Editing John Dolmayan (section)

=== Scars on Broadway ===
{{Main|Scars on Broadway}}
After System of a Down went on hiatus in 2006, Dolmayan teamed up with [[Daron Malakian]] (System of a Down's guitarist/vocalist) to form a new band called Scars on Broadway, which recorded their [[Scars on Broadway (album)|eponymous debut album]] in 2007 and 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/system-of-a-down-members-recording-18-songs-for-scars-on-broadway-debut/|title=SYSTEM OF A DOWN Members Recording 18 Songs For SCARS ON BROADWAY Debut|date=September 29, 2007|website=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|access-date=April 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622140102/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/system-of-a-down-members-recording-18-songs-for-scars-on-broadway-debut/|archive-date=June 22, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The album was released in the summer of 2008 and Dolmayan, Malakian, guitarist [[Franky Perez]], bassist Dominic Cifarelli, and keyboardist Danny Shamoun performed concerts and prepared to embark on a tour in support of the album before Malakian suddenly cancelled the tour in October 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/scars-on-broadway-3-1331205|title=Scars On Broadway cancel US tour – NME|date=October 10, 2008|website=Nme.com|access-date=April 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621043205/http://www.nme.com/news/music/scars-on-broadway-3-1331205|archive-date=June 21, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

In August 2009, Dolmayan, Perez, Shamoun, and Cifarelli as Scars on Broadway traveled to Iraq for a USO tour across the U.S. army bases. Their setlist consisted of covers as well as a few Scars on Broadway songs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artisannews.com/scars-on-broadway-on-hiatus-or-broken-up/|title=SCARS ON BROADWAY ON HIATUS OR BROKEN UP|date=January 18, 2010|website=Artisannews.com|access-date=April 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425114827/http://www.artisannews.com/scars-on-broadway-on-hiatus-or-broken-up/|archive-date=April 25, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/scars-on-broadway-members-touring-army-bases-in-iraq/|title=SCARS ON BROADWAY Members Touring Army Bases In Iraq|date=August 24, 2009|website=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|access-date=April 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622032741/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/scars-on-broadway-members-touring-army-bases-in-iraq/|archive-date=June 22, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Scars on Broadway]] reunited with Malakian on May 2, 2010,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/scars-on-broadway-announces-comeback-show/|title=SCARS ON BROADWAY Announces Comeback Show|date=April 13, 2010|website=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|access-date=April 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013031033/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/scars-on-broadway-announces-comeback-show/|archive-date=October 13, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> and released a new single later that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/scars-on-broadway-new-song-available-for-free-download/|title=SCARS ON BROADWAY: New Song Available For Free Download|date=July 29, 2010|website=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|access-date=April 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018004602/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/scars-on-broadway-new-song-available-for-free-download|archive-date=October 18, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> However, the project went dormant and Dolmayan was no longer involved when Malakian reformed the group in 2018.<ref name="soad">{{cite web|url=http://www.metalinjection.net/latest-news/bummer-alert/daron-malakian-says-scars-on-broadways-new-album-could-have-been-new-system-of-a-down-music|title=Daron Malakian Says SCARS ON BROADWAY's New Album Could Have Been New SYSTEM OF A DOWN Music|date=April 24, 2018|website=Metalinjection.net|access-date=April 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817055523/http://www.metalinjection.net/latest-news/bummer-alert/daron-malakian-says-scars-on-broadways-new-album-could-have-been-new-system-of-a-down-music|archive-date=August 17, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>