DARON MALAKIAN Crashed A SYSTEM OF A DOWN Cowl Band’s Present In Chicago

Followers at The Cubby Bear in Chicago, IL obtained the shock of a lifetime this previous weekend when System Of A Down guitarist/vocalist Daron Malakian unexpectedly hopped onstage with native System Of A Down cowl band Peephole.

Malakian, on the town forward of System Of A Down‘s pair of stadium exhibits at Soldier Area, defined on social media that the encounter was pure probability. After grabbing dinner, he set out with photographer Greg Watermann to take pictures across the metropolis. The 2 wound up close to Wrigley Area when Malakian abruptly heard the opening riff of “Needles” drifting out of a close-by bar.

“At first my cousin thought it was karaoke,” Malakian recalled. “I made a decision to stroll throughout the road and go into the bar and located that it was a System Of A Down cowl band known as Peephole. I walked proper to the entrance of the stage and stunned the band and the viewers… I joined the band and sang ‘Cigaro,’ shook their palms, took some footage with the followers within the viewers, and walked out of the place.”

He added, “The chances of this taking place had been so slim. In all probability had a greater probability of getting struck by lightning. So many stars needed to align for me to finish up on the proper place and proper time. One of many coolest moments I’ve ever had!”

Peephole themselves had been equally surprised, posting: “Final evening the unthinkable occurred. @daronmalakian from System Of A Down simply so occurred to be within the neighborhood and heard us enjoying from the road! So he got here in, stated what’s up after which sang ‘Cigaro’ with us! We’re nonetheless shocked by this wonderful second. A dream come true for us! We love SOAD with all of our hearts and can’t imagine how lucky we’re. What a tremendous human and musician!”

The band additionally shouted out Malakian earlier than his sold-out Soldier Area set: “Daron, thanks a lot for this! We’ll see you tonight at Soldier Area!”