On the playlist 23/MAY/2018…

Switching gears to California and a different genre of music listening to System Of A Down's second album Toxicity. This Armenian/American band from Glendale California is definite driving metal band that defies categorization within the metal sub-genres. I like them as there is more musicality in their music that in a lot of metal music and their lyrics are thought provoking in addition to being able to hear them. Got into System Of A Down after listening to some Rage Against the Machine (the bass player is from Irvine) who were heavily influenced by the California Punk scene of the 80s and 90s. I remember listening to Jello Biafra and Dead Kennedy's back in Uni and loved the controversy between Jello Biafra and Tipper Gore over violent lyrics in music and the labelling of music with unsuitable lyrics in them. This of course totally backfired as teenagers looking to piss off their parents now had a label to identify the exact music they should buy. Okay, whoa that got off topic!