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Daron Malakian is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and composer born on July 18, 1975, in Hollywood, California. He is a member of the bands System of a Down and Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway. His musical work is associated with the alternative metal genre, and he performs as a tenor vocalist. Malakian began his professional work period in 1990 and is a citizen of the United States.
He was educated at the Rose and Alex Pilibos Armenian School and is the son of Vartan Malakian. Malakian speaks both Armenian and English. His official website is systemofadown.com.
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Film & TV
Acting · Hollywood, California, USA
Daron Vartan Malakian (born July 18, 1975) is an Armenian-American musician, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He is best known as the guitarist, songwriter and second vocalist of the metal band System of a Down and as the lead vocalist, lead guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter of the band Scars on Broadway. Malakian is known for his distinctive playing…
Known for
- Royal Crackers — King Omar (voice)2023
- Linkin Park and Friends Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington — Self2017
- System Of A Down – Live At Pinkpop 2017 — Self2017
- System of a Down - Rock in Rio — Guitars2015
- System of a Down: Live in Yerevan, Armenia 2015 — Himself2015
- System of a Down Live at Reading Festival 2013 — Self - Guitarist2013
- System of a Down: Rock´N´Heim — Himself2013
- System of a Down - Rock in Rio — Guitars2011
- System Of A Down: Rock am Ring — Himself2011
- Screamers — Himself2006
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Glendale
- Active from
- 1975
Member of
- System of a Downsince 1994
- Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadwaysince 2006
- Snowblind
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 77,915
- Total plays
- 436,090
Tags
Daron Vartan Malakian (born July 18, 1975 in Hollywood, California, USA) is the guitarist in the Armenian-American band System of a Down, comprising vocalist Serj Tankian, bassist Shavo Odadjian, and drummer John Dolmayan. Malakian has written most of the band's music, and, more recently, has taken on a large share of the vocal and lyrical work for the band as well. Like the rest of the Hollywood-based band, he is of Armenian ancestry. Daron was born on July 18, 1975 in Hollywood, California, U
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation
· 2001 · cited 7,425x
- Robots and Jobs: Evidence from US Labor Markets
· 2020 · cited 3,175x
- The Environment and Directed Technical Change
· 2012 · cited 3,052x
- Taking Cell-Matrix Adhesions to the Third Dimension
· 2001 · cited 2,563x
- Skills, Tasks and Technologies: Implications for Employment and Earnings
· 2011 · cited 2,525x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1975-07-18 ) July 18, 1975 (age 50) , Los Angeles , California , U.S.
- Genres
- Alternative metal alternative rock nu metal
- Occupations
- Musician singer songwriter record producer
- Instruments
- Guitar vocals
- Years active
- 1990–present
- Member of
- System of a Down Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway
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Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Hollywood
- Father
- Vartan Malakian
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- alternative metal
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- systemofadown.com
- Image
- DM-photo.jpg
- Voice type
- tenor
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- Commons category
- Daron Malakian
- date of birth
- 1975-07-18
- member of
- System of a Down
- start of work period
- 1990-00-00
- social media followers
- 21976
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Encyclopedic overview
Daron Malakian (Armenian: Տարոն Մալաքյան; Western Armenian: Տարօն Մալաքեան; born July 18, 1975) 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.
Malakian was ranked 47th in Loudwire's list of "Top 50 Hard Rock + Metal Guitarists of All Time" and number 11 in MusicRadar's poll "The 20 Greatest Metal Guitarists Ever". He placed 30th in Guitar World's list of "The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists of All Time".
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