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Daron Vartan Malakian is the Guitarist in the Armenian - American band System Of A Down , comprising vocalist Serj Tankian , bassist Shavo Odadjian , drummer John Dolmayan , and Malakian. Malakian has written most of the band's music, and, more recently, has taken on a large share of the vocal and lyrical work for the band as well. Like the other band members, Malakian is of Armenian heritage. Malakian sometimes has makeup around his eyes, that looks like Egyptian eyeliner. CHILDHOOD Daron was born on July 18 , 1975 in Hollywood, California , USA . At a very early age, Daron got into Heavy Metal music; his cousin played him a KISS record when he was 4 years old and he was hooked. Daron started listening to Van Halen , Iron Maiden , Judas Priest , Mötley Crüe and Ozzy Osbourne among others. He always wanted to play the drums, but his parents got him a guitar instead because "You can't turn the drums off." By the time he was a teenager, he got into extreme metal bands such as Slayer , Venom , and Cannibal Corpse . At around 17 he started getting into The Beatles and cites John Lennon as one of his biggest influences on him as a Songwriter . Daron went to Rose & Alex Pilibos' Armenian school in the Los Feliz side of Hollywood , which bandmates Serj Tankian and Shavo Odadjian also attended. He then attended Roosevelt Middle School and Glendale High School, where he frequently cut class and got into a lot of fights. Daron was a terrible student and barely passed his classes. Daron knew since he was six he wanted to perform music. He claims he is a very lucky person. FORMING SYSTEM OF A DOWN Daron met Serj Tankian in 1995 , while they both shared the same rehearsal studio in different bands. Serj was playing Keyboard for a band, and Daron was singing lead for another band. They decided to form their own band PRESENT DAY Malakian now lives in Glendale , California in a home by himself and has family in Iraq. He also likes to collect Candles , Persian Rug s, middle eastern smoking devices, instruments, and Skull s. Daron has been voted 4th best guitarist of the year by '' Metal Edge Magazine ''. Daron has stated in an interview that he hates the Nu Metal label more than anything, saying "''A lot of bands followed Korn . We’re not one of those bands but I have respect for Korn for being original. I just think it’s a shame that so many people felt they had to go and mimic that. Everyone tells us we have our own sound. I think that we have enough trust in our fans from touring for enough years to know that they’re expecting something different from us, which is cool because it leaves the door open for us to go anywhere we want.''" Malakian co-produced System of a Down's albums with Rick Rubin , as well as The Ambulance and Bad Acid Trip (a band on fellow member Serj Tankian 's '' Serjical Strike Records ''). He recently started his own label, EatUrMusic , on which Amen is the first signed band. Malakian is also involved in a project called Scars on Broadway, with Amen -singer Casey Chaos and Zach Hill from Hella and Team Sleep . In 2003 Daron Malakian played in the Celebrity Baseball Game in Hollywood , where a variety of celebrities played a baseball game. He wrote a song about the experience, " Old School Hollywood ", which appears on Disc 1 of System of a Down's recent double album, Mezmerize / Hypnotize . Malakian is currently writing System of a Down's follow-up to ''Mezmerize/Hypnotize'' with a possible 2007 release, but no additional information and plans to record the album have been made yet. In a live performance at KROQ Acoustic Christmas , Daron, in between a song, said "not all the money in Israel can buy this band". This has caused various human rights groups to threaten him as well as KROQ. SOLO CAREER In December of 2005, Daron said in an interview that he "''could release nine solo records tomorrow.'". He also said, "'I have tons of material laying around. After these albums,''" (, should be launched just after Hypnotize's tour. This electronic idea was demonstrated in all 2005 concerts in which Malakian, instead of merely singing the chorus to the song Sugar or ''War!'', distorted his voice electronically with a Vocoder . EXTERNAL LINKS
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