I have not really liked any of the new bands that have entered the musicscape the past few years – I’m not sure if its because I’m getting older, if I’m not listening to the right bands or if its because most of the music today sucks. Its probably a combination of the 3 because recently my friends Jordan and Greg have turned me onto some good new music from the likes of Bloc Party and the Arcade Fire so to paraphrase the Descendents, “everything doesn’t totally suck today.”

One band that has definitely caught my attention however is System of a Down. I have loved their sound, their style and their weirdness since I first heard “Sugar” on the radio in the late 90’s. They recently released their third album “Mezmerize” and it is down right kick ass. I got it and I suggest you do too because its really, really good.

In the most recent Rolling Stone mag, an interview with the band has given me even more reason to love them – they are all full-blown geeks. For instance, their drummer John Dolmayan has storage space in a North Hollywood warehouse to store his collection of comic books, action figures and video games. At the start of the interview he said, “Dude, I like comic books. How cool could I fucking be? Dungeons and Dragons is badass. If I could find a good dungeon master, I’d play a game.” So would I dude, so would I…

Rock fucking on!