System of a Down
- Author
- Tonight's Musical Guest, Today
- Published
- Sun 10 Aug 2025
- Episode Link
- None
Wake up! This LA by way of Armenia heavy metal/death metal/middle eastern/jazz fusion four-piece stunned mainstream culture at every turn. It's SYSTEM OF A DOWN week!
We recap the rich and tragic familial history and musical origins of Serj Tankian and co. before jumping into 3 tv performances across the span of 3 years for SOAD's classic self-titled debut. That includes a pretty ridiculous Fred Durst sidebar and our triumphant return to the short-lived TV home of late 90s nu-metal, Farmclub.com. Toxicity becomes huge amid 9/11, with a rare TV clip of Chop Suey! on MTV Latin America. And we return to Fuse's Uranium with Mistress Juliya Chernetsky to unfortunately find her trying to survive the interview from hell.
Want to watch along with us? Check out the links below for the performances discussed this week!
War?, 11/9/1998 on NPA (French TV)
Spiders, 3/16/2000 on Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Sugar/Suggestions, 6/12/2000 on Farmclub.com
Chop Suey!, 10/24/2002 on MTV VMAs Latin America
