System Of A Down - Close Your Hands And Make A Fist [Live]

[ridleybradout]

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN
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CLOSE YOUR HANDS AND MAKE A FIST
[LIVE]


Compilation, remastering and artwork by ridleybradout
November 2021


FAN-MADE PROJECT - NOT FOR SALE

*Share freely but do not distribute as mp3*


I've always thought it was a shame that SOAD never put out a live album, so I sought to rectify that by
bringing together the best of the officially released live tracks made available over the years via CD singles,
bonus tracks and compilations. Presented in rough chronological order (adjusted to ensure a more pleasing
sequence), it draws mainly from the Toxicity era given that's what I had to work with (though sadly no live
version of 'Aerials' was ever released).

The sound quality between tracks varied wildly, with most songs too loud with low dynamic range. So I decided
to try out the tool 'Perfect Declipper' to increase dynamic range and do some light limiting and level
adjustments to try to get them sounding more consistent. I also 're-connected' the transitions between 'X'
and 'Suggestions', and 'B.Y.O.B.' and 'Science', and edited the length of the crowd noise before and after
tracks to improve flow. I'm pretty happy with the results and hope you are too. Enjoy!




TRACKLIST
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01. Suite-Pee
02. Know
03. War?
04. X
05. Suggestions
06. Chop Suey!
07. Bounce
08. Toxicity
09. Sugar
10. P.L.U.C.K.
11. Needles
12. Forest
13. Prison Song
14. B.Y.O.B.
15. Science
16. Psycho
17. Mr. Jack




SOURCES
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01. SUITE-PEE
03. WAR?
Live at the Filmore Theater in Denver, CO on January 29, 2000.
Taken from 'Limited Edition Tour CD' Promo CD.

02. KNOW
Live at Irving Plaza in New York, NY on January 19, 1999.
Taken from 'System Of A Down' US Bonus CD.

04. X
05. SUGGESTIONS
Live at KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas, Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, CA on December 8, 2001.
Taken from 'Toxicity' CD Single.

06. CHOP SUEY!
07. BOUNCE
08. TOXICITY
Live on the Pledge Of Allegiance Tour, at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, IL on October 9, 2001.
Taken from 'The Pledge of Allegiance Tour - Live Concert Recording' Compilation CD.

09. SUGAR
10. P.L.U.C.K.
Live at Cepsum in Montreal, QC, Canada on March 2, 2002.
Taken from 'Aerials' CD Single.

11. NEEDLES
Live at the Tweeter Center in Mansfield, MA on July 16, 2002.
Taken from 'Ozzfest Live 2002' Compilation CD.

12. FOREST
13. PRISON SONG
Live at Big Day Out Festival in Sydney, Australia on January 26, 2005.
Taken from 'B.Y.O.B.' CD Single.

14. B.Y.O.B.
15. SCIENCE
16. PSYCHO
Live at The Astoria Theatre in London, England on April 4, 2005.
Track 14 taken from 'Question!' DVD Single.
Tracks 15-16 taken from 'Hypnotize' iTunes Digital Single (256k M4A).

17. MR. JACK
Live at Hurricane Festival in Scheesel, Germany on June 11, 2005.
Taken from 'Hypnotize' CD Single.


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[E.H. Ruddock]

Thanks! Can't wait to listen to this!

[Ello Sailor]

Thanks Ridley.

[Jammer XCI]

They were fucking nuts when I saw them live in 2005.

[Norah]

They were fucking nuts when I saw them live twice in 2001.

[ridleybradout]

They were slightly less nuts when I finally saw them in 2012.

[Ello Sailor]

They displayed adequate nuttery when I saw them in '02.

[Norah]

Apparently I saw them perform the song Toxicity for the first time.

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/system-o ... 7ba78.html

This was at the 2001 WBCN River Rave, an annual radio station festival that no longer exists.

[Norah]

I also saw Green Day live for the first time that day. They came out mid afternoon and tour right into Welcome to Paradise and I'll never forget it.

[Ello Sailor]

That's their best song, and right before they became kinda shitty. Would've been cool to see.

[Norah]

Yeah I also saw them again shortly after that festival show. Warning was the new one at that point, and imo the last good one before they completely changed.

[ridleybradout]

So has anyone actually listened to this compilation? Thoughts? It was a tough one to bring up to standard...

[coptheriotact]

I'm listening to this now and its pretty great so far! TBH the idea of a live SOAD album from random sources sounds kinda terrible, Since Hypnotize/Memorize came out, i haven't really recovered from burnout on SOAD and i never even listened to those albums much! same with RATM for some reason.

i'm most of the way through and really enjoying all the tracks. I didn't expect to play the whole album actually I wish it has aerials or spiders.. (but i don't know if they even play them live) I can hear the bass guitar rumble underneath and the vocals aren't overbearing, they play tight and have little additional surprises compared to the studio

I legitimately enjoyed listening to a whole album of SOAD for the first time since 2002 lol. really cool project!

[ridleybradout]

Thanks for the kind words mate!

I'm surprised myself how good it came out considering the random sources and less than ideal song selection

I'm completely burnt out on SOAD now (as I usually am with a band after undertaking a project like this), but it seems there may be hope for an official SOAD live project yet - the band played two nights in LA a few weeks ago (their last gigs for the foreseeable future) and brought along a camera crew and cinematographer:

https://fb.watch/bmwnzKRjVo/