\\\"B.Y.O.B.\\\" is a Grammy Award-winning song as well as the first single released from System of a Down\\\'s fourth album Mezmerize. Like their earlier song \\\"Boom!\\\" it was written to protest the Iraq War. \\\"B.Y.O.B.\\\" is available as downloadable content for Rock Band as well as being featured in the game Guitar Hero World Tour, where it is one of the last songs when playing most of the instruments. The video for \\\"B.Y.O.B.\\\" was directed by Jake Nava. The music video shows an army of drone soldiers marching through the streets, wearing masks that show words such as \\\"DIE\\\", \\\"TRUTH\\\", \\\"OBEY\\\" and \\\"GOD\\\" like a television screen, with the members of System of a Down playing in the middle of the venue. During the chorus, the band is shown playing inside a night club. Midway through the video, Daron is shown screaming the words \\\"Blast off! It\\\'s party time! And we don\\\'t live in a fascist nation! Blast off! It\\\'s party time! And where the fuck are you?!\\\", when the soldiers attack the night club and force everyone to put on the drone masks (paintball masks) that the soldiers have been wearing, except they depict various television shows and cartoons. At the end of the video, the members of System of a Down are wearing the drone masks, which seem to be playing static. System of a Down (also known by the acronym SOAD, and often shortened as System) is an Armenian-American rock band from Glendale, California, formed in 1994. It consists of Serj Tankian (lead vocals, keyboards), Daron Malakian (vocals, lead guitar), Shavo Odadjian (bass, background vocals) and John Dolmayan (drums). All four members are of Armenian descent, and are widely known for their outspoken radical views expressed in many of their songs confronting the Armenian Genocide of 1915 by the Ottoman Empire and the ongoing War on Terror by the US government. The band has achieved commercial success with the release of five studio albums, selling over 40 million records worldwide. System of a Down has been nominated for four Grammy Awards, of which has won one in 2006 for Best Hard Rock Performance. On August 13th, 2006, the group went on indefinite hiatus. Background information Origin Glendale, California Genres Alternative metal, progressive rock, hard rock, experimental Years active 1994–2006 (hiatus) Labels Sony Music Entertainment, American, Columbia Associated acts Achozen, Axis of Justice, Scars on Broadway, Serj Tankian and The F.C.C. Members Daron Malakian Serj Tankian Shavo Odadjian John Dolmayan Former members Ontronik \\\"Andy\\\" Khachaturian