Undercover Music News, Australia –
8 Mar 2005

System of a Down Play for Charity

by Paul Cashmere

8 March 2005

System of a Down has announced a charity performance to benefit
Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).

The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) is an organization
that supports legislation in the U.S. Congress to recognize the
Armenian Genocide that was perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire during
World War 1.

S.O.A.D. will perform their third ‘Souls’ benefit for the cause on
April 24 at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles.

The S.O.AD. members are of Armenian decent. “Because so much of my
family history was lost in the Armenian Genocide,” said Daron
Malakian, “my grandfather, who was very young at the time, doesn’t
know his true age. How many people can say they don’t know how old
they are?”

“It’s important for people to be aware of the Armenian Genocide,”
explained Serj Tankian, “and that those actions continue to be
covered up by the Turkish government, the U.S. State Department,
Turkey’s allies in the defense and oil industries, and by our present
U.S. Administration. Had the Armenian Genocide been acknowledged as a
Crime Against Humanity as it was, Hitler might not have thought he
could get away with the Jewish Holocaust. History does and will
repeat itself, unless we stop that cycle.”

Tickets for the benefit show go on sale this Saturday (March 12).