Beyond The Beat Ep. 10 | System Of A Down - Toxicity
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Like Systems debut album, Toxicity seemed utterly chaotic upon its first listen, but the small refinements of more melody helped it become more accessible and gain mainstream attention. Not even the events of 9/11, (a week after the album's release) and having Chop Suey ripped from radio playlists, could tear it from the airwaves. People were attracted to their distinct style of fun interesting guitar riffs, Serj’s ‘swiss army knife’ vocals on top of Daron’s strange singing, the fun and unconventional drumming, and the diversity of their songs. They managed to get more poppier over time without giving the feeling like they were selling out. Also, their politics weren’t so overt that it distanced certain listeners. They still had political songs, but they did so in a way that was more surreal, adventurous and musically accomplished without sacrificing any of the heaviness or intensity that got them signed to a record deal.
Toxicity provided a perfect soundtrack to post-9/11 anxiety. System in a lot of ways had a contradictory sound. It can sound both incredibly juvenile and surprisingly mature, which leaks in the lyrics as well. As Daron said in an interview, “We like to stay on that verse-chorus type of tradition except sometimes the verse will be a waltz and the chorus will be hardcore.” How many popular bands can say that Waltz is a component of their music? They didn’t follow the so-called rules of Heavy Metal. No one before sounded like System Of A Down, and no one really since. But as Rick Rubin said, they transcended not fitting in, and those are the best artists. Those are the revolutionary bands, and those are the ones that change the world.
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Please do more system of a down albums I love this soooooo much
I second this
Totally agree
I really appreciate this channel. I used to watch Behind The Music on VH1 all the time and felt a huge hole in music without it. It makes you appreciate music you may not have even liked before you knew the story
That hidden track was the hymn ‘Der Voghoromya’ with collaboration with jazz-folk legend percussionist Arto Tuncboyaciyan.
I hope your channel blows up, dude. This is awesome, fresh, totally underrated content.
You should really do a deep dive into their first album if you find the time!
I really enjoy how you capture and convey the emotions of the band, their songs, and the forces around them.
These videos are really amazing! Keep it up!!
There are two band that had the biggest impact with the least amount of recorded music, SOAD and MCR. Yea, they're vastly different but I respect them (and love their music) equally
I'd like to learn more about Rick Rubin. Hopefully meet him one day!
Btw, SOAD is GREAT!
Great insight to an excellent band. I knew very little about their origins. Now I feel well versed, but am left hanging , wanting to enjoy the entire experience.. I suppose your not able to include one of their tracks due to copyright.. sure would have been nice ..
thank you !
Dude I hadn't heard this album in like 20 years (2001 I was 13, I'm not that old of a bloke lol) and the song Toxicity was over played imo, kind of a turn off for me. Then I found the magic of 80s hardcore punk (biggest strike of luck I've ever had that I had a friend who got into the local punk scene instead of late 90s pop punk!) and was the mainstay of my musical and it's esthetics. So delved deep into whole underground scene which was harder than anything else to find out about new bands especially when the internet was much weaker, so I loved it and went with skateboarding so well (also started trying to do tricks instead of just rolling around at age 11 or 12) and got into more hardcore underground hip-hop and hard metal (not radio butt-metal at the time haha) so I slept on S.O. A.D. because I was only listening to classic rock on the radio when seldom listening to radio. I regress back to the point, I listened to this album again for the first time in at least 15 years and was amazed by how well it had aged and how it perfectly fit in with my taste in music even more actually than it did originally because of it's depth in lyrics and how much it still fucking rocks all the years later. This is what makes it so damn good all these years later!
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Would love to see what info you can get on any rammstein songs
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Was this the Tower Records on Sunset concert?
Please do some guns n roses.