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Archive 1


Vandalism in the singles page?

"War?" is listed as a single from "Demo Tape #3 (A.K.A 'The Bug Zapper')", Prison Song and Violent Pornography are listed as singles but have no page for them - it looks a lot like vanadalism to me, but I don't know my SOAD enough to edit it. Please do if it is. /Hugoflug 16:03, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Prision song charted so it should be on there and War? was a single so it also should be on there.The rest shouldn't. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.234.129.34 (talk • contribs)

Yeah, Prison Song & War? are both singles and they do have pages. I don't know about Violent Pornography though. I'm not going to edit it though, in the hope that it will become a single. Sorry. (Telecat 21:41, 14 May 2006 (UTC))[reply]

Not a social/political band

I want to see proof that S.O.A.D actually have political lyrics. Lyrics like "Going to the party, dancing in the desert, blowing up the sun shine" do not have any political value. S.O.A.D use their "political" front for publicity, to be viewed as a "unsafe" band.

Ever read their lyrics? "BYOB" is about war for oil. "P.L.U.C.K." is about genocide. "War?" is about religous hegemony. "Prison Song", curiously enough, is about the prison-industrial complex in America. "ATWA" is about the jailing of Charles Manson. "Violent Pornography" is about the blatant sexualizing of the media. They aren't a very introverted band. Most of their lyrics deal with things outside of personal emotions and the largest subject is usually politics and culture. Also, please remember to sign your comments. -->Chemical Halo 02:30, 11 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Also I'd like to add - the first line of Hypnotize - "Why don't you ask the kids at Tiananmen square?" Could you get more political?! You also have the whole Soldier Side song (the full one from their new album) "Young men standing on the top of their own grave" - talking about young boys who have left for war and are being executed - and now you realise ("Welcome to the soldier side") — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.98.131.9 (talk • contribs)
I'd also like to point out that members of System of a Down have denied the political label in the past. They don't view themselves as a political band, even if they do often cover political topics in their songs. --DalkaenT/C 18:35, 19 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Which is as lame as American kids making Anarcho - Whatever- Punk Rock and claiming to be Anarchists in the garages of their rich W.A.S.P daddies.Either stand for your opinions or shut up.Ther song,PLUCK is liked by many Turkish adolescent boys not for its lyrics,but for its sound.And I am frustrated because they mesmerize(yeah that's it) adolescent Turkish kids with their music and make them accept the Armenian Genocide because they simply liked the band,not because they read the relations between Young Turks and the death toll,orders of Enver Pasha etc... .You can find pretty much evidence on SOAD forums throughout the world.I can give you personal info about a few in my neighborhood,I am DEAD SERIOUS.That's like making people think evil of Jews by letting them watch "The Passion of the Christ" (and yes I like South Park).Anyway,I personally dislike nu-metal or alternative rock with vocalists screaming as if they are taking a crap but have their colons stuck with concrete.(If you want,ignore the last lines.)--Turkish Legacy 10:09, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Well, while it is obvious that SOAD is a band with strong political views, in the eyes of someone like Serj, that would not be their strongest aspect. Serj would probably argue towards their mystical points, and claim that the political part of their music is more social than anything else. Besides songs such as BYOB, many of their songs can be applied to multiple events in history, such as War, and even PLUCK. While the songs are obviously pointed at Turkey and their role in the Armenian Genocide, they can be ultimately applied to thousands of events in history and society as a whole. In short, while they come across as a political band, I think they would like to distance themselves from bands who have no other role than to question CURRENT politics, rather than social views as a whole.
P.S. - Can Kırığı, you seem to have some serious views and a closed mind towards music and opinions different from yours. While you may be upset over their political ideals, you come across as a fool for getting so worked up over it. Try to keep a cool head and you'll look much more intelligent. Avengerx 11:05, 1 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
"Quote - Could you get more political?!" You don't even know the definition of a political band. --Ultrasound 03:42, 2 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

my friend (who is really christian if you get what im saying) says they are satanic...any proof of this?

Heh, they're not Satanic, or if they are, there's no evidence of it in their lyrics. Anyways, the band's protests over Turkish denial of the Armenian genocides during WWI should be more than enough to qualify them as politically outspoken. Lyrically, they have quite a few songs that blatantly satirize and protest political agendas, such as "The Prison Song," "Bring Your Own Bombs," and "Cigaro," so I would categorize them as both a political band and a protest band. - CorbinSimpson 03:16, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Check the liner notes and Serj's thanks, and ou'll quickly see they're not Satanic. I think the song "Sience", as well, makes it fairly clear they have religious beliefs including deific representatioins of the traditional concepts of good and evil, unlike your average Satanist.
There is a song from the first album called "DDevil". I have no idea what most of the lyrics mean, but he does sing "The devil is so lovely". It might be making fun of Satanists though, as Serj stops and laughs in the middle of the song. (maybe that's all just an interpretation). In any event, that is the only instance I can think of where their lyrics are even remotely affiliated with Satan. There should be no reason for anyone of any religion to take offense from their lyrics. - Dramacomic 05:10, 3 March 2006
i think the lyrics for "Suite-Pee" would offend people's religious beliefs, which include the lines "the falling of christ" and the implication that jesus was a woman, and how the bible contradicts itself. [Darklord666 April 28 2006]
Chop Suey has a refrence to the crucifixion of Christ and in Soldier Side (Hypnotize)talking about how soldiers are "wondering when Jesus comes, are they gonna be saved". i think theyre christian


What Do You Mean "Not a Political Band"??!! Did you ever listen to "B.Y.O.B."? "Why don't the Presidents fight the war?" Or how about "Boom!"? "Everytime you drop the bomb" I can't believe that anyone would say that System of a Down is not a political band!!! (Telecat 21:38, 14 May 2006 (UTC))[reply]


Not Political?? You have no idea. "Going to the party, dancing in the desert, blowing up the sun shine" does have political meaning, it means the government acts like the situation in Iraq is fine and all dandy (going to the party) and dancing in the desert extends to that the desert being Iraq, you obviously never learned about metaphors and symbolism in any school class. Political songs don't have to be obvious. Pretty much every single one of their songs has a political meaning to some extent. I do not think they are Christians or religious at all because some of their songs like "Suite-Pee" are definetley not pro religion at all. And satanic???? Anyone who thinks SOAD are satanic have messed up minds. They may not be pro religion, and they might possibly be atheist and a metal band (because you know metal music is satanic *sarcasm*) but how is ANTI VIOLENCE, ANTI WAR, ANTI HATE, ANTI PREJUDICE, ANTI INTOLERANCE, ANTI RACISM, how can ANY of that be satanic in the least way. In fact if anything goes more along the original idea of Christianity it is that, not some fake Christian president like Bush and all you "Christians" who hate gay people. Real Christians would be tolerant of differences no matter what the bible says about gay people, and you would not believe the lies used to justify wars by our government ("God is on our side" "God bles America"). No, because real Christians would support peace and tolerance and NOT wars for personal gain. No, the people that really are the closest to the ideals of Christianity are those "stoner, metal head, and satanic" System of a Down. -- SOADJPenator

Dude, the "original" idea of christianity is that of the bible. You can't be a christian and ignore what the bible says like you suggest they should do

Complete Overhaul

I wrote a complete overhaul of the history section. The article was in disarray with grammatical errors, sentences that didn't even make sense, constant (and i mean constant) reiteration of the same fact, events out of time order and the inclusion of non-encyclopedic and unsupported material. In other words the article was in shambles and looked like complete bollocks. Who wrote "was appraised by fans"? Check the definition of the words you are using next time you edit. Thanks. --Ultrasound 03:38, 2 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Zelda

Someone should write on this page about SOAD covers, such as the "Zelda Song" which may or may not be by SOAD, and is rumored to be by rabbit joint. anyone with info?

I was wondering about that song too.Worldmaster0 02:26, 19 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

"Legend of Zelda" is indeed by The Rabbit Joint. No source right now, but the singer, Serj, and the old drummer had a band before SysDown, and that was a bootleg that made it onto the internet. - CorbinSimpson 04:47, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

But if the singer is serj, and the drummer had been on SOAD, we can consider it, a system of a down song.

The Rabbit Joint did record the Zelda song (simply titled "Zelda"), and are entirely unaffiliated with SOAD.

The singer of Rabbit Joint has a voice similar to Serj's, that's what caused many to believe the "Zelda" was performed by SOAD - Jon Ace 18:07, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Ive seen a video of SOAD playing it live though...

The Zelda song is actually done by a band called Group X, not SOAD or Rabbit Joint
Group X contributed to that song just as much as SOAD did. None.--Gophergun 17:06, 6 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Zelda song is definitely, without a doubt, by The Rabbit Joint. There is proof, and much discussion, at OverClocked ReMix. --Eybub 04:32, 8 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What happened to the whole line about how the zelda song was mistakenly by system of a down? it was removed from the article. is it ok if i add it? well, im gonna go ahead and do that... - Bagel7

The Zelda song originated on OverClocked Remix by The Rabbit Joint... Not SOAD, not Group X. No one else. Eybub is entirely right, and that's that.

Genre Editing

Current genres: Heavy Metal / Alternative Metal / Hard rock

In the past few days, there's been quite a few edits to the genre heading of this article. Right now, what genres do you think we should have listed? - CorbinSimpson 18:35, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Alternative metal. Heavy metal is too vague (and somewhat inaccurate) and hard rock doesn't describe them quite as well either. That's usually what I see them called by reviewers and such as well, if not nu-metal, and nu-metal is a subgenre of alternative metal anyway, if I'm not mistaken. --DalkaenT/C 19:01, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

In the opening paragraph, I've changed the genre to just metal, with no wikilink. The idea is that they defy progressive, nu-metal, heavy metal, and hard rock classifications, having such a different sound. Primus got its very own ID3v1 tag, and System of a Down should have its own unique flavor of music separated from specialization and overclassification. Comments here or my talk, but don't just change without talking, please. - CorbinSimpson 05:50, 6 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I dont think SOAD really has a specific category. you cant just categorize them. - Bagel7


I think I can classify them into one genre: crap.  ;) Cdwillis 16:17, 8 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I can classify YOU that way ;). SOAD has an unique genre, and that's it. They're the best! :D MischiefMaker

They're not metal at all though. Alt. rock would suit better

Also known as "System"?

I have heard of SOAD but never of just System. I don't want to change it, being an unknokn IP, (I know that much, but I don't know how to spell the other word). I just thought someone who is working on this might consider removing that. 10:27, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

I've heard them referred to as just "System" (by a radio DJ). Zafiroblue05 02:12, 11 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
In many conversations both within my own social circles and in the media I hear the referred to as "System". Avengerx 02:57, 11 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
In the beginning of MTV's "Two Dollar Bill" on System of a Down, the crowd's chant can be heard as "System! System! System!" WikiTruth 19:57, 11 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I think that there's no place for the sentence "known as System" or somethig in the article. "System" is just a shortened name used by fans (or journalists etc.), because the full name is a little bit long, it is the same for a plenty of bands like "Purple", "Sabbath", "Cradle" and so on. SOAD for example is used officialy by he band or for the band's merchandise. --Tzeck 13:14, 12 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
at the school I attend the band is commonly referred to by the name "system" --Joe dude 23:17, 17 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think it's remarkable enough. --84.249.252.211 14:41, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
'system' doesn't reflect the whole meaning of the band so it should be called by the full name. Try hards that think they know system of a down say and start things like that. System of a down's name reflects the band and what it sings for, every word of it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.168.161.146 (talk • contribs)
system shouldnt be an "A.K.A." thing, it should be like a shortened version of the band's name - Bagel7
Check out http://www.musicomh.com/interviews/system-of-a-down-2_0705.htm where Serj says "It looks really beautiful and is one of my favorite System videos since Spiders." If he's referring to his own band as System, perhaps it is notable enough to be considered an AKA?205.206.95.151 05:50, 17 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Their songs...

Is it possible to make all of their songs available for editing, because I'm a fan and would like to work on articles for them. Just wondering so if you can help me out, thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by WeirdInformar (talk • contribs) 05:03, 24 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please see Notability and Music Guidelines/Songs for Wikipedia's official policy about songs. See also Wikipedia:WikiProject Songs. Mushroom 15:59, 27 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • I did see a list of some of their songs linked from the very bottom of System's article, but the song articles there are generally just a few sentences chewing on the same things and some of them say "the lyrics probably mean..." It's badly done- so hey it'd be cool if someone good could go and make proper articles for those songs. :) // James 11:10, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Lonely Day

Somebody NEEDS to put lonely day on the singles list. I don't know why but its driving me crazy! Lonely day is now a single so it should be included in the singles list. Thanks.

Done. Blastdude 05:45, 25 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Spelling error in article

"Righteous" is misspelled in the article in the section quoting the line from "Chop Suey!"

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Industrial Influences?

I can't find any Industrial influences in SOADs music, anyone got any examples of this? /Hugoflug 21:05, 29 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I dont think there are any - Bagel7

South Park Album

In the South Park article about the episode "Chef Aid" it says they recorded a song on the album for Chef Aid called Will They Die For You? this should be mentioned in the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.187.130.178 (talk • contribs)

Interesting. I'll go check. My version of the album says that that track was "Will They Die 4 U" by Mase. If the Chef Aid article is wrong, I will ask on their talk page. Either way, the song is definitely NOT by System of a Down. - CorbinSimpson 21:45, 18 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, I have the song, and SOAD is definitely in the song. Listen to the end of the song, where Serj sings "Why must we kill, why must we kill, our own kind." Also, Amazon.com's entry for the Chef Aid album lists SOAD as contributing to the song. [1] - Avengerx 21:54, 18 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
XD, the tags on my copy are messed up. Gracenote confirms SOAD is there. My mistake. - - CorbinSimpson 22:00, 18 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

grammy

they have recieved a grammy for best hard rock performance and this should probaly be put into history section — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.119.116.72 (talk • contribs)

You should've totally removed it (hyperirony.. cough :)) --84.249.252.211 15:37, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Deer Dance and Howard Zinn

There is a lyric from Deer Dance that says we can't afford to be neutral on a moving train. Would this be a reference to Howard Zinn's autobiography, which is titled You Can't Afford to be Neutral on a Moving Train? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Copysan (talk • contribs)

Oops forgot to sign, sorry Copysan 02:33, 14 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know, if that was unintentional then that would be a huge coincedence.--Gophergun 18:04, 6 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No, it is not a coincidence, Serj confirmed it on Axis of Justice Radio while him and Tom Morello were interviewing Howard Zinn, and yes that line is taken from Howard Zinn. Serj is very good friends with him and Zinn is a big influence to System of a Down. -- SOADJPenator

SOMEONE ANSWER!

hasn't steal this album gone double platnium yet? — Preceding unsigned comment added by CAYA (talk • contribs)

could someone please answer

I don't know if Steal This Album has gone double platinum yet. I didn't even know that it went platinum. It is a really good album though and it would deserve it.-Leandreamo

Absolutely STEAL THIS ALBUM is very good and sometimes underated-CAYA

Copyedit

This page needs a bunch of work, quite a few sentances do not make sense, or are strangely worded. StanBrinkerhoff 23:43, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The name

Is the meaning of the name known? In particular, what does "down" refer to? Surely not down (football) or a kind of hill. Something to do with depression (being down)? with poverty (down and out)? This should be in the article.... --Macrakis 18:00, 1 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Name System Of A Down comes from a poem that Daron wrote called "Victims of A Down" but Victims was changed to System because it sounded better to the other members. Also, I believe that the poem is on the back of System of A Down's first album. -Eric

True dat Eric. I was gonna write that it's on the back of the first album but then I read what you wrote-Leandreamo

The poem is not in the jacket of the album, at least not mine. I have read in several places that it has never actually been published.

vandalism

some retard obviously thinks it's funny to call the band "System Of A Dick". Watch out for shit randomly being changed. As for the genre, alternative metal fits best. They are not heavy metal, AT ALL. Nü metal is arguable, but Alt. Metal carries no negative connotations, unlike nü metal. Hard Rock can stay, though.

DO NOT put "heavy metal" there. That is pure heresy.

I am boldly keeping the opening paragraph worded to describe them as a "metal band". All flavors of metal, from speed metal to death metal to heavy metal to alternative metal to nu-metal to progressive metal carry connotations of one kind or another that would not represent a neutral point of view, and so none of those subgenres will appear in the first sentence of the article. If you want to talk about it, this is the place. - CorbinSimpson 05:51, 13 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Picture?

what happened to the picture of system in the little infobox? could someone put up one up? El sand bag57 01:46, 3 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Genre?

That quote from Guitar World is heinous. Nobody in their right mind would ever call System of a Down prog-rock. I don't think it should be used as an argument for or against anything.

I've seen it come up before. --DalkaenT/C 22:50, 12 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Watch out, Captain anonymous! I pegged these guys as prog back in 1998. I should know! I also don't like the way the 'argument' about nu-metal and heavy metal is written - "voiding" many fans' arguments? Give me a break. dreddnott 14:23, 25 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Truly, with so many aspects to their music, can only one particular genre be given to a band with such a shine? Perhaps someone should mention this in the article?

While you and I may feel that way, most people are accustomed to dumping bands into broad categories so they don't have to think. If you put something in like that, try to make it NPOV... dreddnott 22:02, 26 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

One could partly classify them as prog rock actually considering that their music is very abstract and they use a lot of weird time signatures and time signature changes. I don't see why you're getting offended that they called them prog rock, there's nothing wrong with it at all. -- SOADJPenator

A Hiatus?

Are there any credible sources to prove that they are actually going on a hiatus? Jman14141414 21:33, 5 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • I heard a rumour about it when they canceled "Souls", so I went look on System's official website, and didn't find anything about no hiatus on there, so yeah. I don't think anybody knows for sure if they actually are going on a hiatus or not. // James 01:14, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Although I did read an interview on VH1, where they say they are goin' on a hiatus, but I dunno. // James 11:00, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I also heard that interview. They are on hiatus.Hezzy 01:32, 10 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]


Yes, Daron said in an interview that they we going hiatus. -- SOADJPenator

Grammy

When SOAD won a Grammy for BYOB, they won it under 'Hard Rock'. Was this because this was how the Grammy judges thought of them or because there was no Alt Metal (not sure if this is correct) category? jimarib - 8:00, 7 May 2006

It wasn't the first time a band won a grammy in the "wrong" category. Who really understands them? :/ Jango12 - 2:02, 8 May 2006
Hard rock is a broad category. The Grammys don't have awards for super-specific styles. So yes, there's no alternative metal category. WesleyDodds 07:10, 18 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

New Album

Isn't the speculation of System of a Down releasing a new album next year made redundant by their announcement of going on hiatus? Matt d84 00:55, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I searched at Google about their new album coming out next year. So far, their page at IMDB.com and a newsletter from Sputnikmusic says that the System of a Down is already writing their new album. 65.222.216.15 01:26, 15 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Both of these articles predate the announcement of their hiatus (Matt d84 21:22, 15 May 2006 (UTC))[reply]

I think they are going on hiatus first, note that the new album was only a RUMOUR where as the hiatus was said by Daron personally. But we can still hope that they are faking hiatus only to release a new album as some bands have done. -- SOADJPenator

Yeah, it was a rumor. I've been recently hearing that the band is now on hiatus, but they never said anything about a new album. I hope they won't be on hiatus for too long. But, I think that the new album would be intrested and hope it'll sound as good as all their albums. Mike Garcia 20:26, 24 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Clean Up

The articles all over the place, I've put it up for cleanup Lipzydude 20:45, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ive been putting this {'{subst:prod|this song is not a single on the given album, nor popular}'} everywhere to mark it for cleanup. For use, remove the apostrophies.(Vance Clarend 10:23, 19 May 2006 (UTC))[reply]



Vandalism Fixed

Someone vandalized the top saying it was "the greatest band ever" it messed up the format and the page. I fixed it for you guys... maybe i'll join some day

System of a fucking greaser?!?!

Someone vandalized the page, and redirected System of a Down article to "System of a Fucking Greaser". I don't know how to reverse it, so can anyone do that? - James 16:00, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A sock puppet of persistent vandal Johnny the Vandal is probably the one who redirected this article to "System of a Fucking Greaser". He sometimes calls me and other users a "fucking greaser" for harassment. He sometimes redirects articles to names with nothing but bad words or something, if you see him do that, just click on the "move" button, that's the way to reverse it. Mike Garcia 16:26, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Genre

Hard rock? I don't really think so. Metal? What metal? There are many metals.

Who the hell removed the good definition of "alternative metal"?! --194.251.240.114 01:04, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mushroom Cult

Why is this listed as a B-Side? What was it a B-Side to? It's an album track from Anarchists of Good Taste. It's also technically NOT a System of a Down song, as the only member of SOAD on it is Serj (and he only gets a small mention in the liner notes for "Guest Vocals on Mushroom Cult"). Foolish Child 15:38, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The fact is that some kids are misled by a file circling the web called System of a Down - Mushroom Cult.mp3, and when looking for random SOAD material they end up downloading this song. Nonetheless, it sounds nothing like System (apart from Serj's vocal), so people should think twice before putting something like this on wikipedia. Also, I have seen various pages that list SOAD's discography and show this song on a special Collaborations section, in this case it is a collaboration of Serj with DFD.

And by the way, on my album it reads "Additional Vocals on Mushroom Cult". VdSV9•♫ 20:14, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, sue me. But IMO, it sounds a lot more like Dog Fashion Disco, as it would seem out of place on a SOAD record, but doesn't on Anarchists of Good Taste. And should the "B-Sides" section be retitled? Because I'm willing to bet most of those aren't B-Sides (the only one I know for sure is a B-Side is Johnny, which was on the Chop Suey! single). Foolish Child 08:34, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, some changes are needed in that part of the article. Songs that are listed as B-Sides should have the source of the B-side written beside them. As stated, Johnny could have "(appears on Chop Suey! single)" written beside it. We could add another section, named "Collaborations", for songs such as "Mushroom Cult" and "Will They Die 4 U?", and another section named "Other known songs", or something similar, for other System songs of unknown origin. Pookythegreat 19:55, June 2, 2006

Strawpoll: Genres

Yes, yes, I know, WP:STRAW and all that. Polls are evil, but I'm going to use them as a method of gaining a bit of consensus. In short, put your name down for each genre you think the article should have in the infobox. If polls were binding, the winning genre would, in theory, be the one mentioned in the article header, "System of a Down is a [genre here] band..." However, that's beyond the scope of this poll. Basically, this is just for narrowing down genres and seeing if this band is classifiable. Since this is only a poll, I am staying out of this and not voting, as to not spoil the process. Please sign your comments with ~~~~ so that we can track discussion better. Oh, and stay civil. - Corbin Be excellent 03:39, 5 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hard rock

  • (your vote here)

Alternative metal

Heavy metal

  • (your vote here)

Nu metal

  • (your vote here)

Thrash metal

  • (your vote here)

Speed metal

  • (your vote here)

Progressive rock

  • (your vote here)

Psychedelic rock

  • (your vote here)

Experimental music

  • (your vote here)

Industrial music

  • (your vote here)

Unclassifiable/Other

Discussion

Capitalisation of Title

What's the correct capitalisation of SOAD? Is it System of a Down, System of A Down or System Of A Down? SOAD's own website seems to imply (where it's not written in ALL CAPS) that it's System Of A Down, whilst several SOAD albums I have ripped state it as System of A Down in their metadata.

Meh, it doesn't really make a huge ammount of difference... only that whatever one it is should be the article name, with the other possible capitalisations redirecting to it. Maybe I'm just being a bit pedantic here... Demonic Duck 13:39, 6 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"System of a Down" is the grammatically correct way to format their name. --DalkaenT/C 00:27, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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