Which rock reside overall performance had the key impression on Method of a Down vocalist Serj Tankian? The singer promptly recognized as up his really initially at any time concert with Iron Maiden when questioned that concern, when also naming off 1 a lot more legendary concert tour as nicely.

Tankian was speaking with Monsters, Madness and Magic (as heard in the participant beneath) when the subject of impactful reside exhibits came up. Shockingly, Tankian revealed that he wasn’t generally a fan of Iron Maiden when he went to see them play, but the show undoubtedly seasoned an effect on him afterward.

Serj’s Initial Concert “Maiden” Impact

“The 1st a single that I at any time noticed, my initial rock display I ever observed was Iron Maiden in 1984, I’d like to say — 1984, it’s possible,” he recalled. “My girlfriend at the time was a huge Maiden admirer and I, at the time, did not even listen to much rock new music. I hadn’t even smoked pot. It was the initially time I started off smelling pot exterior. I was a 4. superior kid in university. So that was impactful for me for the reason that of the timing far more than just about anything.”

He continued, revealing that the tunes nonetheless hits him to this day. “You may hear individuals sort of horses galloping inside System’s audio that’s motivated by Maiden as very well everyone in rock has been influenced by Maiden.”

In a 2012 interview with The A.V. Club, Tankian recalled of that present, “I considered it was 1 of the craziest things I’d ever seen. [Laughs.] I’m like, ‘This is madness! What is this? Everyone disguise!’ At the time I was not essentially a metallic fan at all. I believed, ‘Wow, this is definitely noisy audio, I really do not get it.'”

The Procedure vocalist found that he’s offered that arrive about to Iron Maiden, but at that time in his youth he was into “unique types of songs” and wasn’t really heading to reside shows.

What Other Concert events Impacted Serj Tankian?

In addition to mentioning the Iron Maiden concert, Tankian also named up viewing Roger Waters carrying out 1 certain of his concerts revisiting The Wall album.

“That was outstanding, just the performative facet of it,” claims Tankian. “The total theatrical element of it was remarkable. I had witnessed Pink Floyd way before as properly – the traveling pig.”

Serj Tankian Friends on the Monsters, Madness and Magic Podcast

Serj Tankian in 2024

As has been really nicely documented, Program of a Down have appreciably scaled back their touring in 2024. The band lately headlined the Ill New Earth festival in Las Vegas and their only other demonstrate of 2024 is on Aug. 17 with Deftones at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.

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Tankian has been creating the interview rounds of late advertising his lately introduced memoir, Down With the System. It can be presently out there for obtain by his internet web-site.