SCARS ON BROADWAY CELEBRATE THE RELEASE OF THEIR DEBUT SELF

Scars on Broadway have officially released their album and the band talks about kicking it off with a show at the historic Union Station in LA.

In what has been years in the making, Scars on Broadway have officially released their highly anticipated debut self titled album and the band kicked it off in style with a free show at the historic Union Station in Los Angeles. Scars on Broadway, which is the brain child of musical mastermind Daron Malakian formerly of System of a Down, also features fellow System of a Down alumni John Dolmayan on drums. The band, which is rounded out by Franky Perez, Danny Shamoun and Dominic Cifarelli, tore through a 40 min set that included their first single ‘They Say’ and a barriage of high octane songs that showcased the dynamic range and intelligent song writing of Scars on Broadway.

We caught up with John Dolmayan just before the band hit the stage to get his thoughts on the idea behind celebrating the release of their album by playing such a historic venue like Union Station in Los Angeles.

“We definitely wanted to do something in L.A. since we’re from L.A. but they were looking at a couple of different locations. Union Station was an option and I thought Griffith Park Observatory would have been pretty cool too but we couldn’t make that happen. So Union Station is pretty historic and I guess it’s a cool place to kick it off.”

We also spoke with Daron Malakian, who wrote all the songs and performs all the instruments but drums on Scars on Broadway’s debut album, to find out if he feels relieved to finally have the album finished after working hard on the project for so long.

“No, we’re working harder now promoting the record and gettng ready to leave home. That’s always kind of tough for me. I’m not really like a, I don’t go out and party very much so leaving home is always a bit stressful for me when I go on the road. There’s some stresses that are still there, but the writing part is done and the album is done. I’m proud of it. It feels good. It feels good to play live.”

After so many successful albums, tours and years in System of a Down, John Dolmayan also talked about having a special bond with the members of Scars on Broadway on stage in just a short amount of time.

“We did it once but of course there’s no guarantees that we’re going to have the same success with Scars, but the bottom line is all we are thinking about is going out and playing shows and making the best music we can then everything else will just happen or it won’t. That’s not really up to us because we can only do what we’re capable of doing. So we feel like we put together a good album. We have in my opinion a great band and we have a lot of fun on stage and I think people will pick up on that. To be honest with you, If a band doesn’t sound better live than they do on an album than I don’t think they are worth listening to. I think that Scars definitely has something that is special on stage.”

Scars on Broadway will kick off a European run of tour dates August 29th in Paris, France and extending until September 21st in Manchester, U.K. Look for the band to announce a run of North American tour dates in the near future.