Daron Malakyan, guitarist of the rock band System of a Down: biography, personal life

SOAD Rock Quartet is known all over the world. Each of its members occupies a special position in the world of rock music. Daron Malakyan is a guitarist of the System of a Down band and a member (frontman) of Scars on Broadway.

Daron Malakian's file

Here are a few brief biographical facts about the life of a famous guitarist, who were gathered by curious journalists. For more details on some points, read on in the article.

• Birthday: July 18, 1975
• Father and mother: Vartan and Zepur Malakyan.
• Country and city of birth: USA, Hollywood.
• Zodiac sign: Cancer (per month) and Rabbit (according to the year).
• Eye color: honey.
• Natural shade of hair: light chestnut.
• Height: 1 m 71 cm.
• Place of residence: Los Angeles (California).
• Hobby: collecting art objects, musical instruments.
• Marital status: Not maried.
• School: Glendale High School.
• Preferred colors: purple, purple, black.
• Favorite musical group: The Beatles.

Biography

In 1975, on July 18, a son was born in the family of natives of Western Armenia (now the territory of Turkey) Vartana and Zepur Malakyan. During the Armenian genocide, their ancestors managed to escape from their historical homeland and find refuge in neighboring countries - Iraq and Iran. Then, in search of a better life and education opportunities, Zepur and Vartan, each went to the States in a state. She received a diploma as a sculptor, and he became an artist. One day at one of the Armenian parties, young people met and decided to combine destinies. Then their son was born, the firstborn, who was called Daron (Taron). The family lived in Hollywood. Both spouses were artists: father - artist, choreographer and dancer, and mother - sculptor. Since the early childhood, the future musician Daron Malakyan was fond of heavy metal. All this was the influence of his second cousin. A little older, he began to listen to Motörhead, Van Halen, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, as well as Ozzy Osbourne, collected music records.

Becoming a Musician

The boy wanted to become a drummer, but his father and mother gave him an electric guitar for 11 years. Daron was disappointed, but his parents did not want to have problems with neighbors. After all, they did not live in a private house, but in a small apartment in the Glendale area. And here is a very young boy, he first picked up a real musical instrument. He was not sent to music school. He himself practiced guitar for 10 hours a day. In the first year, Daron learned to correctly listen and set up the instrument, then - to take the akoordi, and in the senior classes he was already considered even a beginner, but quite sensible guitarist. By the age of 17, he was already composing music.

One of his favorite bands was The Beatles, their creativity was simply reveled in the young Daron Malakyan. Quotes of Lennon struck him with a deep meaning and laconism. It is the leader of the Beatles that can be considered an indirect teacher of a young musician. His work was also influenced by such famous British bands as The Who, The Kinks and others.

Acquaintance with future members of SOAD

Daron attended the Armenian school of Alex and Rose Pilibos. Here he met Andi Khachaturian and Shavo Odajyan - future colleagues. By the way, Serge Tankian - the leader of the System of a Down - also studied at this school, but several years before them. For the first time, Daron came on stage when he was 16 years old in the Hard Rock Band.

Meeting with Tankian

They met in the early 90's. Everyone was a member of a rock band. Serge was a keyboard player, and Daron was a guitarist. That day they rehearsed in the same music studio. After this meeting several Armenian musicians decided to unite and create their own band "Soil". They were joined by Dave Hakopian, Domingo Larenyo. Shavo Odajyan became their manager. After the breakdown of Soyla, Tankian, Malakyan and Odajyan together created a group of "Systems of Dawn." In addition to music, Darren also wrote poems. One of them was called Victims of a Down. Replacing the first word on "System" formed the name of the group, which soon became known throughout the world. And after a while, Andy Khachaturian joined them.

Rock band System of a down: Producing activities

Daron Malakyan is not only the guitarist and the vocalist of this musical group, but also was engaged in producing his albums. For more convenience, he founded a personal record label, which was called Eat Ur Music. The album "Amen" became the first release of the music studio.

Daron Malakyan: personal life. About me

A famous guitarist tells of himself that he does not like to go to different gatherings, parties, he is not comfortable in crowded places. The only place where he is drawn is the hockey matches. His favorite team is "Los Angeles Kings". Daron Malakyan likes to spend his free time alone and listen to music. Unlike other colleagues, he does not like hanging out in bars or strip clubs, choosing the family comfort that his mother can create, so he still lives with his parents. He also prefers to communicate with old friends to new acquaintances. Many fans, of course, are interested in whether he is married. Daron Malakyan and his girlfriend tried not to advertise their relationship. In addition, Daron does not like to talk about his personal life. However, the paparazzi now and then tried to catch a couple of camera lenses. And then in the press there were articles with screaming names: "Lars Ulrich marries Daron Malakian's girlfriend Jessica Miller," "Daron threw the girl." After all this, the musician wrote in one of the social networks: "I am melancholic, unwell and I have constant stress. My popularity annoys me. Once my only listener was my mother, and that suited me more. "

Interesting Facts

• Until 1998, Malakian played the guitar Fender Stratocaster, and from 1998 to 2005 he used different models of Ibanez Iceman. By the way, their design was developed by the father of the musician. Since 2005, Darom Malakyan has switched to Gibson SG. It was a real rarity of 1961 year of release. Let's not talk about its price.
• At the age of 33, Malakyan grew his hair and beard, and everyone noticed his resemblance to the Savior. After that, the name of Jesus was often heard in his songs.
• Daron is a great collector. In his arsenal there are skulls, attributes of the beloved hockey team (banners, helmets, mold parts, clubs and washers, etc.), carpets, guitars, as well as musical records of different times. His nominal guitar DMM1 was painted by his father in the style of Hypnotize.
• The most interesting carnival image was a horned astronaut. He put it on the Halloween feast.
• Did you know which famous German band Daron Malakian played in? Rammstein! Surely everyone knows it. Of course, it was temporary, and he replaced the band's broken guitarist.
• For a long time, his model was Jessica Miller. Her photographs often decorated the covers of the magazine "Vogue".

In Armenia

On the day before the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, on April 23, 2014, the "System of Dawn" group gave a grandiose concert on the main square of the Republic. It is located in the center of Yerevan. The huge oval square was completely packed with fans of the group. Among the spectators were not only residents of Armenia, but also representatives of neighboring countries - Georgia and Iran. They were also joined by numerous tourists from all over the world. The concert was to take place in the open air. Since the morning the weather was overcast, and during the concert the shower poured down. None of the spectators left the square.

The concert was truly grandiose and was remembered for a long time by all present. A few weeks before this Yerevan spectator, Kanye West surprised his eccentric act, who arrived in Armenia with his wife Kim Kardashian. He jumped into an artificial swan lake (where real swans and ducks swim) and, standing on the waist in the water, performed songs from his repertoire.

Filmography

Daron Malakyan starred in three films, where he played himself. These are the pictures:

• "Screaming" (filmed in 2006);
• "We sold our souls for rock and roll";
• TV series "Saturday Evening: live broadcast".

Quotations of the hero of our article are quite original. For example, he says that "art does not have laws and rules," "one must fear only fear that closes the mind from trying to do something" and "the main thing is positive energy on the stage."