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Do you know why a band picked out it's name? Feel free to let us know.
I can't verify all of these stories, so do take them with a grain of salt. I try and delete the ones that I know to be bogus, but I don't know the origins of every band name (and some bands intentionally tell different stories about picking their band name).
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Name | Origin | Submitted by: | ||
| System Of A Down | In the begining SOAD as called Soil, and when the bands lineup changed, they changed they name into victims of a down, after Daron?s song. They later changed it into system of a down. A STANDS FOR "AMERICAN" (system of American down) | Miras-Yugoslavia | ||
| System of a Down | SOAD originally did a promo picture in a L.A newspaper yet in that very picture John (Drummer) was missing and was replaced by the name 'Andy'. This is because during the early days of system of a down, Andy was the frst pick for a drummer. Due to a squarel Andy left the band thinking that they would not go big. Yet 3 albums later the name system of a down has spread worldwide. | Genocide | ||
| System of a Down | In the mid-90's when Serj Tankian and Daron Malakian were in a band called "Soil", Daron wrote a poem called "Victims of a Down". Serj thought that it was cool and decided to name the band after it. They later changed it to System of a Down because they thought that it sounded cooler. | nj | ||
| System of a Down | I read Malakian (Vocals, guitar) were originally in a band called Soil. They joined up with their friend Shavo Odadjian (bass), and drummer Andy (sorry I forget his last name). Daron wrote a poem called "Victims of a Down", but Serj felt System was a more powerful word, and the others agreed. John Dolmayan replaced Andy as the drummer, I believe in 1997, two years after the band was started. | SOADfan | ||
| System of a Down | Some people think Soil was the orignal name of SOAD but really it was the name of a group that included Serj, Daron, and a different drummer called Andy. None of them were born in Armenia but they all have origins there and Serj, Daron, and Shavarsh 'Shavo' all went to the same high school at one time. They all attended a private Armanian school. They are the the best band in the world. | ben | ||
| System of a Down | Most of what's above is correct, but after choosing "System of a Down" over "Victims of a Down", Daron's poem title, the drummer was not John Dolmayan but in fact Andy Khachaturian, who would be replaced by John. Andy went on to form "The Apex Theory" with former "Soil" (the original name of SOAD) bassist Dave Hagopyan | joe | ||
| System Of A Down | From a poem written by the guitarist, Daron Malakian, called "Victims Of A Down". Shavo, the bassist, didn't like 'victims' in the name so they changed it to System Of A Down. | Charles Runyan | ||
| System Of A Down | System of a Down have a lot of songs about war. The name has something to do with "Down with the system of war" or "Down with the system". | Random Hero | ||
| System of a Down | Daron calling the group's name from the poem he had written called "Victims of a Down". Shavo objected to the word "victims", for it's narrow personal qualitation, so Daron came up with a broader, ambiguous "system", which suited everybody and left room for thought and subjective interpretation... System of a Down, were born. | Emz Valore (a.k.a- spazz) | ||
| System Of A Down | Some people who have written about the origin of the poem by Daron as being the origin for the name are correct, but there i another dimension to the label. In almost every song that System Of A Down had written and put on an album, they use drop D and 1 tuning (very low) and 10/60 gauge strings. They have to use guitars with metal necks or when they play songs the neck would snap - thus they incorporate the System of a "DOWN" into their music | Jimmy | ||
| System of A Down | Formed by a politically driven maniac, and two secret gay lovers( Serj Tankian, Daron Malakian and Shavo Odadjian....hehehh in my dreams >.<), System was originally Soil, then Victims of a Down. John Dolmayan entered the band as the drummer awhile later, and they then changed their name once more in '95 .....And there we go... System of a Down :D teh Idiot tells no lies! Daron and Shavo are <3ers ^-^ | Idiot | ||
| System Of A Down | I read in Rolling Stone they named themselves after a line in a poem Daron wrote. | Patrick | ||
| System of a Down | When they came together as a band, the very cute guitarist, Daron Malakian wrote a poem about the armenian genocide (the band is armenian) and it was originally 'victems of a down' but shavo, the bass player, didn't like the term 'victem' so the guitarist came up with system! He came up with system because the turkish people systematically massacred 1.5 million armenians! Their name is totally orginal! I love them all oh yeah, it was a coencidence that they were all armenian- a happy accident. | Clarissa | ||
| System Of A Down | They were actually going to be called originally Soil, but then they named themselves System Of A Down after a poem Serj Tankian wrote about the Armeniam genocide (they instead named a song "Soil" on their first self-titled album) | Mike Calleja | ||
| System Of A Down | Victims Of a Down, was a poem that Daron wrote...ding ding....OK, everyone is sayin..they changed it from Victims to System becuase it sounded cooler. ERRR...wrong answer. Serj, Daron, John and Shavo thought Victims was too narrow or a title. They changed it to System, becuase it was broader, and would include more indivuals. | Natalia | ||
| system of a down | In `95 (I think), Daron and Serj were in a band called Soil, but later in the `90s, the band fell apart. Daron wrote a poem called '' Victims of a Down''. Serj read it and thought it was really cool. They decided to start another band called ''Victims of a Down''. Now when Bush got into the Presidency, they didn't like him and decided to find a name besides victims. Daron decided "System of a Down" instead of "Victims of a Down" because system is more main stream into the goverment and things like that. I got that from a documentary MTV did!! | Taylen...... | ||
| System Of A Down | Well a band member may well have written a poem including the words "victim of a down" but the Bible got to system of a down first. Im afraid i dont know the exact quote something about, you are now entering your system of a down. | jameS |
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