“That's what a producer does - make it better; help make the song better and make the band better. Not write music for the band or tell a band what to do. And Rick Rubin doesn't tell you what to do; that's why some people don't like him.”

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.