1. Daron Malakian is the guitarist, songwriter, and second vocalist of the metal band System of a Down, and the lead vocalist, lead guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter of Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway.
21 Facts About Daron Malakian
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Daron Malakian placed 30th in Guitar Worlds list of "The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists of All Time".
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Daron Malakian was born on July 18,1975, in Hollywood, California, the only child to Armenian parents Vartan and Zepur Malakian.
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Vartan is a painter, dancer, and choreographer from Mosul, Iraq, and Zepur Daron Malakian is a sculptor who instructed college-level sculpture earlier in her career.
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At an early age, Daron Malakian got into heavy metal music; his distant cousin played him a Kiss record when he was age 4.
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Daron Malakian started listening to Van Halen, Aerosmith, Def Leppard, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Motorhead and Ozzy Osbourne.
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Daron Malakian then began listening to the Beatles and cites John Lennon as one of his big influences as a songwriter.
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Daron Malakian cites other British Invasion bands such as the Kinks and the Who as major influences as well as folk-rock such as trio Peter, Paul and Mary and punk pioneer Iggy Pop.
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Daron Malakian went to Rose and Alex Pilibos Armenian School in the Los Feliz side of Hollywood, which his future bandmates Shavo Odadjian and Ontronik "Andy" Khachaturian attended.
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Daron Malakian met Serj Tankian in 1993, while they both shared the same rehearsal studio in different bands.
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Tankian was playing the keyboard for a band, and Daron Malakian was playing guitar and singing for another band.
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Daron Malakian co-produced System of a Down's albums with Rick Rubin, as well as albums by the Ambulance and Bad Acid Trip.
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In 2003, Daron Malakian started his own label, EatUrMusic, on which Amen was the first signed band.
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Daron Malakian stayed out of the public eye following his cancellation of the tour in support of Scars on Broadway's debut album in October 2008.
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In 2009 Daron Malakian made a surprise appearance at Shavo Odadjian's Halloween Party and played "Suite-Pee", "They Say", and an unknown song with Odadjian, Dolmayan and Scars on Broadway's Franky Perez on guitar.
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On November 20,2009, Daron Malakian played at the Chi Cheng Benefit concert along with Deftones, and performed with Odadjian and Dolmayan.
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Daron Malakian appeared on Cypress Hill's 2010 album Rise Up, on one song, "Trouble Seeker", which he produced.
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On May 2,2010, Daron Malakian reunited with Scars on Broadway at the Troubadour in West Hollywood.
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On October 28,2017, Daron Malakian performed with the surviving members of Linkin Park which played a show at the Hollywood Bowl dedicated to the passing of their frontman Chester Bennington.
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Daron Malakian has a large collection of Oilers-related memorabilia and has held Kings season tickets since 1999.
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Daron Malakian has been described as a fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers.