TODAY WE ARE HEADED BACK TO THIS DAY IN 2001 TO A PARKING LOT IN HOLLYWOOD WHERE THE ARMENIAN AMERICAN ROCKERS WERE PLANNING TO LAUNCH THEIR SECOND ALBUM WITH A FREE CONCERT AS A THANK YOU TO THEIR LOYAL FANS. SAID PARKING LOT HAD A CAPACITY OF ABOUT 3500 PEOPLE, BUT SYSTEM OF A DOWN’S FANS WENT AND SHOWED UP WITH APPROXIMATELY 10,000 SHOWING UP…PROMPTING THE FIRE MARSHAL TO CANCEL THE EVENT AT THE LAST MINUTE…FANS DIDN’T GIVE UP HOPE AND AFTER AN HOUR OF WAITING THE CROWD LOST THEIR *BEEP* AFTER THE SYSTEM OF A DOWN BANNER WAS TAKEN DOWN ON STAGE BY SECURITY…THE STAGE WAS RUSHED, THE BAND’S EQUIPMENT WAS TRASHED, ROCKS WERE THROWN AT POLICE, WINDOWS WERE BROKEN, AND PORTA JOHNS WERE UP ENDED…IT WAS A FULL ON RIOT THAT LASTED 6 HOURS AND 6 ARRESTS WERE MADE. IT WAS A RIOT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF THE BAND HAD BEEN ALLOWED TO PERFORM, OR AT THE VERY LEAST BEEN ALLOWED TO MAKE A STAGE ANNOUNCE…TOXICITY WAS RELEASED THE FOLLOWING DAY AND DEBUTED AT NUMBER ONE…TODAY’S ROCK REWIND WAS THE TITLE TRACK AND SECOND SINGLE FROM THAT ALBUM…TURN IT UP AND ROCK OUT WITH SYSTEM OF THE DOWN’S “TOXICITY”…IN THE FIVE OCLOCK FREAK OUT ON 105.7 THE X
