Serj Tankian will be the first to admit that System Of A Down was “unlikely a chart-topper as had ever existed in music history: a band of Armenian-Americans playing a clash of aggressive riffs, tempo-twisting rhythms, and folk melodies.”

System’s music struck a chord with millions of listeners in the mid-1990s. With nearly 40 million album sales, three topping the Billboard charts, and a devoted legion of fans, the band dominated the alt-rock and metal scene. DOWN WITH THE SYSTEM presents an immigrant's tale, an activist's awakening.

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