Hypnotize system of a down meaning1/12/2024 ![]() “I wrote Electric Yerevan and I thought, ‘Wow, this could make a great System Of A Down song,’” Serj recalls. Six years ago, Serj’s subconscious was struck by a bolt of creative energy, arriving, for the first time in almost a decade, in the form of rock’n’roll: firstly in the shape of How Many Times, a quasi-metallic ballad, shortly followed by the adrenaline-soaked punk rager Electric Yerevan, written after the Armenian protests of the same name. These misplaced assertions are simply shrugged off, Serj bluntly explaining that he’s too busy creating to care, allowing inspiration from the universe to flow through him, believing that music comes from either the subconscious or collective consciousness, and artists are “skilled presenters” at best. ![]() The years since have seen him favour working in symphonic and electronic sounds, including 2020’s Fuktronic collaboration with Jimmy Urine. They point to the lack of a new SOAD album since 2005’s Hypnotize – last November’s standalone Protect The Land and Genocidal Humanoidz singles marking the band’s first new music of any description in 16 years – while it’s been nearly a decade since even Serj’s rockier Harakiri solo LP. He scoffs, too, at the idea, put forward by System Of A Down’s more vocal detractors, that its frontman is simply not interested in rock music these days. Genres of music are like different types of food you can’t just eat pizza all day.” Jazz has so many implications and capabilities, from sexy vibes to crazy progressive elements. ![]() Classical music has the subtleties of so much emotion that can touch upon the rebellious nature of rock in one point, then be so vulnerable and beautiful in another way that rock can’t touch. “Each genre has its own potency: rock is the music of revolution, rock is the music of protest and change. “I don’t think music should be defined,” he begins, as we cast our eye over Serj’s on-again-off-again relationship with rock. ![]()
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