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Mar 2015
24m 37s

System of a Down

Bbc Radio 5 Live
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<p>In a wide-ranging interview, two members of multi-million-selling and Grammy-award-winning metal band System of a Down talk to 5 live’s Dotun Adebayo about their music, their political views, their personal lives and why the 1915 genocide of over one million Armenians is still such an important event for the Armenian community around the world. The four m ... Show More
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