“I'm kind of right in the middle - I'm an Independent, not far Left or far Right. But I don't think everyone needs to know about that, do they?”

Armenian-American musician

Shavarsh “Shavo” Odadjian is an Armenian-American musician best known as the bassist for the alternative metal band System of a Down. He was born into the Armenian diaspora and built a career around bass playing and collaboration in heavy music. He is also the bassist in North Kingsley, a trap group, and in Seven Hours After Violet, a metal band. His work is associated with alternative metal and related forms of heavy music, especially as a performer rather than a frontman.