The official tour for Elect the Dead commenced on October 12, 2007, with a show at Chicago’s Vic Theatre . Roughly one thousand people attended the first concert. Although Tankian had stated he would not be performing any material by System of a Down, he performed “Charades” and “Blue”, songs co-written by Daron Malakian, the guitarist of the band. “Blue” had previously appeared on their Fourth Demo Tape in 1998, and Charades was attempted during the 2005 Mezmerize / Hypnotize sessions, but never released (although a short video clip of Tankian and Dolmayan playing the song in a recording studio was featured on “the Making of Mezmerize / Hypnotize “). Although it is originally a song restricted to piano and vocals, Tankian used his backing band, the Flying Cunts of Chaos (F.C.C.).
The official tour for Elect the Dead commenced on October 12, 2007
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