System Of A Down and Rubin have a long shared history, with Rubin not only signing the band to his American Recordings label in the late 90s, but also co-producing each of the five albums the band released alongside Malakian himself. He said of that [transcribed by theprp. Deftones were doing their thing. I like the word alternative metal, maybe more. They could have been psychedelic influences, and different kinds of rock influences. But it just so happens that we were around at the same time and we came in through the same scene as they did.
But I never felt like we really sounded like [them. I feel like we were doing something a little detached. Tankian would later air his grievances publicly back in , as a war of words of sorts began emerging between him and Malakian in the press. Speaking via that manifesto, he stated:. There were songs I wanted to bring in but was hampered by unkept promises coupled by my own passivity at the time. We all kind of changed. Rubin went on to ask Daron if he felt it was the explosive success the band had experienced that changed that dynamic.
Yeah, maybe success had something to do with it. And nothing was ever done⦠Like no one was trying to hurt anybody. You know, I just wanted the best for the band, best for the album. He stated:.
But it would have been nice to see where the band would have evolved if we kept putting music out. In other news, Malakian mentioned that a new Scars On Broadway album will arrive in , stating that he had been holding on this record for several years.
He also revealed that he has a stockpile of musical ideas banked up, which at one point he was holding onto for System Of A Down , but will likely now dedicate to Scars On Broadway going forward.
