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| | USATODAY.com - System of a Down is 'up' on ecology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | System's Armenian heritage figures into both lyrics and sonics, but the players don't let messages overwhelm the music, an otherworldly cocktail of metal, progressive rock, acoustic folk, and Middle Eastern and Mediterranean flourishes. |
 | | Malakian and his bandmates keyboardist/vocalist Serj Tankian, bassist Shavo Odadjian and drummer John Dolmayan were shaped by Jane's Addiction, Pink Floyd, The Smiths and Slayer, as well as jazz, world-beat and rap stylings that lend distinction to their critically and commercially accepted brand of rock-metal. |
 | | Though committed to raising awareness of the murder and deportation of Armenians by Turkey in the early 20th century, System resists categorization as fringe mascots or single-issue activists. |
| www.usatoday.com /life/music/2001-10-04-system-of-a-down.htm (758 words) |
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