10 Perfect Anti Rock Star Songs

10. Radio/Video - System of a Down

It almost seems like a mistake that a band like System of a Down even became famous in the first place. From their breakthrough on Toxicity, these guys were not the same nu metal we were used to at the time, getting a lot more political and making social commentary that most metalheads and mainstream listeners weren't ready for at the time. That kind of attention would get to anyone, and the guys were feeling a lot more uncomfortable with fame when they finally got around to making Mezmerize.

While the album does have a political streak on the Iraq War on songs like BYOB, a lot of the lyrics are Daron Malakian talking about the superficiality of the rock star life, with songs like Lost in Hollywood showing how shallow things can get. Not every piece of commentary has to be heavy though, and Radio/Video is one of the funnier takes on what happens at the top, as the band ironically talks about how cool it is that they're on TV with Danny and Lisa.

The whole thing sounds pretty sincere in the beginning, but the more you actually listen to the lyrics, the tone of Daron's voice starts to get a bit more sarcastic, almost making a mockery of how up-its-ass some of these TV shows can be. It's easy to just criticize the divas of the world, but this is one of the first times that a metal band has used their fame to make a complete satire of themselves.