In a brand new interview with Metallic Hammer, System of a Down’s Daron Malakian spoke in regards to the nu metallic scene of the late ‘90s, and what the band thought of being lumped into that style.
“We had been fortunate that there was a scene,” he mentioned. “We had been in a position to 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 take a look at what different bands are doing and say, ‘Properly, I’ve bought to do this to slot in with these guys.’ However for some motive we match into that entire [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 a substitute of copying the bands that influenced them:
“I’ll say one factor in regards to the authentic nu metallic bands – Deftones, Korn, all those that had been the primary, and add us to that record – they had been all doing one thing distinctive. We had 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 had been taking that affect and we had 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.”