System of a Down's Shavo Odadjian - Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?

[@LordSummerIsle73]

His beard is the only thing stopping the world ending

[@zombiehunter767]

Cameron Steven you're damn right about that

[@loganwilcox7212]

My dad wanted a beard like his

[@PibbDFanta]

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

[@dankhill6851]

IKR everybody needs a pair of anal beads.

[@alk3myst]

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

[@cotopaximusic]

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]

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

[@maxcoen7641]

Dalle Smalhals toxicity is older than me lol

[@rive3051]

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]

Jaco Brosius dude me too

[@bPcrazydave]

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.

[@meineomakenntdieroten]

Shavo is such a cool dude.

[@merschavonia4745]

Your name though 😂

[@loneranger8343]

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

[@Treyorrrr]

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

[@ThorCarlton]

@@Treyorrrr came here to say that

[@octaviosander8898]

No way there's a Hannoveraner in the comments

[@shreyassarangi6106]

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

[@aroundthefur1210]

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]

Yeah man try hitting him up in DMs he reads them

[@nemesis8626]

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

[@leakingmud]

@@nemesis8626 bro what💀

[@jennyguitar]

Odadjians beard is majestic 🤩🤟

[@bladegreen1666]

Kerry kings is better

[@tzctlpc]

bass covers who cares

[@bladegreen1666]

@@tzctlpc well obviously I do

[@hearteatrs]

@@bladegreen1666 good Comeback

[@bladegreen1666]

@@hearteatrs says the person with undertale pfp cringe lord

[@kevinsulistyo5653]

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

[@rive3051]

shavo, the coolest metal bassist ever

[@Daily_Bassist]

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

[@prometheustv6558]

rive You don’t get cooler than Cliff Burton

[@monstaaa3]

*Les claypool entered the chat*

[@galacticsnake8982]

Justin Chancellor

[@Cabismer]

Gojira's bassist is perfect too

[@ayyyiss5483]

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

[@patrickeid1689]

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

[@aidanmaggio5538]

John Dolmayan??

[@patrickeid1689]

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

[@janoslegyenfennajanoshegyen]

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

[@patrickeid1689]

Hunor Németh 😂😂😂😂

[@gabrielesparza4]

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

[@LilVukie]

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]

Me too!

[@simonthibault365]

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

[@LilVukie]

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]

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]

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

[@Totallysickofonions]

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

[@Mississippi_Martian]

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/

[@thevomitleague4335]

Shavo is my favorite bassist this is a blessing

[@dakota825]

I have never seen him speak lol

[@linkinkrap462]

Under which rock have you been living?

[@thrashtildeth247]

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

[@charliechan6892]

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

[@thrashtildeth247]

Dev n yep

[@ivaerz4977]

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

[@boofr]

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

[@balintpetervari8450]

Aahhhh. Please do with Daron Malakian too.

[@silverbunny6344]

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

[@rebelguy9487]

Shit.....beat me to it!

[@octaviosander8898]

Fallatio

[@aarnavgandhi1680]

They need to adjust their vibe

[@andrewpappas9311]

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

[@iliveonatropicalisland6086]

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

[@BRIDGE_FKNDAVE]

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

[@MarkRoss-er4yq]

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

[@jdub5644]

I know I am!

[@David-vl4yu]

System of a down is the best smooth jazz band

[@hearteatrs]

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

[@gerardoa9179]

You know nothing of Jazz

[@David-vl4yu]

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

[@David-vl4yu]

@@gerardoa9179 also I know everything about jazz

[@bryondevine4224]

👏👏👏

[@alexvakili1511]

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

[@Corvo131]

He's awesome

[@geoffdaupert7612]

Need to do one with Each member and the all together

[@CartoonKidOLLY]

@@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]

@@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]

@@rubi588 More like Serj and Daron

[@Ohokk0]

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

[@burgerwithfries6279]

@@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.

[@aggelbeatboxer]

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

[@chassy50]

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

[@aggelbeatboxer]

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

[@guitargravy4946]

Yes just what I wanted

[@sake2890]

i've never clicked so fast and aggressively

[@XtremeKillah101]

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]

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]

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

[@sociallydiseased]

in my opinion john was better for the band

[@aarnavgandhi1680]

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

[@dilly2016]

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

[@bartwieden]

One of my very favorite bassists. Rocking that TBIRD

[@FlyingV555]

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

[@BartenderDownUnder]

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

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

@Elijah Taylor Tru-Dat

[@skuzzyj]

@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

[@sheipukkai]

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.

[@BubbaBass_Official]

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

[@66pens87]

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

[@Noone-bp4pl]

One of the most underrated bass players

[@asadhollow6477]

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

[@ubermikesocal]

Shavo seems like a cool dude.

[@mjnation7876]

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.

[@blyatuber]

Most underrated member of SOAD

[@TrevRman]

Been waiting for you guys to get someone from SOAD!

[@matthewshelley1365]

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]

@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.

[@MASTEROFPUPPETS238]

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

[@joshuadeshaies7266]

Dam I miss these guys!!!

[@L1amZR]

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

[@liquidbraino]

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

[@matt_or_something2535]

I love shavo so much

[@soiledtp4282]

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🤘🏼

[@raynercoslop]

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

[@SanicStudios]

It's been known for years.

[@purityknot1081]

Everyone knew that

[@Justin-jg2gz]

literally everyone knew because it’s been out for years

[@Justin-jg2gz]

Elijah Taylor grammar nazi

[@dannybardon2934]

“Rolling suicide”

[@theredbaron9119]

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

[@raf4097]

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

[@LundenVagrant]

This is one of my favorite series on youtube

[@basyliskba5000]

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

[@deftloli]

Love you always Shavo!

[@harrymcrorie]

Been waiting for a system episode for years

[@nov151992]

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!

[@lukevimpeny4705]

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???

[@jackcollins1406]

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

[@SandHanitizerOnMyDogs]

I’ve been looking forward to this

[@sevenfold089]

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

[@TheAaron3dg]

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

[@marnatural7748]

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

[@andrewmaasch1724]

Shavo seems like a genuine good guy 🖒 Great interview!

[@__Philip__311]

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.

[@D0M0C0RE]

We love you shavo

[@lukemontgomery9683]

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

[@persondavis1294]

Shavo's address confirmed?

[@lukemontgomery9683]

person Davis haha

[@iliveonatropicalisland6086]

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

[@TheDragonboy91]

have you told him?

[@lukemontgomery9683]

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

[@i.d.6788]

thank you for doing this!!!

[@inebri8ed]

shavo is such a homie

[@jaymay2444]

Shavo is so awesome

[@Martin-t1b3u]

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

[@shereadsshescries1457]

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...

[@SoapyTaco]

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 :(

[@damiansaucedo9951]

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

[@rammstein909]

Ive been waiting for this for system for ages

[@ayudhsarkar9120]

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

[@MICHELLEFAHMIE-js9bw]

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

[@_iostrakon2935]

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

[@sagesarabia5053]

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

[@Robv93]

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

[@timmyshrall9456]

So glad that’s how they got their drummer

[@brianburris1857]

One of the best frickin bassists EVER!!!

[@fooledpanzer7178]

Power in the beard.

[@LuchoCastle_11]

I would love to see a second part

[@RiffRock51]

My tapeworm tells me what to do.

[@kadafikadafiq381]

Pull the tapeworm out of your ass!!

[@Robbo859]

HEY!

[@hedged-valley1148]

@@nonamebrotha HEY

[@MyDemon32]

HEY!

[@ericthorpe5670]

Pull the tapeworm out of meeeee...

[@thesicmaskco.7659]

We love you Shavo.

[@colin2939]

just getting into system, this guy shavo seems so chill i wanna be his friend

[@matthewskoblar5230]

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.

[@harrymcrorie]

John dolmayan next!

[@Ottophil]

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

[@harrymcrorie]

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

[@alexberube5269]

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

[@harrymcrorie]

@@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]

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

[@JordanBritt]

He's aging like fine wine 🍷

[@Rzds8]

His beard should gets it's own album! He such a cool dude!

[@balinttoth9287]

I feel like Shavo would be the coolest uncle ever.

[@kevinmatthews9469]

Super awesome interview.

[@asadhollow6477]

Shave will be having the funniest movement in live concerts

[@ValAtraNiterisOfficial]

0:49 Did someone say "Bullshit" without getting cencored? Finally loudwire - please keep it!

[@SkippyMcdanglenuts]

Toxicity is still the best metal album I’ve ever heard not one bad song on it

[@hedged-valley1148]

I mean how the fuck is your band so good that you have a literally critically acclaimed 100% fully great album

[@klebitzboy6913]

How about Shavo rapping in the new System's album?

[@dominikweber4305]

I'd love it

[@Systemofadownfan805]

He's always wanted to sing a song for system. I remember asking him if he would in like 2011 when they finally came back and he said he was super down to but the band couldnt get on the same creative mindset

[@jade-mq2st]

@@Systemofadownfan805 wow. youre so lucky to have gotten the chance to talk to him

[@jonathanbouthillette753]

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

[@bishopm4401]

I don’t understand wrecking a bands gear

[@eothekingkong9727]

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]

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

[@Ottophil]

I never understood when people get mad about wrecking gear

[@ericthorpe5670]

@@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.

[@HasselWiss]

A good one!

[@acarolbernal]

Finally!

[@JordanDunn]

I WANT THAT BAND EDIT BRO