In a brand new interview with Metallic Hammer, System of a Down’s Daron Malakian spoke concerning the nu metallic scene of the late ‘90s, and what the band considered being lumped into that style.
“We have been fortunate that there was a scene,” he stated. “We have been capable of play, and play in entrance of audiences that got here to see these different bands. However I don’t suppose anyone seems like we did. I don’t suppose we felt like we didn’t belong and I don’t really feel like we did belong.
“However there’s so many f*cking genres after which there are subgenres of the subgenre, it simply will get misplaced. System Of A Down and Scars, that’s what I do. I don’t have a look at what different bands are doing and say, ‘Properly, I’ve acquired to try this to slot in with these guys.’ However for some motive we match into that complete [nu metal] factor. That’s simply the time that we existed.”
He continued, praising nu metallic pioneers for deciding to create one thing distinctive as an alternative of copying the bands that influenced them:
“I’ll say one factor concerning the unique nu metallic bands – Deftones, Korn, all those that have been the primary, and add us to that record – they have been all doing one thing distinctive. We have been all the youngsters that grew up listening to Metallica and Slayer, all that f*cking thrash stuff, however we weren’t copying it. We have been taking that affect and we have been bringing in different issues, different influences, and creating one thing new with that heavy sound.
“All these copy bands, I don’t give a sh*t about any of them. Those that got here out and began their very own factor and did their very own factor, these bands deserve credit score.”
