album in June 1998. This album was very heavy and had some strange songs in it. Including Sugar, War?, and Spiders. Since, S.O.A.D. wasn't really well known when they started this album kinda got peoples attention. The Band includes: Serj Tankian (lead vocals, piano), Daron Malakian (guitar, backup vocals), Shavo Odadjion (bass), and John Dolmayan (Drums). After having little success with their first album they worked hard on their second album, known as: Toxicity. This album really got people's attention. With their all star hit known as "Chop Suey". This song is just tremendous and I love playing it on my set. There also was a album titled song "Toxicity" and that is where I'll talk into John...John Dolmayan was born in Beirut, Lebanon and first became interested in drums at the age of 2. His father was a saxophone player and when his mother would take him to watch his father play, he would mimic his father's drummer. When he was four he asked his parents for a drum kit. He asked for one every year for his birthday or Christmas until he finally got one at age 15. He started playing every kind of music that his father had, finally developing a style of his own. After years he eventually met up S.O.A.D. and did some amazing things with them. Toxicity was a major song that John played. He had amazing fills in this song, and I am still trying to figure out how to play this song for 5 months. His drums also just sound like a million bucks. Here is his overall set:
Drums - Tama Starclassic Bubinga10"×8" Tom
12"×9" Tom
14"×11" Tom
18"×16" Floor Tom
22"×18" Bass Drum
14"×6" Warlord Masai Snare
However, the recent pic shown here and his recent concert videos show a much larger set.
Cymbals - Paiste
14" RUDE Hi-Hat
18" Signature Full Crash
20" Signature Full Crash
24" 2002 Crash
24" RUDE Mega Power Ride
10" Signature Splash
22" Traditionals Medium Light Swish
Sticks - Vic Firth
John Dolmayan Signature 16" length, .585" diameter
Dolmayan and his band has also been nominated for many awards and won some also. Here they are:
In 2002, John was nominated for a Grammy in Best Metal Performance for their song " Chop Suey!" (Toxicity 2001)
In 2003, System of a Down was nominated for a Grammy in Best Hard Rock Performance for "Aerials" (Toxicity 2001)
In 2005, System of a Down won for Best Alternative Act in the Europe Music Awards
In 2006, System of a Down won their first Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance for "B.Y.O.B." (Mezmorize 2005)
In 2006, System of a Down won the "MTV Good Woodie Award" for their song "Question!" (Mezmorize 2005)
In 2006, John won Drum! Magazine's drummer of the year award. He also won the alternative rock drummer of the year award.
In 2006, System of a Down's song "Toxicity" was #14 on the VH1 Top 40 Metal Songs list
In 2007, System of a Down was nominated for a Grammy Award in Best Hard Rock Performance for their song "Lonely Day" (Hypnotize 2005)
John and the band have made outstanding progress over the years but later in 2006 they broke up, after there 2 duel albums "Mezmorize" and "Hypnotize" Mezmorize was my favorite album out of all 5, and Hypnotize was also great. These albums were softer and not as heavy as their earlier ones and that's why I like them more. After the band split up Serj, the vocali
st started a solo career. Shavo, the bassist moved to a rap group. Daron (Guitarist) and John started their new band known as "Scars on Broadway". This didn't last long and they soon broke up 2 years later. There has been rumors that the Band is trying to get back together and I really hope they do, S.O.A.D. is awesome. Here are 2 links in memory of John Dolmayan, with System of a Down. The First one is just a few pictures of him drumming. The Second one is an interview of John and Rick (Interviewer) has some great questions.http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/John_Dolmayan.html
http://www.moderndrummer.com/updatefull/200001064/John%20Dolmayan
Please post comments below on how you think John is an awesome drummer. I hope you enjoyed this post and I will be posting soon.
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