System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian had a lengthy chat with Rolling Stone about his recent work on film scores, Chris Cornell, and what's next for System Of A Down.

It's been a very long time between drinks for a new SOAD record, but fans might be interested to read the following extract from the interview. It looks like the guys haven't been sitting idle, but there is nothing set in stone just yet.

Oh and Serj isn't quitting System Of A Down. Good news!

Has System attempted to make an album at all?
We have. We've discussed it and we've played each other songs, but we still haven't come eye to eye on how things should be done for us to be able to move forward with it. And that's where it's been.

You all seem to be having fun touring though.
That's the funny thing. When people don't see a record, they assume the worst about your internal relationship. But the truth is we're actually better friends – at least I'm better friends with everyone than I've ever been. John's my brother-in-law; he's in my family. We have a great time together touring. But sometimes putting together a record, and that creative output and how things should be done, is different in four people's heads and it doesn't always come together. Fortunate or unfortunate, however you want to call it, that's the truth. But touring is easy, because you've done all these songs. You have fun, you go out and tour, and that's it.

You must have gotten a real kick then out of the way the Internet picked up the "Screw vocals" story Then, as if you were quitting System.
Everyone's looking for headlines. I hate that. I hate when they take something and they just go with it. If you're going to print that, at least send us an email asking, "Hey, did you say this?" And I'd say, "I probably did, but it was in this context." At least check with me. Don't take an interview that was translated from Russian from five months ago on the set of a film without checking. Everyone's picking it up and going, "Oh, my God, that means he's not doing System again?" It's kind of funny. You want to negate all these things, but then you're like, "Well, I didn't start it in the first place." Why do I have to put out fires every two weeks? I've got shit to do. I'm working on music [laughs].

Read the entire interview now over at Rolling Stone.

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