System Of A Down's John Dolmayan Lost 'Hundreds Of Thousands Of Fans'

John Dolmayan has never been shy to share his opinions, however controversial they may be. In a recent Instagram post, the System of a Down drummer opened up about how that's led to him losing friends and "hundreds of thousands of fans."

“I lost people that I thought were friends over the last few years primarily due to my unwillingness to accept the narratives they are now questioning the validity of,” he wrote. “Not to mention hundreds of thousands of fans who couldn’t handle my opinions here on Instagram. When you endeavor to help those in peril, or guide those that are being duped, sometimes you lose because of it. You do it anyway”.

In the caption, he reiterated his stance writing: "And I’ll do it again.”

Dolmayan has been a vocal supporter of Donald Trump and caught flak after calling Black Lives Matter a "propaganda tool" for the Democratic party and saying the COVID pandemic "has been about money."

See Dolmayan's Instagram post below.

During an interview at the beginning of the year, Dolmayan lamented that SOAD "should have moved on" without singer Serj Tankian instead of taking a break nearly 20 years ago.

“Serj hasn’t really wanted to be in the band for a long time. And quite frankly, we probably should have parted ways around 2006," the drummer admitted. We tried to get together multiple times to make an album, but there were certain rules set in place that made it difficult to do so and maintain the integrity of what System of a Down stood for.”

“So we couldn’t really come together and agree," he continued. "And part of that is Serj’s fault, and part of that is my fault, and [bassist] Shavo [Odadjian’s], and Daron’s, as well. But at the end of the day, if you have a majority of the band thinking one way and one person thinking the other, it’s very difficult to come together and make music thinking that person is important.”

When asked to clarify his comments, Dolmayan didn't hold back. “I think we should have moved on, and if Serj didn’t wanna be in the band at that time, we should have just moved on and done it with somebody else," he said bluntly. "But that’s what happens when you’re loyal and you really wanna make it work; you’ll put up with things that may be detrimental to the health of the band or the health of the situation. Maybe it would have been better if we moved on and got another singer for an album or two and continued to make music and brought Serj back later if he wanted to come back. That probably would have been better. But as it is, I think we wasted 15, maybe 20 years of our lives waiting.”