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System of a Down's Shavo Clarifies 2007 VMAs Brawl

4/12/2025

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System of a Down's Shavo Odadjian set the record straight about the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards brawl with Mastodon's Brent Hinds. He emphasized that he did not knock out Hinds, who faced serious injuries, including a brain hemorrhage, after Hinds threw a punch at Reverend William Burk, igniting the chaos.

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System of a Down's Shavo Odadjian set the record straight about the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards brawl with Mastodon's Brent Hinds. He emphasized that he did not knock out Hinds, who faced serious injuries, including a brain hemorrhage, after Hinds threw a punch at Reverend William Burk, igniting the chaos.