2002
Apr 02
On April 2, 2002, the band released its first album, Topsy-Turvy . It peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and No. 157 on the Billboard 200 . Months after the album’s release, Khachaturian left the band, and they began to audition new vocalists before deciding that Karamian…
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1999
Jan 01
The Apex Theory was formed in 1999 by Armenian-American musicians Ontronik “Andy” Khachaturian , David Hakopyan (drummer and bass player of Soil / System of a Down respectively), and Art Karamian following Khachaturian’s injury and subsequent departure from System of a Down. Sammy J. Watson joined the band after they…
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