In late 2008, Malakian announced that the headlining tour to promote the album's release, which included an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, would be cancelled with no plans of rescheduling. Hiatus, reformation, and second hiatus (2008–2018) A second single, "World Long Gone", was released on September 8, and featured a music video directed by filmmaker Joel Schumacher. Scars on Broadway was released on July 28, 2008, to generally favorable reviews and debuted at No. In July, the band announced a headlining tour set for October 2008. The music video for the track was released on June 27. The first single would be the aforementioned "They Say", which would receive radio airplay, and be made available on Guitar Hero 5 and as a downloadable track on Rock Band. A week later, the band was signed to Interscope Records. On May 2, 2008, the band announced that their debut album, Scars on Broadway, would be released on July 28, 2008. They also performed at the sixteenth annual KROQ Weenie Roast. On January 22, 2008, Scars on Broadway were announced to be performing at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 26, 2008. They also played with Metallica at KFMA Day 2008 in Tucson, Arizona. Scars on Broadway played their first live show Apat the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles. Additionally, above the timer, in quotation marks was the phrase "They say it's all about to end." When the countdown ended, the song " They Say" was made available on the site and their Myspace account. The band's website featured a countdown timer, counting down to 15:00 PST on March 28, 2008. The band begun recording their debut album in September 2007. Malakian stated "I haven't decided if I'm going to make it a revolving door of musicians or one solid band but it all revolves around my writing." Īfter Malakian and Dolmayan experimented with different musicians, for a period of nine months in 2007 the band took form and forged its sound in intense rehearsals and recording sessions under Malakian's direction at his home studio and Sunset Sound with musicians Danny Shamoun on keyboards, Dominic Cifarelli on bass, and Franky Perez on guitar and backing vocals. In December 2005, Malakian stated in an interview that he "could release ten solo records tomorrow." He revealed that he has "tons of material laying around", as well as his plans for the future: "After these albums I'm gonna go off and do something on my own, just like Serj." Following System of a Down's hiatus in May 2006, Malakian announced his latest project - Scars on Broadway - a band which would include System of a Down drummer John Dolmayan and himself. History Self-titled debut album (2005–2008)
His voice was still soft, and he was leaning into me enough so that I could smell the drying blood on him, the richness of fresh blood in his mouth, as if some small cut had not healed completely. Why do you have to be the toughest, the bravest? Why can't you, just once, let me do something for you? Going down in the hole doesn't scare me. Why do you have to do this? Just tell me that. And, short of playing tug of war - which I would probably lose - I wasn't getting it away from him. I touched the flashlight, tried to pull it from his hand, but he held on.
So afraid that my pulse was hammering in my throat, like a trapped thing. So afraid that I could taste something flat and metallic on my tongue. I stared back into the hole and let myself acknowledge just how afraid I was. Why? and his voice held the first hint of anger, like a slap of warmth.
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