SCARS OF LIFE ANOTHER TOMORROW FREE
The first 500 people in line at the concert received a free copy of the single on vinyl. On August 20, 2010, Scars on Broadway played a sold out show at the Avalon in Hollywood. On July 29, 2010, a new song titled "Fucking" was released on SoundCloud, using a special feature where users had to share the song on social media to unlock the download. System of a Down bassist Shavo Odadjian accompanied and played 3rd guitar for "Cute Machines" and "They Say". They also played a cover song "Forever My Queen" by the band Pentagram. The band performed all of the songs off their first album (except for "Kill Each Other / Live Forever"), as well as a new song "Talkin' Shit". On May 2, Scars on Broadway played a sold out show at The Troubadour in West Hollywood. On April 10, 2010, the band announced their return show. The group performed a System of a Down song ("Suite-Pee"), a Scars on Broadway song ("They Say") as well as an untitled song. Perez stated on his Twitter that "the Scars tunes sound amazing but they're not the same without D." On October 31, 2009, Malakian performed with Perez, Dolmayan, and System of a Down bassist Shavo Odadjian for Odadjian's Halloween party at Roxie Theater. Their setlist consisted of covers as well as a few Scars on Broadway songs. In August 2009, Dolmayan, Perez, Shamoun, and Cifarelli as Scars on Broadway traveled to Iraq for a USO tour across the US army bases, without Malakian. When asked later in May 2009 if the band would ever record or perform again, drummer John Dolmayan stated: "I'm not sure, but I do miss it." Interviews with both Cifarelli and Dolmayan suggested that the band was finished. Malakian later cited burn-out of touring as an additional factor behind the cancellations. Malakian cited personal reasons as the reason behind the cancellations. In late 2008, Malakian announced that the headlining tour to promote the album's release, which included an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, would be cancelled with no plans of rescheduling. Hiatus, reformation, and second hiatus (2008–2018) A second single, "World Long Gone", was released on September 8, and featured a music video directed by filmmaker Joel Schumacher. Scars on Broadway was released on July 28, 2008, to generally favorable reviews and debuted at No. In July, the band announced a headlining tour set for October 2008. The music video for the track was released on June 27. The first single would be the aforementioned "They Say", which would receive radio airplay, and be made available on Guitar Hero 5 and as a downloadable track on Rock Band. A week later, the band was signed to Interscope Records. On May 2, 2008, the band announced that their debut album, Scars on Broadway, would be released on July 28, 2008. They also performed at the sixteenth annual KROQ Weenie Roast. On January 22, 2008, Scars on Broadway were announced to be performing at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 26, 2008. They also played with Metallica at KFMA Day 2008 in Tucson, Arizona.
Scars on Broadway played their first live show Apat the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles. Additionally, above the timer, in quotation marks was the phrase "They say it's all about to end." When the countdown ended, the song " They Say" was made available on the site and their Myspace account. The band's website featured a countdown timer, counting down to 15:00 PST on March 28, 2008. The band begun recording their debut album in September 2007. Malakian stated "I haven't decided if I'm going to make it a revolving door of musicians or one solid band but it all revolves around my writing." Īfter Malakian and Dolmayan experimented with different musicians, for a period of nine months in 2007 the band took form and forged its sound in intense rehearsals and recording sessions under Malakian's direction at his home studio and Sunset Sound with musicians Danny Shamoun on keyboards, Dominic Cifarelli on bass, and Franky Perez on guitar and backing vocals. In December 2005, Malakian stated in an interview that he "could release ten solo records tomorrow." He revealed that he has "tons of material laying around", as well as his plans for the future: "After these albums I'm gonna go off and do something on my own, just like Serj." Following System of a Down's hiatus in May 2006, Malakian announced his latest project - Scars on Broadway - a band which would include System of a Down drummer John Dolmayan and himself.
History Self-titled debut album (2005–2008)
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