: Pro-Shot Footage Of Entire Armenia Concert |  19 апр 2015 : |
Video: SYSTEM OF A DOWN Performs In Amsterdam |  15 апр 2015 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN's SERJ TANKIAN: 'We Don't Have A Set Timeline' For Next Studio Album |  5 апр 2015 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Drummer Explains Impact Of Playing In Armenia |  31 мар 2015 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN's SHAVO ODADJIAN Directs Launch Trailer For 'Mortal Kombat X' Video Game |  25 мар 2015 : |
SHAVO ODADJIAN Says SYSTEM OF A DOWN Has Already Written Some New Songs |  10 янв 2015 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN's SERJ TANKIAN Says 'There Has Been Talk' About Making New Studio Album |  27 ноя 2014 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN To Commemorate 100th Anniversary Of Armenian Genocide With 'Wake Up The Souls' Tour |  22 окт 2013 : |
Lullaby Versions Of SYSTEM OF A DOWN Due This Week |  28 сен 2013 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Drummer Working On Covers Album |  19 авг 2013 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Drummer: New Album 'Is Coming' |  5 авг 2013 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN: Fan-Filmed Video Footage Of Entire Hollywood Bowl Concert |  5 авг 2013 : |
SERJ TANKIAN: 'We Have Not Yet Agreed On A Timetable' For New SYSTEM OF A DOWN Album |  5 июн 2013 : |
SERJ TANKIAN On New SYSTEM OF A DOWN Album: 'It's Not Something I Can Do Right Now' |  21 май 2013 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Bassist's 'Bad Judgment' Led To 'Misleading' Statements About Band's Future |  21 май 2013 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Bassist Says Singer SERJ TANKIAN Is Holding The Band Back |  25 мар 2013 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Drummer: 'We Are Going To Make A New Album At A Certain Point' |  17 авг 2012 : |
DEFTONES Frontman Joins SYSTEM OF A DOWN On Stage In Michigan (Video) |  15 авг 2012 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Singer Open To Issuing 'Greatest Hits' CD With Previously Unreleased Tracks |  7 авг 2012 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Drummer Hopes To Begin Work On New Album Next Year |  6 авг 2012 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Frontman: 'We Haven't Really Discussed Another Record' |  5 авг 2012 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN: Camden Footage Available |  8 май 2012 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Frontman: No Plans For New Studio Album |  3 мар 2012 : |
SLIPKNOT Drummer Performs With SYSTEM OF A DOWN In Australia (Video) |  3 окт 2011 : |
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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Frontman Takes Part In Public Discussion In Armenia |  17 июн 2011 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Covers DIRE STRAITS\' \'Sultans Of Swing\' At NOVA ROCK; Video Available |  7 июн 2011 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN: Pro-Shot Footage From Germany\'s ROCK AM RING Festival |  28 май 2011 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN: Inglewood Footage Available |  17 май 2011 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Drummer Breaks Silence On Reunion |  14 май 2011 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN: Vancouver Concert Footage Available |  12 май 2011 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Kicks Off Reunion Tour; Review, Video Footage Available |  10 апр 2011 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Is Accepting Setlist Requests |  10 фев 2011 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Completes First Rehearsal In Five Years |  30 ноя 2010 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN: Reunion/Comeback Tour Dates Officially Announced |  28 ноя 2010 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN To Play Sweden\'s METALTOWN Festival |  27 ноя 2010 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN To Co-Headline Germany\'s ROCK AM RING/ROCK IM PARK Festivals |  19 ноя 2010 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Planning Comeback Tour In 2011 |  26 янв 2010 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Frontman: No Reunion Planned |  12 янв 2010 : |
Is SYSTEM OF A DOWN Plotting A Comeback? |  17 мар 2008 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN To Reunite At COACHELLA? |  10 окт 2007 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Members Recording 18 Songs For SCARS ON BROADWAY Debut |  2 авг 2007 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Frontman Selects First Single From Solo Album |  25 июл 2007 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Frontman Concentrating On Doing His Own Thing |  4 май 2007 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Frontman Discusses Upcoming Solo Album |  31 дек 2006 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN's Future Uncertain |  22 сен 2005 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN: 'Hypnotize' Track Listing Revealed |  27 авг 2005 : |
SYSTEM OF A DOWN: \'Hypnotize\' Due In November |  7 сен 2002 : |
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29 авг 2025

Watch: SYSTEM OF A DOWN Pays Tribute To OZZY OSBOURNE With Performance Of 'Snowblind' At MetLife Stadium
 SYSTEM OF A DOWN paid tribute to Ozzy Osbourne by performing a cover of the BLACK SABBATH classic "Snowblind" during the Serj Tankian-fronted band's concert last night (Wednesday, August 27) at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Prior to launching into the track, SYSTEM OF A DOWN guitarist/vocalist Daron Malakian told the crowd: "When we first started out, they put us on the road and we toured. And New York [and] New Jersey are some of the first places we toured in the United States. And there was one tour that never did more for SYSTEM OF A DOWN: the Ozzfest. We did a few Ozzfests. Some of you are old enough that you were there. Some of you weren't even born yet.
"I wanna thank Ozzy Osbourne. We wanna thank Ozzy Osbourne."
Amid loud chants of "Ozzy! Ozzy! Ozzy!", Daron added: "We're gonna do a number now about cocaine. It's called 'Snowblind'."
SYSTEM OF A DOWN's rendition of "Snowblind" at MetLife Stadium marked the band's first performance of the track since 2002.
SYSTEM OF A DOWN's cover of "Snowblind" originally appeared on 2000's "Nativity In Black II" compilation, the second of a series of a series of BLACK SABBATH tribute albums.
Malakian previously told Metal Injection that the members of BLACK SABBATH liked SYSTEM OF A DOWN's version of "Snowblind" so much that they requested that the Armenian-American nu-metal band play it onstage when SYSTEM OF A DOWN was supporting the Birmingham metal originators.
"We got a chance to open up for SABBATH in Birmingham [in December 1999], which that was supposed to be their last show, years back," he recalled. "And we used to do the SABBATH cover of 'Snowblind'. And Shavo [Odadjian, SYSTEM OF A DOWN bassist] comes to me and he goes, 'Hey, they want us to do the SABBATH cover.' And I go, 'We ain't doing a SABBATH cover before SABBATH.' I'm, like, 'Are you fucking crazy?' And I was, like, 'No, man. We can't do that. We're going to get booed off the fucking stage. And it's not going to — it's not a good look. It's arrogant.' And then [SABBATH drummer] Bill Ward comes to our dressing room and he goes, 'You guys gotta do it. You gotta do it, man.' And I'm looking at him and I'm, like, it's fucking Bill Ward, man."
He continued: "Anyone who knows me knows that I'm more — I love VAN HALEN, but my favorite part of VAN HALEN is Alex [Van Halen]. I love drummers. I always wanted to be a drummer. The guitar was by accident. But anyway, I was, like, 'Okay, if he's saying it, and he's saying all the rest of the band wants us to do it, [we'll do it].' So we did it. We played 'Snowblind', and our version is so fucking different. It was the SYSTEM OF A DOWN version of 'Snowblind'. So there was that."
During the same chat, Daron spoke about the influence SABBATH and Ozzy's music had on him during his formative years. He said: "First riff I ever learned was 'Iron Man' when I was a kid, and I was obsessed with Ozzy Osbourne when I was six or seven years old — just obsessed. He'd appear in my dreams having dinner with my parents and me when I was a kid. And he was this larger-than-life, crazy guy. And in the '80s, you had the whole satanic panic kind of thing."
Regarding BLACK SABBATH's legacy, Malakian said: "What could you say about SABBATH that hasn't been said a million times? Obviously they're the beginning of metal. You can bring in DEEP PURPLE, you can bring in LED ZEPPELIN, you can bring other bands, but the darkness, the heaviness that's that originates from SABBATH."
Referencing last month's "Back To The Beginning" event, which marked Ozzy and SABBATH's final performance, Daron added: "We weren't a part of the whole thing, and I was texting Shavo the other day. I was, like, 'We should have been fucking a part of this. What the fuck?' But they mean a lot to me just like they do to a lot of other people."
During an appearance on a recent episode of the "Beardo & Weirdo" podcast, hosted by FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH bassist Chris Kael and comedian Craig Gass, SYSTEM OF A DOWN drummer John Dolmayan spoke about where he was when he found out about Ozzy's passing. John said: " I was probably setting up for Comic-Con and the condolence texts started to come in to me. And first of all, I didn't know anybody knew what my feelings were towards Ozzy or the family, and I didn't know what they were talking about, because I was setting up for Comic-Con in San Diego, and then I looked on Instagram and, of course, it's the barrage of [posts about Ozzy]…"
John continued: "You always think, like, 'Okay, maybe it's false,' because it was so soon after the last show that [Ozzy and BLACK SABBATH] did that it was, like, 'Okay, maybe this is bullshit,' or, 'Maybe he went to the hospital. Hopefully he's okay.' And then I got the confirmation from my manager."
Reflecting on his initial reaction to the news of Ozzy's death, John said: "It's one of those things where you know that he is older and he had a lot of health issues over especially the last five years. And I always feel like no matter what it is, the feelings that we have about somebody that passed are the feelings where we're dealing with the fact that we are also mortal and we only have a certain amount of time left. I try to reflect more on the amazing times that I had with somebody, 'cause they're gone. And the only thing left are the memories you have of them. And I try not to get sad, but more uplifted by the fact that, number one, I was lucky enough to know him. Number two, he made a bunch of incredible music. [Ozzy and his wife and manager Sharon] created a really cool and fun tour [Ozzfest] that is a staple from many people's youths and a fond memory for them, whether they were attending or where they were performing on it. Tens of thousands of people have positive memories from those shows. And he was a big influence on all the members of SYSTEM OF A DOWN, and we're all saddened in our own way. I know Daron [Malakian, SYSTEM OF A DOWN guitarist/vocalist] in particular was really grief-stricken by it and cried many times. He's a much more sensitive than I am when it concerns things like this. I look at it in a more pragmatic way. Life is finite. We're all gonna die. And my kids are gonna have to experience this one day. And my loved ones are gonna have to deal with the loss of me one day, and all these things. And we're all trying not to get too saddened by it, but you have your moments where you think, like, 'Fuck, I wish I had spent a little bit more time.' Or we kind of lost touch for a long time, 'cause SYSTEM went one way and then we broke up, then we got back together and you have kids and all these things. But I still keep in contact with [Ozzy and Sharon's son] Jack, and I did reach out to Jack, who I look at as kind of a little brother, and I sent him a private message of condolences. And he responded right away."
Dolmayan added: "So, the world is saddened by it and the fans are saddened by it, but there is a private matter here. These people lost their father, and Sharon lost her husband of four decades or however long they were married, and they're the ones that are going to have to grieve, and we have to give our sympathies to and our support to, if they need it."
Asked if he remembers hearing BLACK SABBATH's or Ozzy's music for the first time, John said: "I think I actually heard [a solo album from] Ozzy before I heard SABBATH, if my memory serves me correctly. And it was the live album ['Tribute'], the one with [a photo of] Ozzy lifting [late guitarist] Randy Rhoads off the ground. That was the first time I heard any of Ozzy's solo career. But I think maybe I'd heard one or two SABBATH songs before that. This was also before I played drums. I didn't start playing till I was 15, and I think I was like 13 or 12 around that time. It's a little foggy, 'cause the years go by pretty quick and we can't remember everything."
Ozzy died on July 22 of a heart attack, his death certificate revealed. The certificate also reportedly said the 76-year-old musician suffered from coronary artery disease and Parkinson's disease.
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