Scars on Broadway ƙungiyar dutsen Amurka ce ta ƙwararrun mawaƙa na System of a Down. Mawaƙin guitarist da mai bugu na ƙungiyar suna ƙirƙirar ayyukan "gefe" na dogon lokaci, suna rikodin waƙoƙin haɗin gwiwa a waje da babban rukuni, amma babu wani "ci gaba" mai tsanani.
Duk da wannan, duka kasancewar ƙungiyar da kuma aikin solo na System of a Down vocalist Serj Tankian ya haifar da farin ciki sosai - magoya bayan ba sa son rukunin da suka fi so ya watse kuma mawaƙa su shiga yin iyo kyauta.
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A shekara ta 2003, mawaƙa da suka haɗa da guitarist Daron Malakian, mai kaɗa Zach Hill, mawaƙin kiɗan Greg Kelso, tare da muryoyi daga Casey Kaos, sun yi waƙa, yayin da sa hannun mai zanen shine sunan Scars on Broadway.
Daga baya, bayan wasu shekaru, mahaliccin kungiyar ya musanta shigar da wakar a cikin rukunin na yanzu, tunda aikin da aka kirkiro wakar ya dade ya daina wanzuwa.
A cikin wata hira da aka yi da shi a cikin hunturu na 2005, Daron Malakyan ya ce yana da adadi mai yawa don yin rikodin waƙoƙin solo kuma a shirye yake ya sake su a kowane lokaci. Mawaƙin ya so ya gane ra'ayinsa, kamar yadda shugaban babbar ƙungiyar Serj Tankian ya yi. A lokaci guda, Malakyan ya so ya sami kwarewa ta hanyar sana'a na solo, amma a lokaci guda yana goyon bayan wanzuwar tsarin kungiyar Down da kuma karyata jita-jita game da rushewarta.
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A cikin 2006, System of Down group duk da haka ya yanke shawarar dakatar da ayyukansu na ɗan lokaci, kuma Daron Malakyan ya yanke shawarar yin ƙoƙari don ƙirƙirar aikin solo. Bassist SOAD Shavo Odadjian yana cikin kungiyar tun asali, amma daga baya ya fice kuma dan ganga John Dolmayan ya maye gurbinsa.
A kan gidan yanar gizon su na hukuma, ƙungiyar ta buga mai ƙidayar lokaci wanda aka ƙidaya har zuwa Maris 28, 2008. A wannan rana ne kungiyar ta fitar da wakar The Say, wanda, abin takaici, ba a iya saukewa yanzu. Abin sha'awa shine, akwai zance daga waƙar da ke sama da mai ƙidayar lokaci koyaushe, kuma kawai masu sauraro kaɗan ne kawai suka tsinkayi abin da ake ciki.
Tuni a ranar 11 ga Afrilu, 2008, wasan kwaikwayo na farko na ƙungiyar ya faru a ɗaya daga cikin shahararrun kulake. Sa'an nan kuma mawaƙa sun sha shiga cikin manyan bukukuwan dutse kuma sun sami ƙaunar jama'a cikin sauri. Babban sunayen mawaƙa kuma sun taimaka - yawancin magoya baya sun fara sauraron waƙoƙin sabon aikin saboda ƙaunar da suke da shi ga System of a Down band.
Kasa da wata guda bayan haka, mawakan ƙungiyar sun sanar da cewa za a fitar da kundi na farko mai taken Scars on Broadway nan ba da jimawa ba. Tun daga wannan lokacin, waƙoƙin band ɗin daga kundi na farko mai zuwa sun fara bayyana akan hanyar sadarwar akan dandamali daban-daban na kiɗa.
Masu sauraro sun yarda da ƙirƙira da kyau, har ma da mafi tsananin sukar sun yaba da ingancin kayan da aikin kiɗan ya yi.
Nan take kungiyar tayi shiru. Sun yanke shawarar yin hutu, sun dakatar da ayyukan wasan kwaikwayo kuma ba su yi aiki a kan rikodin studio ba, ba su tallata shi ba. Amma bayan watanni 17, sai suka fashe a cikin ginshiƙi tare da ƙara mai ƙarfi, sun buga wasan kwaikwayo a wani babban wurin kiɗa tare da bassist na System of a Down band Shavo Odadjian.
Salon kiɗan ƙungiyar
Da farko, Malakyan da kansa ya yi magana a cikin duk tambayoyin da kungiyar ke buga dutsen na musamman ba tare da wani abu mai salo da gwaji ba.
Amma masu sauraro masu sauraro nan da nan sun lura da kamancen kiɗan da aikin SOAD, wanda, duk da haka, suna ɗaukar kansu a matsayin ƙarfe. Tabbas, rukunin Malakyan yana wakiltar nau'in irin wannan waƙar mai sauƙi, amma akwai kamanceceniya.
Daga baya, a lokacin da yake magana game da jagorancin kiɗa na album na farko a nan gaba a cikin wata hira, mahaliccin ƙungiyar ya ce waƙar za ta ƙunshi nau'i-nau'i masu yawa na waƙoƙin Armeniya na al'ada, tarkace da karfe da sauran nau'o'in kiɗa. A sakamakon haka, mai sauraron ya karbi samfurin ban mamaki, wanda aka bambanta ta asali da kuma gaskiyarsa wajen zabar shugabanci.
A cikin watanni da yawa, a cikin hirarraki daban-daban, ɗan wasan gaba na ƙungiyar ya sha yarda cewa kiɗan nasa yana da tasiri daga dutsen gargajiya, wato masu yin wasan kwaikwayo kamar David Bowie, Neil Young da sauransu.
Ya kuma yi imanin cewa salonsa yana da natsuwa da aunawa, ba kamar yawancin motsin ƙarfe ba, aikinsa bai dace da slam a cikin zauren ba, ya kamata a saurari irin wannan kiɗan da gaske. Yawancin magoya bayansa suna goyon bayansa a wannan.
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Abubuwan da ke cikin mawaƙa a cikin shekarun da suka gabata na aikin sun canza - mahalarta sun tafi, sun huta. Kungiyar ta daina wanzuwa, amma daga baya ta sake haduwa. Duk waɗannan shekarun, Malakyan ya kasance ɗan wasan gaba na ƙungiyar, kuma, watakila, godiya ga jajircewarsa, ƙungiyar tana rayuwa a yau.
Kwanan nan, Daron Malakyan kusan ya maye gurbin dukkan mawaƙa - yana buga duk kayan kida, wanda ke ba shi damar yin rikodin rikodi.
Abin takaici, irin wannan aikin guda ɗaya bai dace da ayyukan wasan kwaikwayo ba, don haka mawaƙin yakan haɗu da abokan aiki daga SOAD. A cikin 2018, aikin ya fitar da kundin kundin Dictator, wanda ya kasance abin mamaki na gaske bayan hutu na shekaru takwas.
