Scars on Broadway
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| Scars on Broadway | |
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| Origin | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Genre(s) | Experimental rock Alternative rock |
| Years active | 2003, 2006-present |
| Label(s) | Interscope[1] |
| Associated acts | System of a Down Axis of Justice Amen SCUM Hella Team Sleep Pulse Ultra |
| Website | Official site |
| Members | |
| John Dolmayan Daron Malakian Franky Perez Danny Shamoun Dominic Cifarelli |
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| Former members | |
| Casey Chaos Zach Hill Greg Kelso |
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Scars on Broadway is an American rock band. The band currently consists of the System of a Down members Daron Malakian (vocals/guitar) and John Dolmayan (drums), in addition to Franky Perez (guitar/backing vocals), Danny Shamoun (keyboards/percussion), and Dominic Cifarelli (bass).
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[edit] History
In December of 2005, Malakian said in an interview that he "could release ten solo records tomorrow.". He also said, " I have tons of material laying around. After these albums," (Mezmerize and Hypnotize) "I'm gonna go off to learn how to brain and do something on my own, just like Serj. And no, System of a Down is not breaking up. We're just gonna do like KISS and put out our own solo records."
Malakian is currently recording the self-titled debut album for Scars on Broadway. "Ghetto Blaster Rehearsals" was supposedly a leak of new Scars on Broadway material, but in a 2007 letter, Daron announced on his website that these tracks weren't in any way affiliated to Scars on Broadway as it exists today and that the music is from a disbanded project from four years ago (most likely the one that featured the line-up with Casey Chaos). At this time, the only confirmed members were Malakian on vocals and guitar with System of a Down member John Dolmayan on drums.
On March 14, 2008, Scars launched an advertising contest challenging fans to post the Scars on Broadway countdown banner on the best websites they can find and submit screenshots. The prize is a cymbal signed by John and Daron.
The band's website featured a countdown timer, counting down to 15:00 PST of March 28, 2008. Additionally, above the timer, in quotation marks was the phrase "They say it's all about to end." When the countdown ended, the song "They Say" was made available on the site. The song is also available for listening on the band's official MySpace page, it is no longer available for free download.
Scars on Broadway played their first live show April 11, 2008 at the Whisky A Go Go in Los Angeles, CA. They have also confirmed to be playing with Metallica at KFMA Day 2008 in Tucson, AZ[2]. On January 22, 2008 Scars on Broadway were announced to be performing at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 26, 2008[3]. On May 17th of that year, the band also performed at the sixteenth annual KROQ Weenie Roast, along with Atreyu, Bad Religion, Flobots, Flogging Molly, Metallica, The Offspring, Pennywise, The Raconteurs, Rise Against and Seether. Additional tour dates were announced on their official website on the 30th of May [3].
On May 2, 2008, Scars announced on their official website that their debut album, Scars on Broadway, will be released on the 28th and 29th of July.
Starting from May 28th, 2008, "They Say" is available for purchase at iTunes Music store.
[edit] Musical Style
As from its early days, Daron Malakian always addressed the project as just rock, and "a lot more rock driven, although there will be some metal influences in the SOAD style".
On what direction the debut album will take, Malakian states: "It will probably be something electronic mixed in with traditional Armenian and thrash, death, black, and doom metal influences. When the music comes out, it will still be structured, just like System of a Down's music is."'.
In a recent interview, Malakian stated that the music will be influenced by Classic rock acts such as David Bowie, Brian Eno, Neil Young, and Roxy Music. He also stated that he shifted his songwriting from SOAD's frazzled metal to more song-based work, inspired by Neil Young and David Bowie.
"I don't feel we're the mosh-pit band," says Malakian. "That's just where I'm comfortable as a writer right now," he said, hinting at the band's rock over metal music approach.
[edit] Band members
[edit] Current members
- Daron Malakian - lead vocals, guitar (2003, 2006-present)
- John Dolmayan - drums (2007-present)
- Franky Perez - guitar, backing vocals (2008-present)
- Danny Shamoun - keyboards, percussion (2006-present)
- Dominic Cifarelli - bass (2008-present)
[edit] Discography
- 2008: Scars on Broadway
[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | |||||
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| U.S. |
U.S. Mod |
U.S. Main |
UK | UK Rock |
CAN | |||
| 2008 | "They Say" | — | 28 | 33 | — | — | — | Scars on Broadway |
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