Daron Malakian Musical artist

Daron Vartan Malakian (Armenian: Տարոն Մալաքյան, born July 18, 1975) is an Armenian–American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He is best known as the guitarist, songwriter, and second vocalist of the rock band System of a Down and as the lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and songwriter of the band Scars on Broadway. Like the rest of the Hollywood-based band System of a Down, he is of Armenian ancestry, but he is the only member to actually have been born inside the United States. He is placed 30th in Guitar World's List of The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists of All Time.

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Birth date	July 18, 1975
Hometown	Los Angeles United States

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Musical artist

Career started	1990
associated musical artist	System of a Down Scars on Broadway
Background	Solo singer
genre	Heavy metal music Progressive rock Experimental music Alternative metal
instrument	Banjo Bass guitar Drum kit Guitar Hammered dulcimer Mandolin Fender Stratocaster Tanpura (instrument) Keyboard instrument Ukulele Viola Singing Sitar Gibson SG Mandola Sarod Gibson Flying V Ibanez Iceman
record label	Interscope Records American Recordings (record label) Columbia Records