Who played in or produced both Black Sabbath and System of a Down?

The direct musical bridge between Black Sabbath and System of a Down includes Rick Rubin (Record Producer / Audio Engineer).

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Black Sabbath and System of a Down are directly connected through shared producer Rick Rubin.

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Black Sabbath

📍 Birmingham, England • 📅 1968 – 2017

The fathers of heavy metal. Tony Iommi’s downtuned tritone riffs, Geezer Butler’s driving bass and dark lyrics, Bill Ward’s jazz-metal swing, and Ozzy Osbourne’s eerie delivery created the genre.

Heavy Metal Doom Metal Hard Rock

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Rick Rubin

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System of a Down

📍 Glendale, California, United States • 📅 1994 – Present

Explosive Armenian-American alternative metal quartet uniting Serj Tankian’s operatic socio-political screams with Daron Malakian’s manic Armenian folk melodies and thrash velocity on Toxicity.

Alternative Metal Nu Metal Hard Rock

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BAND LINER NOTES 📅 1968 – 2017

Black Sabbath

📍 Birmingham, England

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Musical Genres

Heavy Metal Doom Metal Hard Rock

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👥 Band Personnel (11)

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Tony Iommi

Lead Guitar

1968–2017

Also in: Heaven & Hell, Rock Aid Armenia, Mythology

Geezer Butler

Bass

1968–2017

Also in: Heaven & Hell, GZR, Geezer Butler Band, Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy Osbourne

Lead Vocals

1968–1979

Also in: Ozzy Osbourne

Bill Ward

Drums

1968–1980

Ronnie James Dio

Lead Vocals

1979–1982

Also in: Heaven & Hell, Hear 'n Aid, Elf, Rainbow, Dio

Vinny Appice

Drums

1980–1982

Also in: Dunsmuir, Dio, Kill Devil Hill

Ian Gillan

Lead Vocals

1982–1984

Also in: Deep Purple, Rock Aid Armenia, Gillan, WhoCares, Deep Purple

Glenn Hughes

Lead Vocals

1985–1986

Also in: Hughes Turner Project, Brazen Abbot, Black Country Communion, California Breed, Deep Purple, Trapeze, Phenomena, Hughes/Thrall, The Dead Daisies, Deep Purple, Black Country Communion

Cozy Powell

Drums

1988–1991

Also in: Michael Schenker Group, Rainbow, Whitesnake, The Jeff Beck Group, The Jeff Beck Group

Brad Wilk

Drums (studio)

2012–2013

Also in: The Smashing Pumpkins, Audioslave, The Last Internationale, Rage Against the Machine

Tommy Clufetos

Drums (touring)

2012–2017

Also in: Ozzy Osbourne

💿 Record Labels:

Vertigo Records Warner Records

🎛️ Producers & Engineers:

Martin Birch Rick Rubin ⚡

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BAND LINER NOTES 📅 1994 – Present

System of a Down

📍 Glendale, California, United States

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Explosive Armenian-American alternative metal quartet uniting Serj Tankian’s operatic socio-political screams with Daron Malakian’s manic Armenian folk melodies and thrash velocity on Toxicity.

Musical Genres

Alternative Metal Nu Metal Hard Rock Progressive Metal

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👥 Band Personnel (4)

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Serj Tankian

Lead Vocals, Keyboards

1994–present

Daron Malakian

Lead Guitar, Vocals

1994–present

Shavo Odadjian

Bass, Backing Vocals

1994–present

John Dolmayan

Drums

1997–present

💿 Record Labels:

American Recordings Columbia Records

🎛️ Producers & Engineers:

Rick Rubin ⚡

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