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* AsTheGoodBookSays: "Chop Suey" quotes two verses from the Crucifixion of Jesus: "Father, into your hands, I commend my spirit" (Luke 23:46) and "Why have you forsaken me?" (Matthew 27:46).
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* GovernmentDrugEnforcement: The implication of "Prison System" is that the government chooses to criminalize drugs to keep the population docile. Conspiracy theorists, much?
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* NonAppearingTitle: "Chop Suey!" is justified mostly because it was a playful censorship of the song's original title, "Suicide".
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* NonAppearingTitle: "Chop Suey!" is justified mostly because it was a playful censorship of the song's original title, "Suicide". Although the music video, possibly as a joke, includes a single shot of the guys apathetically eating chop suey out of cardboard takeaway cartons.
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Expanding from their usual tirades about government oppression, ''Toxicity'' highlighted more specific issues in which the band was interested, such as the decriminalization of drugs, environmentalism, education, religion, war, and fame. One of the more hard-hitting political messages was "Chop Suey!", which was an all-out critique of "''self-righteous suicide''" (such as jihad) and religious fundamentalism. It became a hugely successful song especially when [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror 9/11 occurred just a week after the album was released]].
The band also dabbled with LighterAndSofter melodies while keeping their HardRock edge and Serj Tankian's characteristic [[MetalScream metal screams]], such as on the hit singles "Toxicity" and "Aerials" (which was nominated for a UsefulNotes/GrammyAward). The album has since sold 12 million copies and remains SOAD's most influential album to date, since it helped to further popularize the progressive metal genre.
The band also dabbled with LighterAndSofter melodies while keeping their HardRock edge and Serj Tankian's characteristic [[MetalScream metal screams]], such as on the hit singles "Toxicity" and "Aerials" (which was nominated for a UsefulNotes/GrammyAward). The album has since sold 12 million copies and remains SOAD's most influential album to date, since it helped to further popularize the progressive metal genre.
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Expanding from their usual tirades about government oppression, ''Toxicity'' highlighted more specific issues in which the band was interested, such as the decriminalization of drugs, environmentalism, education, religion, war, and fame. One of the more hard-hitting political messages was "Chop Suey!", which was an all-out critique of "''self-righteous suicide''" (such as jihad) and religious fundamentalism. It became a hugely successful song song, especially when [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror 9/11 occurred just a week after the album was released]].
The band also dabbled with LighterAndSofter melodies while keeping their HardRock edge and Serj Tankian's characteristic [[MetalScream metal screams]], such as on the hit singles "Toxicity" and "Aerials"(which (the latter of which was nominated for a UsefulNotes/GrammyAward). The album has since sold 12 million copies and remains SOAD's most influential album to date, since it helped to further popularize the progressive metal genre.
The band also dabbled with LighterAndSofter melodies while keeping their HardRock edge and Serj Tankian's characteristic [[MetalScream metal screams]], such as on the hit singles "Toxicity" and "Aerials"
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* DoubleEntendre: "Bounce" bizarrely uses a pogo stick as a metaphor for a penis.
* DrugsAreBad: "Needles", which is a little ironic given that it's preceded by "Prison Song"[[note]]which isn't a song saying that drugs are good, per say, but is a song arguing that drug criminalization has gotten way out of hand[[/note]].
* DrugsAreBad: "Needles", which is a little ironic given that it's preceded by "Prison Song"[[note]]which isn't a song saying that drugs are good, per say, but is a song arguing that drug criminalization has gotten way out of hand[[/note]].
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* VillainProtagonist: "Chop Suey" is often interpreted to be about a religious terrorist's attempt to internally justify killing a large amount of people.
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* APartyAlsoKnownAsAnOrgy: Humorously invoked "Bounce":
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* APartyAlsoKnownAsAnOrgy: Humorously invoked in "Bounce":
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She had so many friends\\
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She had so many friends''
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She had so many friends''friends (Gliding through many hands)''
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* ToiletHumour: "Needles", which features the sarcastic, if odd, refrain, "''Pull the tapeworm out of your ass''"
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* ToiletHumour: "Needles", which features the sarcastic, if odd, refrain, "''Pull the tapeworm out of your ass''"ass.''"
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--> ''Wired were the eyes of a horse on a jet pilot \\
One that smiled when he flew over the bay \\
My source is the source of all creation \\
Her, discourse, is that we all don't survey''
One that smiled when he flew over the bay \\
My source is the source of all creation \\
Her, discourse, is that we all don't survey''
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One that smiled when he flew over the
My source is the source of all
Her, discourse,
Her... discourse... is that we all don't survey''
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* MediaWatchdog: The 2001 Creator/ClearChannel memorandum, following the 9/11 attacks, actually banned (well, discouraged) [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Clear_Channel_memorandum a bunch of songs]] from playing on the radio that were apparently insensitive to the public, including "Chop Suey!". Since "Chop Suey!" was the lead single, it had already been playing on radios a month before the album's release date, so it was already popular enough to not be that affected by the ban.
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* MediaWatchdog: The 2001 Creator/ClearChannel [[Creator/IHeartMedia Clear Channel]] memorandum, following the 9/11 attacks, actually banned (well, discouraged) [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Clear_Channel_memorandum a bunch of songs]] from playing on the radio that were apparently insensitive to the public, including "Chop Suey!". Since "Chop Suey!" was the lead single, it had already been playing on radios a month before the album's release date, so it was already popular enough to not be that affected by the ban.
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* OlderThanTheyThink: "X" dates back to before the band's first album, and it was played regularly on its tour as well.
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Expanding from their usual tirades about government oppression, ''Toxicity'' highlighted more specific issues in which the band was interested, such as the decriminalization of drugs, environmentalism, education, religion, war, and fame. One of the more hard-hitting political messages was "Chop Suey!", which was an all-out critique of "''self-righteous suicide''" (such as jihad) and religious fundamentalism. It became a hugely successful song especially when [[TheWarOnTerror 9/11 occurred just a week after the album was released]].
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Expanding from their usual tirades about government oppression, ''Toxicity'' highlighted more specific issues in which the band was interested, such as the decriminalization of drugs, environmentalism, education, religion, war, and fame. One of the more hard-hitting political messages was "Chop Suey!", which was an all-out critique of "''self-righteous suicide''" (such as jihad) and religious fundamentalism. It became a hugely successful song especially when [[TheWarOnTerror [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror 9/11 occurred just a week after the album was released]].
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* MediaWatchdog: The 2001 ClearChannel memorandum, following the 9/11 attacks, actually banned (well, discouraged) [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Clear_Channel_memorandum a bunch of songs]] from playing on the radio that were apparently insensitive to the public, including "Chop Suey!". Since "Chop Suey!" was the lead single, it had already been playing on radios a month before the album's release date, so it was already popular enough to not be that affected by the ban.
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* MediaWatchdog: The 2001 ClearChannel Creator/ClearChannel memorandum, following the 9/11 attacks, actually banned (well, discouraged) [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Clear_Channel_memorandum a bunch of songs]] from playing on the radio that were apparently insensitive to the public, including "Chop Suey!". Since "Chop Suey!" was the lead single, it had already been playing on radios a month before the album's release date, so it was already popular enough to not be that affected by the ban.
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'''''Toxicity''''' is the second studio album by AlternativeMetal band Music/SystemOfADown, released on September 4, 2001. While their previous [[SelfTitledAlbum eponymous album]] garnered them a substantial following, this record propelled the band into the mainstream due to its impressive GenreRoulette and stunning originality.
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'''''Toxicity''''' is the second studio album by ProgressiveMetal band Music/SystemOfADown, released on September 4, 2001. While their previous [[SelfTitledAlbum eponymous album]] garnered them a substantial following, this record propelled the band into the mainstream due to its impressive GenreRoulette and stunning originality.
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'''''Toxicity''''' is the second studio album by ProgressiveMetal AlternativeMetal band Music/SystemOfADown, released on September 4, 2001. While their previous [[SelfTitledAlbum eponymous album]] garnered them a substantial following, this record propelled the band into the mainstream due to its impressive GenreRoulette and stunning originality.
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* AcademyOfEvil: "Shimmy" is a playful assertion that we have all become puppets of the education system:
--> ''Education, fornication, in you are; go\\
Education, subjugation, now you're out; go\\
Education, fornication, in you are; go\\
Don't be late for school again, boy!''
--> ''Education, fornication, in you are; go\\
Education, subjugation, now you're out; go\\
Education, fornication, in you are; go\\
Don't be late for school again, boy!''
* DeadlyEuphemism: "Deer Dance" sarcastically invokes this:
--> ''Battalions of riot police with rubber bullet kisses\\
Baton, courtesy, serviced with a smile''
* DisproportionateRetribution: "Deer Dance" features innocent, young protesters and the tired poor peacefully fighting against the system, which continually oppresses them.
* EpicRocking: Comparatively, "Psycho" has a pretty long solo from the rest of the songs on the record. It also sounds really cool.
--> ''Battalions of riot police with rubber bullet kisses\\
Baton, courtesy, serviced with a smile''
* DisproportionateRetribution: "Deer Dance" features innocent, young protesters and the tired poor peacefully fighting against the system, which continually oppresses them.
* EpicRocking: Comparatively, "Psycho" has a pretty long solo from the rest of the songs on the record. It also sounds really cool.
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* HiddenTrack: The album version of "Aerials" fades out with a tribal-sounding instrumental the band calls "Arto". It's named after Arto Tunçboyacıyan, an Armenian singer-songwriter who contributed to the track; Serj has since collaborated with him on numerous occasions.
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* GreenAesop: "ATWA" and "Forest" mainly serve as this, to show how complacency and an uncaring attitude can be destructive to the world surrounding us.
* GroupieBrigade: "Psycho" is a commentary about how groupies get entrenched in the culture of SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll in order to follow musicians they admire:
--> ''So you want the world to stop\\
Rushing to watch your spirit fully drop\\
From the time you were a PSYCHO! GROUPIE! COCAINE! CRAZY!\\
So you want to see the show\\
You really don't have to be a ho''
* HiddenTrack: The album version of "Aerials" fades outwith into a tribal-sounding instrumental the band calls "Arto". It's named after Arto Tunçboyacıyan, an Armenian singer-songwriter who contributed to the track; Serj has since collaborated with him on numerous occasions.
* GroupieBrigade: "Psycho" is a commentary about how groupies get entrenched in the culture of SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll in order to follow musicians they admire:
--> ''So you want the world to stop\\
Rushing to watch your spirit fully drop\\
From the time you were a PSYCHO! GROUPIE! COCAINE! CRAZY!\\
So you want to see the show\\
You really don't have to be a ho''
* HiddenTrack: The album version of "Aerials" fades out
* LikeASonToMe: "Forest" is mostly about how we are all children of the nature, and we have all disavowed ourselves from protecting our progenitor:
--> ''Why can't you see that you are my child?\\
Why don't you know that you are my mind?\\
Tell everyone in the world, that I'm you\\
Take this promise to the end of you''
--> ''Why can't you see that you are my child?\\
Why don't you know that you are my mind?\\
Tell everyone in the world, that I'm you\\
Take this promise to the end of you''
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* MartyrdomCulture: "Chop Suey!" is a powerful, reflective critique of this.
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* MagicVersusScience: "Science", contrary to lots of interpretations, is actually about how a more spiritual outlook toward our world can be more useful to humanity than a neutral, even devastating view toward ideas which govern our lives.
* MartyrdomCulture: "Chop Suey!" is a powerful, reflective critique of this. It mostly serves to show the absurdity of "self-righteous suicide" and pleading to a God before one's death.
* MartyrdomCulture: "Chop Suey!" is a powerful, reflective critique of this. It mostly serves to show the absurdity of "self-righteous suicide" and pleading to a God before one's death.
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* OrderVersusChaos: "Toxicity" makes this juxtaposition, showing the constant tension between the struggle to create order and the confusion which causes disorder.
* APartyAlsoKnownAsAnOrgy: Humorously invoked "Bounce":
--> ''I went out on a date with my girl, a bit late\\
She had so many friends\\
I brought my pogo stick just to show her a trick\\
She had so many friends''
* APartyAlsoKnownAsAnOrgy: Humorously invoked "Bounce":
--> ''I went out on a date with my girl, a bit late\\
She had so many friends\\
I brought my pogo stick just to show her a trick\\
She had so many friends''
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* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "PSYCHO! GROUPIE! COCAINE! CRAZY!"
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* ShownTheirWork: "Prison Song" cites facts and figures (which were current at the time) to convince people that the system of incarceration within the United States desperately needs reform:
--> ''The percentage of Americans\\
In the prison system, prison system\\
Has doubled since 1985''
--> ''The percentage of Americans\\
In the prison system, prison system\\
Has doubled since 1985''
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* SongStyleShift: It ''is'' a System of a Down album, after all.
* StepUpToTheMic: Daron Malakian sings some of the bridges in the album, most notably in "Needles", and provides more prominent backing vocals than in their self-titled debut.
* ToiletHumour: "Needles", which features the sarcastic, if odd, refrain, "''Pull the tapeworm out of your ass''"
* UncommonTime: "Toxicity" is largely done in a 6/8 time signature.
* StepUpToTheMic: Daron Malakian sings some of the bridges in the album, most notably in "Needles", and provides more prominent backing vocals than in their self-titled debut.
* ToiletHumour: "Needles", which features the sarcastic, if odd, refrain, "''Pull the tapeworm out of your ass''"
* UncommonTime: "Toxicity" is largely done in a 6/8 time signature.
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!!'"Trope Suey!'''
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!!"Troping seeds is a pastime activity... the tropicity of our city, of our city..."
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The band also dabbled with LighterAndSofter melodies while keeping their HardRock edge and Serj Tankian's characteristic [[MetalScream metal screams]], such as on the hit singles "Toxicity" and "Aerials" (which was nominated for a GrammyAward). The album has since sold 12 million copies and remains SOAD's most influential album to date, since it helped to further popularize the progressive metal genre.
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The band also dabbled with LighterAndSofter melodies while keeping their HardRock edge and Serj Tankian's characteristic [[MetalScream metal screams]], such as on the hit singles "Toxicity" and "Aerials" (which was nominated for a GrammyAward).UsefulNotes/GrammyAward). The album has since sold 12 million copies and remains SOAD's most influential album to date, since it helped to further popularize the progressive metal genre.
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* HiddenTrack: The album version of "Aerials" fades out with a tribal-sounding instrumental the band calls "Arto".
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* HiddenTrack: The album version of "Aerials" fades out with a tribal-sounding instrumental the band calls "Arto". It's named after Arto Tunçboyacıyan, an Armenian singer-songwriter who contributed to the track; Serj has since collaborated with him on numerous occasions.
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Expanding from their usual tirades about government oppression, ''Toxicity'' highlighted more specific issues in which the band was interested, such as the decriminalization of drugs, environmentalism, education, religion, war, and fame. One of the more hard-hitting political messages was "Chop Suey!", which was an all-out critique of "''self-righteous suicide''" (such as jihad) and religious fundamentalism. It became a hugely successful song especially when [[TheWarOnTerror 9/11 occurred just a week after the album was released]].
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* MartyrdomCulture: "Chop Suey!" is a powerful, reflective critique of this.
* MediaWatchdog: The 2001 ClearChannel memorandum, following the 9/11 attacks, actually banned (well, discouraged) [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Clear_Channel_memorandum a bunch of songs]] from playing on the radio that were apparently insensitive to the public, including "Chop Suey!". Since "Chop Suey!" was the lead single, it had already been playing on radios a month before the album's release date, so it was already popular enough to not be that affected by the ban.
* MediaWatchdog: The 2001 ClearChannel memorandum, following the 9/11 attacks, actually banned (well, discouraged) [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Clear_Channel_memorandum a bunch of songs]] from playing on the radio that were apparently insensitive to the public, including "Chop Suey!". Since "Chop Suey!" was the lead single, it had already been playing on radios a month before the album's release date, so it was already popular enough to not be that affected by the ban.
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* ConceptVideo: In addition to showing the band perform, the video focuses mainly on a young CircusBrat with... ugly features, wishing that he were famous. He also has a naive view of the world (he assumes nobody would give a second thought toward his physical characteristics, he imagines a reporter as a young boy, he blows money up into the air all the time), and it ends with him kneeling face-down on the same ground where the band had been performing a minute ago.
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* ConceptVideo: In addition to showing the band perform, the video for "Aerials" focuses mainly on a young CircusBrat with... ugly features, wishing that he were famous. He also has a naive view of the world (he world; he assumes nobody would give a second thought toward his physical characteristics, he imagines a reporter as a young boy, and he blows imagines that rich people do nothing but blow money up into in the air all the time), and it time. It ends with him kneeling face-down in disappointment on the same ground where the band had been performing a minute ago.
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* SomethingSong: TheSomethingSong: "Prison Song"
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* AlliterativeTitle: "'''D'''eer '''D'''ance"
* OneLetterTitle: "X"
* OneWordTitle: "Needles", "Bounce", "Forest", "Science", "Shimmy", "Toxicity", "Psycho" and "Aerials".
* OneWordTitle: "Needles", "Bounce", "Forest", "Science", "Shimmy", "Toxicity", "Psycho" and "Aerials".
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--> Peaceful ''Peaceful loving youth against the brutality of plastic existence\\
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They like to push the weak around
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They like to push the weak aroundaround''
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--> Fighting ''Fighting off the diseased programming\\
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Potent element of human existence
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Potent element of human existenceexistence''
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Her, discourse, is that we all don't surveysurvey''
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* WordSaladLyrics: "Bounce". It's about hopping on a pogo stick in front of your date's friends... and having a huge orgy, maybe?
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* WordSaladLyrics: "Bounce". It's about hopping on a pogo stick in front of your date's friends... and having a huge orgy, maybe?maybe?
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'''''Toxicity''''' is the second studio album by ProgressiveMetal band Music/SystemOfADown, released on September 4, 2001. While their previous [[SelfTitledAlbum eponymous album]] mainly dealt with government corruption, ''Toxicity'' highlighted specific issues in which the band was interested, such as the decriminalization of drugs, environmentalism, religion, war, and fame. One of the more hard-hitting political messages was "Chop Suey!", which was an all-out critique of "''self-righteous suicide''" (such as jihad) and religious fundamentalism. It became a hugely successful song especially when [[TheWarOnTerror 9/11 occurred just a week after the album was released]].
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'''''Toxicity''''' is the second studio album by ProgressiveMetal band Music/SystemOfADown, released on September 4, 2001. While their previous [[SelfTitledAlbum eponymous album]] mainly dealt with garnered them a substantial following, this record propelled the band into the mainstream due to its impressive GenreRoulette and stunning originality.
Expanding from their usual tirades about governmentcorruption, oppression, ''Toxicity'' highlighted more specific issues in which the band was interested, such as the decriminalization of drugs, environmentalism, religion, war, and fame. One of the more hard-hitting political messages was "Chop Suey!", which was an all-out critique of "''self-righteous suicide''" (such as jihad) and religious fundamentalism. It became a hugely successful song especially when [[TheWarOnTerror 9/11 occurred just a week after the album was released]].
Expanding from their usual tirades about government
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'''''Toxicity''''' is the second studio album by HeavyMetal band Music/SystemOfADown, released on September 4, 2001. While their previous [[SelfTitledAlbum eponymous album]] mainly dealt with government corruption, ''Toxicity'' highlighted specific issues in which the band was interested, such as the decriminalization of drugs, environmentalism, religion, war, and fame. One of the more hard-hitting political messages was "Chop Suey", which was an all-out critique of Islamic jihad and fundamentalism. It became a hugely successful song especially when [[Film/NineEleven 9/11]] occurred just a week after the album was released.
The band also dabbled with LighterAndSofter melodies while keeping their HardRock edge and Serj Tankian's characteristic [[MetalScream metal screams]], such as on the hit singles "Toxicity" and "Aerials" (which was nominated for a GrammyAward). The album has since sold 12 million copies and remains SOAD's most influential album to date, since it helped to further popularize the metal genre.
The band also dabbled with LighterAndSofter melodies while keeping their HardRock edge and Serj Tankian's characteristic [[MetalScream metal screams]], such as on the hit singles "Toxicity" and "Aerials" (which was nominated for a GrammyAward). The album has since sold 12 million copies and remains SOAD's most influential album to date, since it helped to further popularize the metal genre.
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'''''Toxicity''''' is the second studio album by HeavyMetal ProgressiveMetal band Music/SystemOfADown, released on September 4, 2001. While their previous [[SelfTitledAlbum eponymous album]] mainly dealt with government corruption, ''Toxicity'' highlighted specific issues in which the band was interested, such as the decriminalization of drugs, environmentalism, religion, war, and fame. One of the more hard-hitting political messages was "Chop Suey", Suey!", which was an all-out critique of Islamic jihad "''self-righteous suicide''" (such as jihad) and religious fundamentalism. It became a hugely successful song especially when [[Film/NineEleven 9/11]] [[TheWarOnTerror 9/11 occurred just a week after the album was released.
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The band also dabbled with LighterAndSofter melodies while keeping their HardRock edge and Serj Tankian's characteristic [[MetalScream metal screams]], such as on the hit singles "Toxicity" and "Aerials" (which was nominated for a GrammyAward). The album has since sold 12 million copies and remains SOAD's most influential album to date, since it helped to further popularize the progressive metal genre.
The band also dabbled with LighterAndSofter melodies while keeping their HardRock edge and Serj Tankian's characteristic [[MetalScream metal screams]], such as on the hit singles "Toxicity" and "Aerials" (which was nominated for a GrammyAward). The album has since sold 12 million copies and remains SOAD's most influential album to date, since it helped to further popularize the progressive metal genre.
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'''''Toxicity''''' is the second studio album by HeavyMetal band Music/SystemOfADown, released on September 4, 2001. While their previous [[SelfTitledAlbum eponymous album]] mainly dealt with government corruption, ''Toxicity'' highlighted specific issues in which the band was interested, such as the decriminalization of drugs, environmentalism, religion, war, and fame. One of the more hard-hitting political messages was "Chop Suey", which was an all-out critique of Islamic jihad and fundamentalism. It became a hugely successful song especially after when [[Film/NineEleven 9/11]] occurred just a week after the album was released.
* LampreyMouth: "Needles" compares a heroin syringe to the mouth of a tapeworm. Lovely.
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* WordSaladLyrics: "Bounce". It's about hopping on a pogo stick in front of your date's friends... sex, and having a huge orgy, maybe?
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* PunBasedTitle: The original title for "Chop Suey!" was "Suicide" [[mpte]]the album version even confirms this, with one of the band members announcing "Rolling 'Suicide'"[[/note]]. To make it more palatable to a mainstream audience, however, the band renamed the song after a certain Chinese takeout food, with "Suey", of course, short for "Suicide". (The band has said that they weren't really under pressure from management to do this, however.)
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* PunBasedTitle: The original title for "Chop Suey!" was "Suicide" [[mpte]]the [[note]]the album version even confirms this, with one of the band members announcing "Rolling 'Suicide'"[[/note]]. To make it more palatable to a mainstream audience, however, the band renamed the song after a certain Chinese takeout food, with "Suey", of course, short for "Suicide". (The band has said that they weren't really under pressure from management to do this, however.)
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* AlbumFiller: WordOfGod confirms that "Bounce", "X" and "Shimmy" were mostly written for this purpose.
* FunWithAcronyms: "ATWA" is short for "Air, Trees, Water, and Animals", though none of those words appear in the song.
* HiddenTrack: The album version of "Aerials" fades out with a tribal-sounding instrumental the band calls "Arto".
* LimitedLyricsSong: "X" mostly repeats "''We don't need to multiply''" and "''No need to nullify''" a bunch of times.
* LimitedLyricsSong: "X" mostly repeats "''We don't need to multiply''" and "''No need to nullify''" a bunch of times.
* PunBasedTitle: The original title for "Chop Suey!" was "Suicide" [[mpte]]the album version even confirms this, with one of the band members announcing "Rolling 'Suicide'"[[/note]]. To make it more palatable to a mainstream audience, however, the band renamed the song after a certain Chinese takeout food, with "Suey", of course, short for "Suicide". (The band has said that they weren't really under pressure from management to do this, however.)
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* WarForFunAndProfit: "Jet Pilot" mainly deals with this. This song was actually written ''before'' the war in Afghanistan, when this criticism became par for the course for every anti-war protester.
--> Wired were the eyes of a horse on a jet pilot \\
One that smiled when he flew over the bay \\
My source is the source of all creation \\
Her, discourse, is that we all don't survey
* WeHaveBecomeComplacent: The subject of "Forest" and "ATWA", both about the environment.
* WordSaladLyrics: "Bounce". It's about hopping on a pogo stick in front of your date's friends... sex, maybe?
* WarForFunAndProfit: "Jet Pilot" mainly deals with this. This song was actually written ''before'' the war in Afghanistan, when this criticism became par for the course for every anti-war protester.
--> Wired were the eyes of a horse on a jet pilot \\
One that smiled when he flew over the bay \\
My source is the source of all creation \\
Her, discourse, is that we all don't survey
* WeHaveBecomeComplacent: The subject of "Forest" and "ATWA", both about the environment.
* WordSaladLyrics: "Bounce". It's about hopping on a pogo stick in front of your date's friends... sex, maybe?
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[[caption-width-right:340:''Eating seeds is a pastime activity/The Toxicity of our city, of our city...'']]
'''''Toxicity''''' is the second studio album by HeavyMetal band Music/SystemOfADown, released on September 4, 2001. While their previous [[SelfTitledAlbum eponymous album]] mainly dealt with government corruption, ''Toxicity'' highlighted specific issues in which the band was interested, such as the decriminalization of drugs, environmentalism, religion, war, and fame. One of the more hard-hitting political messages was "Chop Suey", which was an all-out critique of Islamic jihad and fundamentalism. It became a hugely successful song especially after [[Film/NineEleven 9/11]] occurred just a week after the album was released.
The band also dabbled with LighterAndSofter melodies while keeping their HardRock edge and Serj Tankian's characteristic [[MetalScream metal screams]], such as on the hit singles "Toxicity" and "Aerials" (which was nominated for a GrammyAward). The album has since sold 12 million copies and remains SOAD's most influential album to date, since it helped to further popularize the metal genre.
!!Tracklist:
# "Prison Song" (3:21)
# "Needles" (3:13)
# "Deer Dance" (2:55)
# "Jet Pilot" (2:06)
# "X" (1:58)
# "Chop Suey!" (3:30)
# "Bounce" (1:54)
# "Forest" (4:00)
# "ATWA" (2:56)
# "Science" (2:43)
# "Shimmy" (1:51)
# "Toxicity" (3:38)
# "Psycho" (3:45)
# "Aerials" (6:11)[[note]]Contains the hidden track "Arto" during its last two minutes[[/note]]
----
!!Principal Members:
* Serj Tankian – vocals, keyboards, guitars
* Daron Malakian – guitars, vocals
* Shavo Odadjian – bass, backing vocals
* John Dolmayan – drums
----
!!"I don't think you trust... in... my... self-righteous tropicide..."
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Daron said during a live performance that "Toxicity" was mainly about Attention Deficit Disorder, with the "seeds" in the song representing the pharmaceutical drugging of the youth.
* ConceptVideo: In addition to showing the band perform, the video focuses mainly on a young CircusBrat with... ugly features, wishing that he were famous. He also has a naive view of the world (he assumes nobody would give a second thought toward his physical characteristics, he imagines a reporter as a young boy, he blows money up into the air all the time), and it ends with him kneeling face-down on the same ground where the band had been performing a minute ago.
* GovernmentDrugEnforcement: The implication of "Prison System" is that the government chooses to criminalize drugs to keep the population docile. Conspiracy theorists, much?
* MoodWhiplash: After the deep, powerful melodies of "Chop Suey!", the band immediately moves toward the particularly weird, fast "Bounce". Serj has said that this was intentional, to provide a light-hearted contrast between "Chop Suey!" and the rest of the album.
* PoliceBrutality: In "Deer Dance":
--> Peaceful loving youth against the brutality of plastic existence\\
Pushing little children with their fully automatics\\
They like to push the weak around
* ScienceIsBad: "Science". Rather than outright denying it, however, the band instead compares religious wars to the more recent wars amplified by advances in science that allow for further destruction.
--> Fighting off the diseased programming\\
Of centuries, centuries, centuries, centuries\\
Science fails to recognise the single most\\
Potent element of human existence\\
[[caption-width-right:340:''Eating seeds is a pastime activity/The Toxicity of our city, of our city...'']]
'''''Toxicity''''' is the second studio album by HeavyMetal band Music/SystemOfADown, released on September 4, 2001. While their previous [[SelfTitledAlbum eponymous album]] mainly dealt with government corruption, ''Toxicity'' highlighted specific issues in which the band was interested, such as the decriminalization of drugs, environmentalism, religion, war, and fame. One of the more hard-hitting political messages was "Chop Suey", which was an all-out critique of Islamic jihad and fundamentalism. It became a hugely successful song especially after [[Film/NineEleven 9/11]] occurred just a week after the album was released.
The band also dabbled with LighterAndSofter melodies while keeping their HardRock edge and Serj Tankian's characteristic [[MetalScream metal screams]], such as on the hit singles "Toxicity" and "Aerials" (which was nominated for a GrammyAward). The album has since sold 12 million copies and remains SOAD's most influential album to date, since it helped to further popularize the metal genre.
!!Tracklist:
# "Prison Song" (3:21)
# "Needles" (3:13)
# "Deer Dance" (2:55)
# "Jet Pilot" (2:06)
# "X" (1:58)
# "Chop Suey!" (3:30)
# "Bounce" (1:54)
# "Forest" (4:00)
# "ATWA" (2:56)
# "Science" (2:43)
# "Shimmy" (1:51)
# "Toxicity" (3:38)
# "Psycho" (3:45)
# "Aerials" (6:11)[[note]]Contains the hidden track "Arto" during its last two minutes[[/note]]
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!!Principal Members:
* Serj Tankian – vocals, keyboards, guitars
* Daron Malakian – guitars, vocals
* Shavo Odadjian – bass, backing vocals
* John Dolmayan – drums
----
!!"I don't think you trust... in... my... self-righteous tropicide..."
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Daron said during a live performance that "Toxicity" was mainly about Attention Deficit Disorder, with the "seeds" in the song representing the pharmaceutical drugging of the youth.
* ConceptVideo: In addition to showing the band perform, the video focuses mainly on a young CircusBrat with... ugly features, wishing that he were famous. He also has a naive view of the world (he assumes nobody would give a second thought toward his physical characteristics, he imagines a reporter as a young boy, he blows money up into the air all the time), and it ends with him kneeling face-down on the same ground where the band had been performing a minute ago.
* GovernmentDrugEnforcement: The implication of "Prison System" is that the government chooses to criminalize drugs to keep the population docile. Conspiracy theorists, much?
* MoodWhiplash: After the deep, powerful melodies of "Chop Suey!", the band immediately moves toward the particularly weird, fast "Bounce". Serj has said that this was intentional, to provide a light-hearted contrast between "Chop Suey!" and the rest of the album.
* PoliceBrutality: In "Deer Dance":
--> Peaceful loving youth against the brutality of plastic existence\\
Pushing little children with their fully automatics\\
They like to push the weak around
* ScienceIsBad: "Science". Rather than outright denying it, however, the band instead compares religious wars to the more recent wars amplified by advances in science that allow for further destruction.
--> Fighting off the diseased programming\\
Of centuries, centuries, centuries, centuries\\
Science fails to recognise the single most\\
Potent element of human existence\\
