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Iltalehti kirjoitti:System Of A Down tai soolo-Tankian olisivat Armenialta melkoinen veto Eurovision laulukilpailuun. Siellähän voisi esittää esimerkiksi kappaleen, joka saattaisi ainakin sivuta kansanmurha-teemaa.

EBU Eurovision laulukilpailun säännöissä kirjoitti:No lyrics, speeches, gestures of a political or similar nature shall
be permitted during the ESC.

This whole Eurovision thing has been a funny and interesting phenomenon. It started with a Finnish journalist asking me if I would ever be interested in participating in Eurovision, (which I had no idea what it was), and use it as a way to promote recognition of the Armenian Genocide. I told him I didn't know what it was but I'd look into it. He kept on re-raising the issue over and over, and I said, 'You're making it sound like a good idea,' so I'll look into it. I never said to him or anyone else that I would do anything regarding Eurovision, let alone get SOAD involved in it. In fact, after the initial reports I called our Warner label rep in Finland and asked them to call the journalist and have him retract the statement, because it's false. Nonetheless this has spread. I have denied it in the press numerous times already.

Tankian further noted: "Neither I nor anyone I know has spoken to the Armenian government about Eurovision. However if the Turkish government doesn't fess up to its own history and recognize the Genocide, it may be something to consider."

It would be highly ironic if Turkish claims of success in suppressing the dissemination of information about the Armenian Genocide through music trigger a popular demand for the participation of SOAD in Eurovision, which would dramatically raise the issue of the Genocide before a worldwide audience!

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