Watch members of System of a Down and Vio-lence deliver a crushing cover of Stone Temple Pilots’ Dead & Bloated
Shavo Odadjian and Phil Demmel among the players taking on the grunge classic
Vio-lence and ex-Machine Head electric guitar player Phil Demmel, System of a Down bassist Shavo Odadjian, singer and musician Jason Christopher and drummer Brandon Pertzborn, both of whom have played with Corey Taylor, have recorded a virtual jam on Stone Temple Pilot’s 1992 song, Dead & Bloated.
The quarantine cover was posted on Christopher’s Instagram page, where he wrote:
“I hope you enjoy watching this as much as we enjoyed making it.
"I would like to thank the homeys: @jayruston for taking time out of his busy schedule to do this sweet mix, @rarebirdlit for the studio, @dirtyern12 for making this rad video, and @ra_diaz for the company. And my brothers in arms: @phildemmel @shavoodadjian @brandonpertzborn
"I love you guys so much and thank you for absolutely crushing this!! I hope we did @stpband justice.”
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You can check out the performance above.
In non-quarantine news, Demmel recently paired up with former and current members of Overkill and Dream Theater in BPMD, which he described to Guitar World as “four dudes jamming covers.”
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The group takes on hard rock classics from Grand Funk Railroad, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Ted Nugent. “I was a '70s kid, so these are all bands I [that] loved and really got me into heavy music,” Demmel said.
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