About Daron Malakian
Daron Malakian is an Armenian-American musician. He is the guitarist, songwriter, and second vocalist of the metal band System of a Down, and the lead vocalist, lead guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter of Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway. At an early age, Malakian got into heavy metal music; his distant cousin played him a Kiss record when he was age 4. In 2003, Malakian started his own label, EatUrMusic, on which Amen was the first signed band. Malakian co-produced System of a Down's albums with Rick Rubin, as well as albums by the Ambulance and Bad Acid Trip (a band on fellow member Serj Tankian's Serjical Strike Records).
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