Daron Vartan Malakian born July 18 1975 is an ArmenianAmerican musician singer songwriter multiinstrumentalist and record producer He is best known as the guitarist songwriter and second vocalist of the metal band System of a Down and as the lead vocalist lead guitarist multiinstrumentalist and songwriter of the band Scars on Broadway Malakian is known for his distinctive playing and is ranked 14th in Loudwires list of Top 50 Hard Rock Metal Guitarists of All Time and number 11 in MusicRadars poll The 20 Greatest Metal Guitarists Ever He is placed 30th in Guitar Worlds list of The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists of All Time Description above from the Wikipedia article Daron Malakian licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia