They totally are. The music is totally legit, but they play with that fun side quite a bit. I mean Ddevil??? The little Snidely Whiplash snicker?? And Violent Pornography! "IT'S A NONSTOP DISCO, BET YOU IT'S NABISCO, BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW!!!!" This band understands that Serj and Darren's voices can be used to bring a lighter side to their heavy themes. Gotta love SOAD. :)

Wow SOAD. I've been listening to so much classic rock and hard rock these days, I've completely forgotten about System.

I like a lot of bands, and a lot of different genres of music, but SOAD is near the top of my favorite bands. One of the best choices I made in my life was deciding to buy every single System album. Their music is like a combination of Slayer and Nirvana, which is just awesome.

My top System songs in a very rough order of which ones I like best:

1. Soil (the guitar solo on this song is one of my all-time favorite guitar solos)
2. Aerials
3. Toxicity
4. Shimmy
5. Mind (I love the intro to this song)
6. Nuguns
7. Prison Song
8. B.Y.O.B.
9. Forest
10. Mr. Jack [[[[also known as P.I.G.]]]]]
11. Hypnotize
12. She's Like Heroin

Notable mentions: Chop Suey! used to be a favorite of mine, but it was overplayed WAAAY too much, and I'm not a fan of it anymore.
Also, Radio/Video is one of the few SOAD songs I blare at max volume in my dorm room at college because it's not offensive, and the scream-o aspects of it are relatively mild.

There's no still existing band I love more than System..
Their music is so beautiful and innovative,
and it keeps on changing all the time <3
and since I've seen them live in Amsterdam I can't think of much else but them :P
1 1/2 hours of goosebumps.

One of the few Nu Metal bands I like, probably because they're pretty weird/silly. They don't take themselves all too seriously.

What's your favorite album?

Love System of a Down, I seem to like depressing songs though, as Lonely Day is one of my favorite tunes ever...

I think SOAD are one of the few bands that I obsessed over as a young teenager (13 or so) that I still think are awesome, even if I don't listen to them even nearly as much as I used to.

woah. that's a hard question. i'd have to choose between mezmerize, because of radio/video, and lost in hollywood, etc :/ and Toxicity, which I just LOVE to listen all the way through.. so i'd rather choose toxicity, because there's no single song I don't adore on that album.

Yes, i love them too and toxicity is my all time favorite punk album and System of Down is the best Punk band which connected me to it.

There's not a lot of things you could say or do at this point that would make me not like you.

Not only did you say Mezmerize or Toxicity, which is exactly what I would have say if you had asked me the same question, but you also mentioned Radio/Video and Lost in Hollywood.