One of my favorite bands in the last 20 years, and one of the best live acts of this generation. Having seen them twice (both at Ozzfests), they always brought a high-energy show. To me, their first two albums were great, and the followups were so-so. No matter, they have defined themselves greatly and hopefully by 2023 the Rock Hall will be much more kind to hard-rock.

Posted by Jason Voigt on Tuesday, 01/3/2017 @ 21:26pm

https://chartmasters.org/2019/04/spotify-most-streamed-albums-of-2001/#more-9383

Spotify: Most Streamed Albums of 2001

1. SYSTEM OF A DOWN – TOXICITY (1,000,092,000)

In a similar vein to the last two albums, especially The Strokes’ Is This It, Toxicity ranks as the absolute winner of 2001 despite not having that massive results during that calendar year.

It shows once again how, many times, initial perceptions are different from those that prevail in the very long run.

So whilst this album by legendary band System Of A Down was outsold by many other titles at the time, most of the public sees things in different way now.

To prove the above, we can put it this way: with over 1 billion streams overall, Toxicity is ahead of the number 2 by about 240 million, it almost doubles the third one in this ranking and is naturally ahead of all others by a far stronger margin.

And of course, it will take a while until Discovery, the second album of the years, gets as high as that.

All tracks have solid totals, but Chop Suey! stands out with around 385 million streams. So does Toxicity with 232 million, whereas as third track, Aerials, also cross the 100 million total (112 million, to be more specific).

No need to say that the three of them are highlights of the whole 2000-2009 decade as individual tracks, although the whole LP brings it all together.

Posted by The Dude on Monday, 04/15/2019 @ 11:34am

https://chartmasters.org/2019/04/spotify-most-streamed-albums-of-2001/#more-9383

Spotify: Most Streamed Albums of 2001

1. SYSTEM OF A DOWN – TOXICITY (1,000,092,000)

In a similar vein to the last two albums, especially The Strokes’ Is This It, Toxicity ranks as the absolute winner of 2001 despite not having that massive results during that calendar year.

It shows once again how, many times, initial perceptions are different from those that prevail in the very long run.

So whilst this album by legendary band System Of A Down was outsold by many other titles at the time, most of the public sees things in different way now.

To prove the above, we can put it this way: with over 1 billion streams overall, Toxicity is ahead of the number 2 by about 240 million, it almost doubles the third one in this ranking and is naturally ahead of all others by a far stronger margin.

And of course, it will take a while until Discovery, the second album of the years, gets as high as that.

All tracks have solid totals, but Chop Suey! stands out with around 385 million streams. So does Toxicity with 232 million, whereas as third track, Aerials, also cross the 100 million total (112 million, to be more specific).

No need to say that the three of them are highlights of the whole 2000-2009 decade as individual tracks, although the whole LP brings it all together.

Posted by The Dude on Monday, 04/15/2019 @ 11:59am

They will be at Sonic Temple in Columbus, OH during mid May. I will be there.

Posted by Paul in KY on Monday, 04/15/2019 @ 19:40pm

Yes, they predicted the future of nu metal and punk

Posted by Sam on Sunday, 06/30/2019 @ 13:07pm

Saw their set at Sonic Temple, Dude. Thought it was fine! Have never seen them in their 'prime', though.

Posted by Paul in KY on Thursday, 10/31/2019 @ 13:54pm

Matter of opinion we all have them but for me there music kicks ass and the talent alone I think deserves a spot in the Hall of Fame

Posted by Stranger on Monday, 02/3/2020 @ 14:06pm

Yes they should. They helped bring even more global light to issues that were not addressed. The Armenian Turkish genocide for instance. And if they can sell out 100,000+ shows they can't be anything less then rock gods

Posted by Felix on Tuesday, 04/7/2020 @ 17:39pm

System of a Down Bassist Recalls Learning 'Toxicity' Hit No. 1 During 9/11 Attack

System of a Down Bassist Recalls Learning 'Toxicity' Hit No. 1 During 9/11 Attack

Posted by The Dude on Friday, 09/11/2020 @ 13:14pm

https://loudwire.com/august-burns-red-cover-system-of-a-down-chop-suey/

August Burns Red Cover System of a Down's 'Chop Suey!' With Clean Vocals

Posted by The Dude on Tuesday, 12/15/2020 @ 09:54am

Rock and Roll is 3 words.
And if you don't know the
next 4 words, You don't
know shinola about
Roll and Roll-
Leslie West and Mountain.

Posted by Johnny Angel on Friday, 05/14/2021 @ 17:06pm

them.

Posted by joe on Sunday, 12/4/2022 @ 02:56am

C est une évidence... Un group marquant...

Posted by Mik ls on Friday, 05/5/2023 @ 17:52pm