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  • Manchester: System of a Down @ M.E.N. Arena

    Manchester Evening News, UK
    June 15 2005

    manchester music

    System of a Down @ M.E.N. Arena

    Neal Snowdon

    NO NONSENSE: SOAD
    14/06/05

    TICKETS prices were cheaper than average, the light show was basic
    and between-song banter was non-existent.

    This was no-frills arena rock and the near-capacity crowd loved every
    pulsating minute. System don~Rt deal in the niceties of showbusiness.

    For them it~Rs a case of turn up, tune up and blast it out.

    The result was a solid 90-minute set that had the crowd going wild
    from the start and ended with grown men fighting over drumsticks
    lobbed into the crowd by skinbeater John Dolmayan.

    Their musical stew of thrash punk, heavy metal and progressive rock
    means this Armenian-American four-piece serve up a sound similar to
    rock opera put through a crusher.

    The opening blasts of BYOB and Revenga and old chestnuts like Chop
    Suey showed a band unafraid to change tempo and style. And the crowd
    loved them for it.
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