Watch A Vintage, Toxicity-Era System Of A Down Interview

Ian Camfield’s a name that some British radio listeners – and music television watchers – of a certain vintage may fondly recall. Felt like you couldn’t move for the man, in a nice way, for a while – there he was on Xfm, and there on K-Rock overseas, and across VH1 and MTV. Good lad. We like Ian.

And here he is, in a vintage MTV2 clip speaking to System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian and Daron Malakian. (Ah, MTV2, ah.) Why is this up, now, in September 2017? Well, System’s second studio LP, the brilliant Toxicity, just celebrated its 16^th anniversary, released as it was on September 4, 2001. You know, it’s the album with Chop Suey on it – pretty much the only song on Guitar Hero Live I can ace every time. Anyway. 

Via the ObeyYourSysteM YouTube channel comes this rarely seen, certainly in recent years, chat with half of the band about their then-new LP, Toxicity.

A softer approach? Ha! Hardly, Ian. And the new nu-metal is prog-rock? Wow. The early 00s was a long time ago, huh. 

System Of A Down may or (more likely) may not be working on a follow-up to 2005’s Mesmerize/Hypnotise double-header. In July this year, the band’s bassist Shavo Odadjian told fans that “It’s not happening. I don’t know when it’s going to be. Not right now.”

And here's Serj in this clip, back in 2001, saying: “We said that we’re going to take our time… and not be a band that comes up with a second album really quickly.” Or even a sixth one, eh Serj? No, but, really, guys: a new record sometime before the world is consumed in the nuclear fire would be magic, please.

Toxicity rules, though. Refresh yourself, below.