Shavo Odadjian
Alternative rock, Composer
1974 –
Who is Shavo Odadjian?
Shavarsh "Shavo" Odadjian is an Armenian American songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, music video director/editor, music producer, and artist/painter. He is best known as the bassist, backing vocalist and occasional songwriter of the Grammy Award-winning rock band System of a Down. During the band's hiatus from 2006 to 2010, Odadjian collaborated with Wu Tang Clan founder The RZA on a project called Achozen, which contributed a number of songs to the motion picture Babylon A.D. Odadjian is also credited with the musical scoring of the film, alongside with The Rza and Hans Zimmer. He regularly uses a Gibson Thunderbird bass, a Fender Jazz Bass, and an Ibanez BTB bass guitar. He used a Music Man StingRay when he started to play with the band.
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- Born
- Apr 22, 1974
Yerevan - Also known as
- Odadjian, Shavo
- DJ DecompozeR
- DJ Tactic
- Shavarsh "Shavo" Odadjian
- Shavarsh Odadjian
- Shavarsh S. Odadjian
- Spouses
- Sonia Odadjian
(2009 - )
- Sonia Odadjian
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
- Soviet Union
- Profession
- Education
- Rose and Alex Pilibos Armenian School
- Lived in
- Yerevan
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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