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I was watching Mtv and B.Y.O.B. came up. I liked it. Then eventually I herd other System of A Down songs and that's how I became a fan. mrgreen

i grow listening to them

The first song i listen was chop suey and i was about 9 or something
and well my cousins and brother were crazy and they like pogo and stuff so i dont why im saying this...

but ok yeah i was 9 and first song was chop suey! LOL

cool

WTF? surprised

Haha I repeat also WTF?

You know, I couldn't tell you the first time I listened to System, but I do remember my first System of a Down concert. It was September of 2005, Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids Michigan. Me, my uncle, and his friends had driven the long drive up to Grand Rapids, listening to Mesmerize (they had the uncensored version, which I hadn't heard cause my mother was kind of overprtoective at the time, bu tI forgive her for letting me go to the concert). I walked into the front doors sporting my SOAD shirt (the one where they're all on the clock ((which fits me very tightly >.<))), my jean jacket, hair dyed blue, spiked wristbands. There were literally girls standing there shirtless, smoking cigarettes (might have been joints, I dunno). I remember Mars Volta and Bad Acid Trip playing in the background (they opened for SOAD, but we stayed by the shirt booth, waiting for SOAD). Then, when it was time, we all started walking to the ground floor, and I got a nice place like 30 feet away from the stage, behind the mosh pits. It was cool, although we had to stand. Anyway, I remember all the people standing next to me, air smelling like weed, then Daron says into the microphone (and bear with me, Im going off 2/3 year old memory here) "The country is split up into the Red States and the Blue States. I say we all join up and make ONE BIG PURPLE STATE!!!!!!!!" Then, they started playing Violent Pornography. Through the whole concert, sweat was making the hair gel run down my forehead, as I was jumping up and down to Bounce! and Know, singing along to Prison Song (these aren't in order, mind you.) Then, I remember a large camera coming from the ceiling, and I was tottaly puzzled as to what it was for. I don't remember who said it, if it was Serj, Daron, or even anyone from the band, but I remember a voice saying this would be where the band was filming the video for their hit, Hypnotize. My heart was filled with ecstasy. As the camera waved on by my section of the ground floor, my uncle turns to me, asks me if I want him to put me on his shoulders. I was speechless. I was so filled with excitement, I jumped right on top of him, and as the camera passed by, I hoped and prayed that the camera saw me. To this day, I still havent seen myself in the video, but I still have this (to put it bluntly) simply BADASS memory. On the car ride home, an hour drive, we did nothing but sing along to the songs we just got done dancing around to. It was probably the single greatest day of my entire life. My t-shirt smelled like marijuana for about three days (during which I only took it off to bathe). I still remember this guy who was smoking a joint, he turned and looked at me with this big old grin on his face. And there was this short blonde girl who was doing alot of this sort of dirty dancing kind of thing that I can't quite place. Anyway, I hope this memory can make up for not remembering the first time I actually heard them. I do remember that I got into them about 6-7 years ago. I was still in Elementary school when my dad showed me them, though I cant recall the first time he actually listened to them with me. whee

at a friens birthday party...one of her guests had the cd and let me listen to it...it was awesome and loved them ever since...i think it was chic n stew.....can't remember how to spell it...lol