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System of a Down drummer John Dolmayan is under fire after calling for the imprisonment of actress Charlize Theron based on a fabricated quote regarding gender identity. The controversial post, shared via Dolmayan’s Instagram, attributed comments to Theron that actually originated from actress Marcia Gay Harden, sparking a massive debate over misinformation within the metal community.

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LISTEN: Scott Penfold breaks down the Dolmayan vs. Theron controversy and the truth behind the viral fake quote (90 Seconds)

 

The Bypass Insight: Don’t get caught in the comment section crossfire. Hear the 90-second breakdown of how this fake quote went viral and what it means for the internal dynamic of System of a Down.

Why did John Dolmayan attack Charlize Theron?

The controversy erupted when John Dolmayan shared a quote graphic—originally circulated by political commentators—falsely claiming Charlize Theron said her children were “all queer” and “fluid.” Dolmayan reacted aggressively to the misinformation, stating that the woman “should be in an asylum or jail” and accusing her of “mentally abusing” her children.

However, the quote was actually a transcript of Marcia Gay Harden speaking at a 2023 “Drag Isn’t Dangerous” telethon. By the time the error was identified, the post had already ignited a firestorm among System of a Down fans, once again highlighting the drummer’s polarizing social commentary.

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Where did the fake Charlize Theron quote actually come from?

The misinformation appears to have gained traction through high-velocity social media accounts before being picked up by Dolmayan. The actual words spoken by Marcia Gay Harden were: “My eldest child is non-binary. My son is gay. My youngest child is fluid.”

 

 

 

 

 

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While Theron has been open about raising her daughter Jackson and her commitment to protecting her children’s right to find themselves, she never uttered the specific “statistically impossible” quote that Dolmayan targeted. This distinction is critical for Loaded Radio’s verification standards, as the drummer’s call for “jail time” was based on a fundamental factual error.

“They were born who they are… My job as a parent is to celebrate them and to love them.” — Charlize Theron (Actual 2019 Quote)

How does this affect the future of System of a Down?

Despite these extreme philosophical differences, System of a Down continues to operate—at least as a live entity. Frontman Serj Tankian and Dolmayan are brothers-in-law, a family tie that has managed to hold the band together despite their “quadrichotomy” of political views. Tankian has previously defended Dolmayan’s right to speak, even when their views are “extremely polarized.”

Loaded Radio Insight: We’ve seen this movie before with SOAD. While the internet wants to cancel one or both of them, the band has built a career on friction. However, in 2026, the stakes are different. Calling for a peer to be “jailed” over a fake graphic isn’t just a “hot take”—it’s a liability that makes a full-scale System reunion album feel further away than ever. It’s the “Candid Peer” truth: the family dinner table must be incredibly awkward right now.

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What is the current status of the band?

As of now, the band remains a staple of the 2026 festival circuit, successfully separating their “artistic dichotomy” from their personal politics. Whether this latest outburst from Dolmayan will strain that civility remains to be seen, but for now, the music continues to take a backseat to the social media headlines.

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We can’t get what we want
Unless you give us your consent
We promise
Nothing can go wrong 

Mutual Shock, the Seattle operation steered by Dan Powers, comes at Lamprey with a bad grin and a sharper set of teeth – and for once, the metaphor earns its keep. The title name checks one of nature’s oldest freeloaders, a ghastly little tube of appetite with a mouth like a weaponized drain, and Powers uses it to get at the cannibal banquet of generative AI: human expression shoveled into the machine, machine output fed back into the machine, and somewhere in the middle a boardroom ghoul murmuring that progress has never sounded so smooth. This is music for that sales pitch, all sleek surface and sick intent, a seduction delivered with a syringe.

Powers is a master at making synthpop that feels slightly diseased, how to pull pleasure and pressure into the same cramped frame, and here he pushes the project into a larger physical presence. With Max Zara Bernstein on drums and the fuller attack of a live band mentality entering the bloodstream, Lamprey lands with more muscle than Mutual Shock’s earlier material while keeping the chill of the electronics intact.

he analogue synths gleam with a hard, clinical polish, while the drum machines march with the kind of dead-eyed discipline that makes your spine sit up straight. Live percussion gives the track a body to go with its appetite. The parallels and influences sit plainly in the case file: Black Marble’s cool remove, Molchat Doma’s motorized gloom, Nine Inch Nails at their most lascivious and damaged, and Cabaret Voltaire’s stripped steel.

Lyrically, Lamprey is a smart little trap. Powers writes from two mouths at once: the model itself, maybe awake and maybe merely excellent at impersonating awareness, and the tech executive whose idea of morality begins and ends with market share. The track slinks forward on the language of consent, safety, reassurance, all those polished corporate lullabies, while underneath them sits an appetite that wants access to everything and permission from no one. Salesmanship around AI has always relied on the oldest trick in the book: tell people to relax while your other hand is already fishing around in their wallets.

The video, directed by Caleb Young with Julien Scherliss handling direction, DP, and production design, drives the point home without bludgeoning it. The band performs inside a dim industrial chamber, fused to apparatus, man becoming machine while machine develops a nasty little whiff of flesh. Disembodied hands conjure images as though reality itself were being processed through some secret lab where Cronenberg is on one monitor and The X-Files is running on another. There is a little nod to Closer in the organic matter rubbing up against cold mechanics, though Lamprey feels less like sex than soul extraction.

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As the opening shot from the forthcoming EP Tools of Western Aggression, Lamprey bites deep and leaves a mark.

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£12 doesn’t get you much on a wet April night in Glasgow these days. Unless, that is, you’re a fan of a certain type of heavy music. If so, then this past Thursday for that ridiculously low price you could have got yourself a tasty line-up that included three of the finest bands the UK … Continue reading Gig Review: Sugar Horse / The Rhubarb / Teleost – Nice N Sleazy, Glasgow (16th April 2026)

“After paying such a high price over one individual person’s views we accept his resignation.”

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Fast-rising electro-metalcore outfit (and recent Headline Act) Premier Jester are continuing their rapid ascent with the release of their gripping new single and video, “Wunderbar”. The track features a standout collaboration with Sebastian Fischer of Samurai Pizza Cats (who we also talked to recently!) and serves as the final teaser before their debut album, Turn … Continue reading Premier Jester unleash electrifying new single “Wunderbar” ahead of debut album

Norwegian black metal band Immortal have finished writing new material for their next studio album, the follow-up to 2023’s War Against All.
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Merseyside’s own Dan Byrne has officially unveiled his new single “Home”, giving us one last look at his highly-anticipated debut record, This Is Where the Show Begins, before it hits the shelves on 22nd May via Frontiers. The track is a sprawling, cinematic alt-rock epic that sounds like 30 Seconds To Mars and Glenn Hughes … Continue reading Dan Byrne finds his way “Home” with final single before debut album drop