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Shavo Odadjian
Sign in to saveAlso known as Shavarsh Odadjian, DJ Tactic, DJ DecompozeR
Armenian-American bassist (b. 1974)
Film & TV
Yerevan, Armenia
Shavarsh "Shavo" Odadjian is an Armenian-American musician, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, music video director, and painter. He is best known as the bassist, backing vocalist and occasional songwriter of the Grammy Award-winning metal band System of a Down. During the band's hiatus from 2006 to 2010, Odadjian collaborated with Wu-Tang Clan founder RZA on a project called AcHoZeN, which…
Known for
- Truth to Power — Self2020
- Linkin Park and Friends Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington — Self2017
- System Of A Down – Live At Pinkpop 2017 — Self2017
- Rammstein in Amerika — Self2015
- System of a Down - Rock in Rio — Bass2015
- System of a Down: Live in Yerevan, Armenia 2015 — Himself2015
- 37 — Self2014
- System of a Down Live at Reading Festival 2013 — Self - Bassist2013
- System of a Down - Rock in Rio — Bass2011
- Screamers — Himself2006
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Key facts
- Also known as
- DJ Tactic , DJ DecompozeR
- Born
- Shavarsh Odadjian , ( 1974-04-22 ) April 22, 1974 (age 52) , Yerevan , Armenian SSR
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California , U.S.
- Genres
- Alternative metal nu metal experimental hip-hop hard rock progressive metal thrash metal
- Occupations
- Musician songwriter
- Instruments
- Bass guitar
- Years active
- 1992–present
- Member of
- System of a Down North Kingsley Seven Hours After Violet
- Spouse
- Sonia Odadjian
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Yerevan
- Occupation
- human rights defender
- Employer
- Achozen
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- music
- Genre
- hip-hop
- Instrument
- bass guitar
- Image
- System Of A Down @ Claremont Showgrounds (5 3 2012) (6859500592).jpg
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- Commons category
- Shavo Odadjian
- date of birth
- 1974-04-22
- member of
- Achozen
- Commons Creator page
- Shavo Odadjian
- start of work period
- 1992-00-00
- birth name
- Շավարշ Օդաջյան
- ethnic group
- Armenian Americans
- name in native language
- Շավարշ Օդաջյան
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Encyclopedic overview
Shavarsh "Shavo" Odadjian (Armenian: Շավարշ "Շավո" Օդաջյան; born April 22, 1974) is an Armenian-American musician, best known as the bassist of the alternative metal band System of a Down. He also plays bass in a trap group called North Kingsley and in the metal band Seven Hours After Violet.
During System of a Down's hiatus from 2006 to 2010, Odadjian collaborated with Wu-Tang Clan founder RZA on a project called AcHoZeN, which contributed a number of songs to the motion picture Babylon A.D. A compilation album was released in 2015. Odadjian is also credited with the musical scoring of the film, alongside RZA and Hans Zimmer.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shavo Odadjian” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.