[ Interscope Records / CD ]
Release Date: Thursday 31 July 2008
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The eponymous debut from Daron Malakian & John Dolmayan (previously in System of a Down) rocks with an aggressive intensity and is propelled by melodic tunes.
"I feel like this is a brand new band", Daron Malakian says. "Sometimes we tell people, We're Scars on Broadway. And they're like, Oh, never heard of it. That's cool", he adds laughing. Sure, in System of a Down, Daron & John Dolmayan earned five straight platinum albums in the U.S. and over 160,000 sales in New Zealand, as well as headlining numerous festivals + sold out shows around the world.
While Scars on Broadway's eponymous debut still rocks with an aggressive intensity, particularly on the opening "Serious" and "Exploding / Reloading", both of which bring a punk energy, and the hard rock blues twang of "Whoring Streets", the album is propelled by such melodic tunes as "Funny", a song that is a straight-forward pop-rocker in the best sense of the term; the hooky "World Long Gone"; and of course the single, "They Say".
1. Serious
2. Funny
3. Exploding / Reloading
4. Stoner-Hate
5. Insane
6. World Long Gone
7. Kill Each Other / Live Forever
8. Babylon
9. Chemicals
10. Enemy
11. Universe
12. 3005
13. Cute Machines
14. Whoring Streets
15. They Say