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John Dolmayan (born July 15, 1973) is a Lebanese-born Armenian–American songwriter and drummer. He is best known as the drummer of System of a Down. Dolmayan is also the drummer for the band Indicator and former drummer for Scars on Broadway. His energetic live performances with System Of A Down over the years, have garnered him critical acclaim. Loudwire listed him as one of the Top 50 Hard Rock + Metal Drummers Of All Time , with Dolmayan being ranked at #22.
John Dolmayan was born in Beirut, Lebanon to Lebanese-Armenian parents. During the Lebanese Civil War, the young Dolmayan's (empty) bed was hit by a stray bullet. After the incident his family decided to emigrate, and, after briefly living in Toronto, they moved to California.
Dolmayan first became interested in drums at the age of two. His father was a saxophone player and when his mother would take him to watch his father play, he would mimic his father's drummer. He learned to play the drums by putting on records and practicing, "4–6 hours a day, depending on the particular day. I did that for years and years. I developed my own style from basically taking from so many different styles. I used to play with whatever I could get my hands on, which included my Dad's collection of jazz albums and the rock albums that my friends and I had."
System of a Down, often shortened to SOAD or System, is a four-piece Armenian-American rock band formed in 1994 in Glendale, California, in the United States. The band currently consists of Serj Tankian (lead vocals, keyboards), Daron Malakian (vocals, guitar), Shavo Odadjian (bass, backing vocals) and John Dolmayan (drums).
The band achieved commercial success with the release of five studio albums, three of which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. System of a Down has been nominated for four Grammy Awards, and their song "B.Y.O.B." won the Best Hard Rock Performance of 2006. The group went on hiatus in August 2006 and reunited in November 2010, embarking on a tour for the following three years. System of a Down has sold over 40 million records worldwide.
Serj Tankian and Daron Malakian attended Rose and Alex Pilibos Armenian School as children, although due to their eight-year age difference they did not meet until 1992 while working on separate projects at the same recording studio. They formed a band named Soil with Tankian on vocals and keyboards, Malakian on vocals and guitar, Dave Hakopyan (who later played in The Apex Theory/Mt. Helium) on bass and Domingo "Dingo" Laranio on drums. The band hired Shavo Odadjian (another Rose and Alex Pilibos alumnus) as manager, although he eventually joined Soil as rhythm guitarist. In 1994, after only one live show, and one jam session recording, Hakopyan and Laranio left the band, feeling that it was not going anywhere.
John Dolmayan from System of a Down shows his new signature snare drum by TAMA JD146 6''X14''
System of a Down will make a historic concert on April 23, 2015 in Republic Square, Armenia.
FaceCulture spoke to John Dolmayan in The Grand hotel in Amsterdam. John told a story to every song on Mezmerize. What does he think about when it comes to Soldier Side, B.Y.O.B. Revenga, Radio/Video, This Cocaine Makes Me Feel Like I'm On This Song, Violent Pornography, Question!, Sad Statue, Old School Hollywood and Lost In Hollywood. Some insights are personal, some are about the music of a song, some concern the studio and some explain the working of System of Down. John also shed a light on the reason of the double album Mezmerize / Hypnotize. (11/04/2005) More video's: http://www.FaceCulture.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/_FaceCulture Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/FaceCulture
Original Grooves recorded by John Dolmayan from System of a Down's "Mezmerize" (2005); Ludwig Classic Maple USA 26 x 14, Tom 14 x 12, Floor 16 x 16, 18 x 16, Supraphonic Hammered Bronze Snare 14 x 6,5. Paiste Cymbals 2002, RUDE and Twenty lines; Vic Firth Classic Metal Sticks, Remo Heads. Charts Available on DRUMSET MAG number 38, September 2015. http://www.drumsetmag.com/free-drumset-mag-n-38-settembre-2015/ Drum charts direct link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/8wlae110vxpi5h5/John%20Dolmayan%20-%20Mezmerize%20Drum%20Grooves.pdf?dl=0 Follow me at: YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/user/EdoSalaDrummer FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/edosaladrums
B.Y.O.B ( Bring Your Own Bomb ) System of a Down MTV EMA Music Awards 2005 Serj Tankian - Vocalista / Tecladista Daron Malakian - Guitarrista / Voz de Fundo Shavo Odadjian - Baixista John Dolmayan - Baterista
View John's Paiste Artist Profile: http://paiste.com/e/endorser_det.php?page=image&endorserid;=394
A tribute to the drummer from system of a down.
Quem nunca tocou uma bateria imaginaria ? Agora vc pode tocar e ouvir um belo som !Video Completo e Official : Who never touched an imaginary battery? Now you can touch and hear a beautiful sound! Video Complete and Official: System Of A Down - B.Y.O.B. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUzd9KyIDrM
John Dolmayan and the USC Band preform Toxicity
System of a Down, one of the best bands that ever existed. Here's a nice interview with Shavo Odadjian and John Dolmayan. Please comment and subscribe.
John Dolmayan from System of a Down stage diving at the Adelaide Soundwave festival held at Bonython Park on the 3rd of March 2012. Please excuse the shitty recording, but be sure to check out my other videos.
CQC (Chile) entrevista a John Dolmayan (baterista de SOAD) en Argentina
JOHN DOLMAYAN ERRA NA MELHOR PARTE DA MÚSICA SUGGESTIONS E DEIXA SERJ SEM GRAÇA. ----------------------------- JOHN DOLMAYAN MISSES IN THE BEST PART OF THE SONG SUGGESTIONS AND LET SERJ DULL. SYSTEM OF A DOWN LIVE FUJI ROCK 2001 CURTAM A PÁGINA / LIKE A OAGE facebook.com/systemofabook
John Dolmayan kneels for Armenians Source Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYblpyVo_cc Commemorate to armenian genocide "100" Republic Square, Yerevan, Armenia 23 April 2015
If you wanna see more metal concerts: Pantera - Full Concert 1992 (Monsters Of Rock) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVXmvEN6py4 Sepultura - Full Concert 1991 [DVD/HD] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWbcfgjA6FM Tags: "Love" "Video" "Music" "One" "Live" "Game" "Minecraft" "Lil Wayne" "Nicki Minaj" "Taylor Swift" "Justin Bieber" "Drake" "Funny" "Gangnam Style" "Music Video" "Wwe" "Fight" "Fights" "Guitar" "Family Guy" "Smosh" "Rock" "Metal" "Metallica" "Friday" "Linkin Park" "Dubstep" "Lady Gaga" "Skrillex" "Eminem" "Nickelback" "Michael Jackson" "Pink Floyd" "Pink" "Katy Perry" "Cris Brown" "Avril Lavigne" "Halo" "Rick Ross" "Slipknot" "Iron Man" "Xbox" "Blood" "Spider" "Skyrim" "One Direction" "The Game" "Concert" "Green Day" "Vampire" "Walk" "Down" "This Love" "Death" "Kiss" "...
Loveline Show, Mike and Dr. Drew with Serj Tankian and John Dolmayan (26th March, 2015) The World Famous KROQ.
"System of a Down", es el primer disco de la banda System of a Down, lanzado en 1998 por American Recordings. Cuenta con el cantante Serj Tankian; el guitarrista Daron Malakian, el baterista John Dolmayan y el bajista Shavo Odadjian. El álbum ganó un disco de oro por la RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America). Contiene los singles "Sugar", "War?" y "Spiders". La banda terminó el 1998 en un puesto 124 en el Billboard, bueno para tratarse de un disco debut. "System of a Down", is the debut album by Armenian American rock band System of a Down, released in 1998. The album was certified gold by the RIAA on February 2, 2000. Two years later, after the success of "Toxicity", it was certified platinum. Tracklist: 1. "Suite-Pee" -: 0:00 2. "Know" -: 2:31 3. "Sugar" - 5:28 4. "Sugges...
System Of A Down - Live At Rock 'N' Heim Festival, At Warsteiner Evolution Stage, In Hockenheim, Alemanha, Germany, Euro Tour 17-08-2013 (Full Concert) Setlist: 1. Aerials 0:26 2. Suite-Pee (cut) 4:18 3. Prison Song 5:28 4. I-E-A-I-A-I-O 9:03 5. Soldier Side Intro 12:49 6. B.Y.O.B. 13:50 7. Deer Dance 18:07 8. Radio/Video 21:16 9. Hypnotize 25:20 10. Needles 28:29 11. DDevil 32:16 12. Lost in Hollywood 34:19 13. X 40:13 14. Suggestions 42:34 15.Psycho 44:58 16. Chop Suey! 49:21 17. Lonely Day 52:28 18. Question! 55:19 19. A.D.D. 59:12 20. Spiders 1:02:29 21. Cigaro Intro 1:05:44 22. Cigaro 1:06:58 23. Toxicity 1:09:46 24. Sugar 1:13:40 John Dolmayan's Interview before the band hit the stage!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fbm-uSg9bI The Band: Serj Tankian - Lead Vocals, Guitar Dar...
S.O.A.D - Toxicity - 2001 - (FULL ALBUM) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Band: System Of A Down -- Album: Toxicity -- Release Date: September 04, 2001 -- Label: American Recordings -- Genre: Heavy Metal, Nu Metal, Alternative Metal -- Personal: •Serj Tankian - Vocals, Keyboard •Daron Malakian - Guitar, Backing Vocals •Shavo Odadjian - Bass, Backing Vocals •John Dolmayan - Drums Tracklist 0:00 - Prison Song 3:21 - Needles 6:31 - Deer Dance 9:26 - Jet Pilot 11:32 - X 13:30 - Chop Suey 17:01 - Bounce 18:54 - Forest 22:54 - A.T.W.A 25:50 - Science 28:34 - Shimmy 30:25 - Toxicity 34:04 - Psycho 37:50 - Aerials 41:47 - "Arto" xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"Mezmerize", es el cuarto álbum de estudio de System of a Down y la primera parte del disco doble 'Mezmerize/Hypnotize'. Fue lanzado el 16 de mayo de 2005, seis meses antes que "Hypnotize". Fue lanzado al mercado por American Recordings y Columbia Records en Estados Unidos, en Europa por Columbia Records y en Japón por Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Daron Malakian, el cantante Serj Tankian, el bajista Shavo Odadjian y el batería John Dolmayan grabaron más de 30 canciones para 'Mezmerize/Hypnotize' entre mayo y diciembre del 2004, en el estudio-mansión que el productor Rick Rubin tiene en Lauren Canyon, California. El título del álbum está basado en las letras de la canción "Hypnotize", del disco homónimo que saldría 6 meses después. La novedad más importante del disco es la mayor incurs...
This took so long to make that it lowered my life expectancy by three years. In fact, you can pinpoint the exact moment when I stopped caring about presentation and began tossing songs in without regard for anything else. All music belongs to System of a Down. All videos and music comes from several sources on YouTube who I will list next to the album names. This video features: SYSTEM OF A DOWN (SOADCD) TOXICITY (SOADCD, SystemofaDownMedia) STEAL THIS ALBUM! (SOADCD) MEZMERIZE (SOADCD) HYPNOTIZE (SOADCD) HYE ENK (DeathWrench) UNTITLED DEMO TAPE (SystemOfADownDemos) DEMO TAPE 1 (SystemOfADownDemos) DEMO TAPE 2 (SystemOfADownDemos) DEMO TAPE 3 (SystemOfADownDemos) DEMO TAPE 4 (SOADCDEDITED, soadman94, StealthParadox, CJandRob, SOADCD, TManXL2000, SOADahMan, Shavo82) TOXICITY I...
Título Original: Screamers Título en Español: Los que gritan País: Inglaterra Año: 2006 Duración: 91min. Locaciones: Reino unido, Turquía, Estados Unidos, Alemania, Países Bajos. Dirección y guión: Carla Garabedian Música: System of a Down Serj Tankian (voz/teclado), Daron Malakian (guitarra/voz), Shavo Odadjian(bajo), John Dolmayan (batería) Este film fue realizado por Carla Garapedian, Periodista, Doctora en Relaciones Internacionales y Documentalista. SCREAMERS tiene como punto de partida el genocidio armenio ocurrido entre 1915 y 1923, pasando también por la denuncia y condena de otros genocidios que le sucedieron como Camboya, Bosnia, Rwanda y hasta el que hoy se está cometiendo en Darfur. En el documentalparticipan con su música los integrantes de la banda de rock System of a Down...
Drummer John Dolmayan of System of the Down is playing at the WSOP 2010. But forget that! Because Marco's playing word games! Do you know what a LEXICOGRAPHER is?
John Dolmayan talks to Radio Futuro 88.9 (Santiago, Chile) on the expectation of returning to South America and also talks about the possible new System of a Down record. Interview on August 6, 2015.
John Dolmayan Interview with Vicfirth.com at the Ozzfest 2006
Here's John Dolmayan, drummer of the Alternative Metal band System Of A Down, talking about their last double album Mezmerize-Hypnotize. Part 1 of 3. Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRNiM-QOMI0 SOAD System Down John Dolmayan Rare Interview 2005 Mezmerize Hypnotize Serj Tankian Daron Malakian Shavo Odadjian metal rock alternative rammstein beard guitar bass drums mic dummer armenia rammstein exclusive song question byob bombs soldier porn sex dreaming sneeze cool nice