During a recent interview with Metal Hammer, System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian further addressed the internal struggles within the group. The frontman says “the option has always been there for the band to move on without [him].”
Tankian responded with the following when asked about drummer John Dolmayan’s claim regarding the frontman’s lack of desire to be in the band:
“John means the world to me. He’s my brother-in-law, I love him, and I saw him just yesterday, but there are times he’s got mad and said fucking shit. And look, there’s times I’ve gotten mad and said fucking shit, too. The option has always been there for the band to move on without me, and John knows that.
In the end, to me System Of A Down is beyond the band. It’s our relationship together. And it means more to me than the band itself, or even the music itself. And that is hard for other people, maybe even other people in the band, to understand. But, as I saw from the stage at Sick New World [festival in Las Vegas] last year, the multi-generational appeal of the music we have made is mind-blowing, bro. Our music is more timeless than we ever imagined, and that is the hugest compliment for any artist.”
This news comes after Tankian previously revealed that he offered to step down from the band in 2017.
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