Daron Malakian

Birth : 1975-07-18, Hollywood, California, USA

History

Daron Vartan Malakian (born July 18, 1975) is an Armenian-American musician, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He is best known as the guitarist, songwriter and second vocalist of the metal band System of a Down and as the lead vocalist, lead guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter of the band Scars on Broadway. Malakian is known for his distinctive playing and is ranked 14th in Loudwire's list of Top 50 Hard Rock + Metal Guitarists of All Time and number 11 in MusicRadar's poll, The 20 Greatest Metal Guitarists Ever. He is placed 30th in Guitar World's list of The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists of All Time. Description above from the Wikipedia article Daron Malakian, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Movies

Linkin Park and Friends: Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington

Self

System of a Down - Rock in Rio

Guitars

System of a Down at Cidade do Rock, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on September 24, 2015. Setist: I-E-A-I-A-I-O / Suite-Pee (Incomplete) / Attack / Prison Song / Know / Aerials / Soldier Side - Intro / B.Y.O.B. / Soil / Darts / Radio/Video / Hypnotize / Temper / CUBErt / Needles / Deer Dance / Bounce / Suggestions / Psycho / Chop Suey! / Lonely Day / Question! / Lost in Hollywood / Vicinity of Obscenity / Forest / Cigaro / Toxicity (with Chino Moreno) / Sugar

System of a Down Live in Yerevan, Armenia 2015

Himself

System of a Down - Yerevan, Armenia - 23.04.2015 1. Holy Mountains, 2. Jet Pilot, 3. Suite-Pee, 4. Prison Song, 5. U-Fig, 6. Aerials, 7. Soldier Side - Intro, 8. B.Y.O.B., 9. I-E-A-I-A-I-O, 10. Radio/Video, 11. Bubbles, 12. CUBErt, 13. Hypnotize, 14. Dreaming, 15. Needles, 16. Deer Dance, 17. P.L.U.C.K., 18. Sartarabad, 19. Psycho, 20. Chop Suey!, 21. Lonely Day, 22. Question!, 23. Bounce, 24. Kill Rock 'n Roll, 25. Marmalade, 26. Lost in Hollywood, 27. Spiders, 28. Mr. Jack, 29. Science, 30. Chic 'N' Stu, 31. ATWA, 32. War?, 33. Arto, 34. Cigaro, 35. Roulette, 36. Toxicity, 37. Sugar

System of a Down Live at Reading Festival 2013

Self - Guitarist

Setlist: 1. Aerials 2. Suite-Pee 3. Prison Song 4. I.E.A.I.A.I.O. 5. Soldier Side (Intro) 6. B.Y.O.B. 7. Deer Dance 8. Radio/Video 9. Hypnotize 10. Needles 11. Suggestions 12. Psycho 13. Chop Suey! 14. Lonely Day 15. Spiders 16. Toxicity 17. Sugar

System of a Down: Rock´N´Heim

Himself

1. Aerials 2. Suite-Pee 3. Prison Song 4. I-E-A-I-A-I-O 5. Soldier Side – Intro 6. B.Y.O.B. 7. Deer Dance 8. Radio/Video 9. Hypnotize 10. Needles 11. DDevil 12. Lost in Hollywood 13. X 14. Suggestions 15. Psycho 16. Chop Suey! 17. Lonely Day 18. Question! 19. A.D.D. 20. Spiders 21. Cigaro 22. Toxicity 23. Sugar

System of a Down - Rock in Rio

Guitars

System of a Down at Cidade do Rock, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on October 02, 2011. Setlist: Prison Song / Soldier Side - Intro / B.Y.O.B. / Revenga / Needles / Deer Dance / Radio/Video / Hypnotize / Question! / Suggestions / Psycho (With "Disco Inferno" snippet -… more ) / Chop Suey! / Lonely Day / Bounce / Lost in Hollywood / Kill Rock 'n Roll / Forest / Science / Mind / Innervision / Holy Mountains / Aerials / Vicinity of Obscenity / Tentative / Cigaro (With slow intro) / Suite-Pee / War? / Toxicity / Sugar

System Of A Down: Rock am Ring

Himself

Setlist: 1. Prison Song 2. Soldier Side - Intro 3. B.Y.O.B. 4. I-E-A-I-A-I-O 5. Needles 6. Deer Dance 7. Radio/Video 8. Hypnotize 9. Question! 10. Suggestions 11. Psycho 12. Chop Suey! 13. Lonely Day 14. Bounce 15. Kill Rock 'N Roll 16. Lost In Hollywood 17. Forest 18. Science 19. Darts 20. Aerials 21. Tentative 22. Cigaro 23. Suite-Pee 24. War? 25. Toxicity 26. Sugar

Screamers

Himself

Internationally known director Carla Garapedian follows the rock band System of a Down as they tour Europe and the US pointing out the horrors of modern genocide that began in Armenia in 1915 up though Darfur today.

System Of A Down: Hypnotize

Himself

SYSTEM OF A DOWN Hypnotize (2005 UK Issue Dual Disc comprising of 12-track album featuring the sequel to Mesmerize produced by Rick Rubin & Daron Malakian and including the single Hypnotize plus DVD side featuring the entire album in superior 5.1 Surround Sound and Stereo exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and B.Y.O.B and Question! - Music Videos) CD side:1. Attack2. Dreaming3. Kill Rock & Roll4. Hypnotize5. Stealing Society6. Tentative7. US Fig8. Holy Mountains9. Vicinity10. She Likes Heroin11. Lonely Days12.

System of a Down: Live London Astoria

Himself

System of a Down: Live Hurricane Festival

Himself

System of a Down (sometimes abbreviated as SOAD) is a metal band formed in the United States Glendale, California in 1994. It consists of Serj Tankian (vocals, keyboards), Daron Malakian (guitar, vocals), Shavo Odadjian (bass) and John Dolmayan (drums). The group is known for social and political views which can be found in the lyrics of their songs. All four members are descendants of Armenians.

Psycho Messiahs

himself

System Of A Down exploded onto the music scene in 1998 with an irrepressible sound, confounding all preconceptions and redefining expectations of hard rock. But where did the band come from, what did it take to make them famous and what are the real inspirations behind the music? 'Psycho Messiahs' takes you on a journey into the unknown, revealing the amazing story behind these unique and elusive prophets of sound.

System of a Down - Toxicity DVD

Himself

DVD of System of a Down's Toxicity including Behind the Scenes and concert footage