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SHAVO ODADJIAN

SHAVO ODADJIAN HAS come prepared. “I wrote down a long list of life lessons I’ve learned myself and from other people,” he says enthusiastically. System Of A Down’s bassist needs to be organised right now. COVID-19 might have forced the metal icons off the road this summer, but he has multiple other projects on the go, including his newly launched hip hop/rock band, North Kingsley and his successful weed-centred lifestyle brand, 22Red. “There’s always new stuff to learn,” he says. “Every single day.”

TREAT PEOPLE HOW YOU WANT TO BE TREATED

“Always. I am good to everyone because I want that back. Everyone’s equal too – it doesn’t matter who you are or who you’re talking to. If you meet me, you’re gonna meet the guy you’re talking to, always open and nice and cool. I’m gonna shake your hand and stare in your eyes. Unless

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