SCARS ON BROADWAY, the long-awaited collaboration between guitarist-frontman Daron Malakian and drummer John Dolmayan, both best known for their work in SYSTEM OF A DOWN, has signed with Interscope Records and will see their self-titled debut released on July 29.

With Malakian sitting in the producer chair, he and Dolmayan entered the studio last September, recorded nearly two-dozen songs for the album, and then whittled down the final track listing to 14 songs.

Malakian has penned or co-penned SOAD classics such as “Aerials,” “Chop Suey!,” “Hypnotize,” and “B.Y.O.B.”, wrote many of the SCARS ON BROADWAY on keyboards and a drum machine. On the new scars material Malakian injects more rock than metal, citing influences from Iggy Pop to David Bowie to Neil Young.

The band has already played at Coachella 2008, and a tour is planned for later this year.

source: smnnews