Chop Suey Day!

 The day celebrates the food, but I've never actually had it, and this is what pops into my head first.

The album/single was released in 2001, and it was still on the charts when 9/11 happened.  Many stations removed it from the airwaves because of one line: 

"Trust in my self-righteous suicide."

In 2005, they released a song very much about the war that followed.

The band name, System of a Down, was inspired by a poem written by founder/guitarist, Daron Malakian.

"Victims of a Down"

As the century nears its formidable end, our global experience of universal proportions, predicted by many greats, will arrive at our solar system, to our system of a down.

Authoritarian oppression, family abuse, depression caused by conformity, and economic devastation will be neutralized by technological terrorism in times of complete chaos.

Control will never again be gained for toleration will become extinct. A husband quarrelling with his wife will not think twice or regret his spent bullet. Hungry children will not spare the grocer.

Remorse in all forms will be removed from human thoughts and actions.

Freedom will only be available through revolution or death. This system of a down is unavoidable as life on this planet becomes unnecessary.

The hand has five fingers, capable and powerful, with the ability to destroy as well as create. We have the power to stop and reverse the tides of time by making our awareness of abuse known to the powers of industry and their uncouth political arms. Only by raising the awareness and promoting personal peace within today’s self-defeatist society, can we allow the planet a chance to avoid self-destruction!

Open your eyes, open your mouths,

Close your hands and make a fist.