25 Covers Of System of a Down’s ‘Chop Suey!’ for National Chop Suey Day.

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Welcome to National Chop Suey Day (Aug. 29), and while we're certain the national day was designed to salute the American Chinese culinary cuisine, we've chosen to pay homage to the greatest song ever titled after the dish, System of a Down's "Chop Suey!" Why? We wanted to, of course.

So go ahead, grab a brush and put a little makeup and leave your keys upon the table. You don't need to go anywhere and we won't be forsaking you. In fact, you'll get a full on selection of just about every version of "Chop Suey!" you could ever imagine -- some great, some .... well, at least they tried.

So, without further adieu, we commend our spirit to deliver you these 25 "Chop Suey!" covers.


Motionless in White

Let's start with a few acts you know. Motionless in White have been rocking it for years and the Chris Motionless-led band decided to serve up their version of the System of a Down classic during their 2017 touring. This footage comes from a show at Philadelphia's Electric Factory





  • Bad Wolves

    Bad Wolves are still relatively new, but consist of a bunch of metal vets, so it's not too surprising they'd pull out the System of a Down classic. The cover is somewhat of a rarity as the band only played a brief portion of the song and only included it in the setlist for a handful of dates. Check out Tommy Vext leading the audience live on Bad Wolves' version of "Chop Suey!"

  • Nekrogoblikon

    Here's where things start to veer a little bit as Nekrogoblikon add some robot electro vocals to the beginning, accentuating with some symphonic flare before dismantling the song a bit and reconstructing it with their own unique instrumentation.


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