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Daron Malakian

Daron Vartan Malakian (born July 18, 1975) is an Armenian-American singer–songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He is best known as the lead guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist of the Grammy Award-winning rock band System of a Down. The band has been on a hiatus since 2006. He is currently the lead singer and guitarist for the band, Scars on Broadway. Like the rest of the Hollywood-based band System of a Down, he is of Armenian ancestry, but is the only member to actually have been born inside the U.S. (Los Angeles). He placed 30th in Guitar World's List of The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists of All Time.