{"id":3959,"date":"2025-09-02T14:42:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T14:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/2025\/09\/02\/daron-malakian-crashed-a-system-of-a-down-cover-bands-show-in-chicago\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T14:42:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T14:42:44","slug":"daron-malakian-crashed-a-system-of-a-down-cover-bands-show-in-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/2025\/09\/02\/daron-malakian-crashed-a-system-of-a-down-cover-bands-show-in-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"DARON MALAKIAN Crashed A SYSTEM OF A DOWN Cover Band&#8217;s Show In Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Fans at The Cubby Bear in Chicago, IL got the shock of a lifetime this past weekend when <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/metalinjection.net\/tag\/system-of-a-down\">System Of A Down<\/a><\/strong> guitarist\/vocalist <strong>Daron Malakian<\/strong> unexpectedly hopped onstage with local <strong>System Of A Down<\/strong> cover band<strong> Peephole<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Malakian<\/strong>, in town ahead of <strong>System Of A Down<\/strong>&#8216;s pair of stadium shows at Soldier Field, explained on social media that the encounter was pure chance. After grabbing dinner, he set out with photographer <strong>Greg Watermann<\/strong> to take photos around the city. The two wound up near Wrigley Field when <strong>Malakian<\/strong> suddenly heard the opening riff of &#8220;Needles&#8221; drifting out of a nearby bar.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At first my cousin thought it was karaoke,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DOBgL4bEeDi\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=0e52b5a7-93ae-4b0b-b231-3fefae73946d\"><strong>Malakian<\/strong> recalled<\/a>. &#8220;I decided to walk across the street and go into the bar and found that it was a <strong>System Of A Down<\/strong> cover band called <strong>Peephole<\/strong>. I walked right to the front of the stage and surprised the band and the audience\u2026 I joined the band and sang &#8216;Cigaro,&#8217; shook their hands, took some pictures with the fans in the audience, and walked out of the place.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added, &#8220;The odds of this happening were so slim. Probably had a better chance of getting struck by lightning. So many stars had to align for me to end up at the right place and right time. One of the coolest moments I&#8217;ve ever had!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peephole<\/strong> themselves were equally stunned, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DOBqvoIESq0\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=df84f9a9-42c1-4a03-aa7d-5e85ae304ba1\">posting<\/a>: &#8220;Last night the unthinkable happened. @daronmalakian from <strong>System Of A Down<\/strong> just so happened to be in the neighborhood and heard us playing from the street! So he came in, said what&#8217;s up and then sang &#8216;Cigaro&#8217; with us! We are still shocked by this amazing moment. A dream come true for us! We love <strong>SOAD<\/strong> with all of our hearts and cannot believe how fortunate we are. What an amazing human and musician!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The band also shouted out <strong>Malakian<\/strong> before his sold-out Soldier Field set: &#8220;<strong>Daron<\/strong>, thank you so much for this! We&#8217;ll see you tonight at Soldier Field!&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Daron Malakian joins a SOAD cover band in Chicago, IL (2025)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GidsMvxlYKQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"zox-post-body left zoxrel zox100\">\n\t\t<strong style=\"display: block;margin: 0 auto;max-width: 660px;font-size: 1.625rem;\">Want More Metal? 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