“Probably had a better chance of getting struck by lightning”: Watch Daron Malakian join System Of A Down covers band onstage in Chicago – it’s the stuff of dreams
It’s the stuff of dreams: you’re playing a cover of a famous song with your bandmates, and a member of the original band digs what you’re doing so much they come and jam with you.
That’s exactly what happened to a band playing System Of A Down’s Cigaro in a bar near where the Armenian-American metal legends were set to perform with Avenged Sevenfold on Sunday (31 August).
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The event was the first of two nights at Chicago’s Soldier Field with a co-headlining bill of System and A7X, and support from Polyphia and Wisp.
As the story supposedly goes, ahead of the first night on Sunday, SOAD guitarist Daron Malakian was walking around the area near Wrigley Field, a few miles from Soldier Field, when he overheard a band in a nearby bar playing Cigaro, from the band’s 2005 album Mesmerize.
He then used his rockstar powers for good, stepped inside and joined the band onstage, no doubt to their heavy disbelief.
Malakian later took to Instagram to share his thoughts about the moment, confirming that “none of this was planned”.
“We had a day off before our show in Chicago and I went out to dinner, and after I decided to go take some pictures around town. We didn’t plan on going to Wrigley Field, but we ended up there.”
He explains that he first heard a cover of Needles (from 2001’s Toxicity) and, at first, thought it was karaoke.
“I decided to walk across the street and go into the bar and found that it was a System Of A Down cover band called Peephole. I walked right to the front of the stage and surprised the band and the audience. This was all so spontaneous. The look on everyone’s faces was priceless.
“To be honest, I was just as surprised as anyone else that this was happening. I joined the band and sang Cigaro, shook their hands, took some pictures with the fans in the audience, and walked out of the place. I can only imagine what a shock it was for everyone there after I left.
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“The odds of this happening were so slim. Probably had a better chance of getting struck by lightning. So many stars had to align for me to end up at the right place and right time.”
Malakian concludes by saying it was “one of the coolest moments I’ve ever had”.
Watch footage of the spontaneous performance below:
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