System Of A Down singer Serj Tankian has been doing a run of interviews recently saying that he would be fine if the band moved on without him. He previously said he offered to quit in 2017 so the band could create new music, and he’s again told Metal Hammer that he would be OK with departing the group.
Tankian said that he and drummer John Dolmayan, along with the rest of the band quite frankly, haven’t always seen eye to eye. “John means the world to me,” Tankian said. “He’s my brother-in-law, I love him, and I saw him just yesterday, but there are times he’s got mad and said f*cking sh*t. And look, there’s times I’ve gotten mad and said f*cking sh*t, too. The option has always been there for the band to move on without me, and John knows that.“
“In the end, to me System Of A Down is beyond the band. It’s our relationship together. And it means more to me than the band itself, or even the music itself. And that is hard for other people, maybe even other people in the band, to understand. But, as I saw from the stage at Sick New World last year, the multi-generational appeal of the music we have made is mind-blowing, bro. Our music is more timeless than we ever imagined, and that is the hugest compliment for any artist.”
Tankian previously said the band broke up because he and guitarist Daron Malakian weren’t on the same page in regards to the time each wanted to devote to System Of A Down. Tankian also said he didn’t like constantly being on the road.
