Violinist Phillip Bowen hit the stage on America's Got Talent to treat everyone to his rendition of System Of A Down's classic track "Chop Suey!". The performance was good enough to get Bowen voted on to the next round, and to gain the approval of System Of A Down themselves!
As for System Of A Down themselves, don't expect anything new from the group anytime soon. Drummer John Dolmayan said in an interview earlier this year that he's a big, big proponent of new material, and that he wishes Serj Tankian would just step aside to let it happen.
"Serj hasn't really wanted to be in the band for a long time. And quite frankly, we probably should have parted ways around 2006. We tried to get together multiple times to make an album, but there were certain rules set in place that made it difficult to do so and maintain the integrity of what System Of A Down stood for. So we couldn't really come together and agree. And part of that is Serj's fault, and part of that is my fault, and Shavo's and Daron's as well.
"But at the end of the day, if you have a majority of the band thinking one way and one person thinking the other, it's very difficult to come together and make music thinking that person is important. And every member of this band is very important to the overall sound of the band. And you'll know this by listening to anybody's side projects; they're never quite that good compared to System.
"In fact, I think a lot of 'em aren't very good at all. And when you compare that to what we do together as System, you understand why the team matters and having certain talents come together and merge matter and that magic thing captured doing that matters."
