Music like Shavo Odadjian

Shavarsh "Shavo" Odadjian (Armenian: Շավարշ "Շավո" Օդաջյան; born April 22, 1974) is an Armenian-American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the bassist, backing vocalist, and occasional songwriter of heavy metal band System of a Down. During the band's hiatus from 2006 to 2010, Odadjian collaborated with Wu-Tang Clan founder RZA on a project called AcHoZeN, which contributed a number of songs to the motion picture Babylon A.D. A compilation album was released in 2015. Odadjian is also credited with the musical scoring of the film, alongside The Rza and Hans Zimmer.

Odadjian was born in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union. He moved to Los Angeles at the age of five and attended the Alex Pilibos Elementary School, an Armenian parochial school, along with future bandmates Daron Malakian and Serj Tankian; although they were not acquainted at the time due to a gap in their ages. During his youth, Odadjian has stated that he spent most of his time skateboarding and listening to punk rock and heavy metal music. Among others, he credits Dead Kennedys, KISS, Slayer, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Motörhead, Black Sabbath, Death, Led Zeppelin, Beastie Boys, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Ramones, Rush, Queen and Alice Cooper as his favorite bands, and the most substantial influence on his musical development and career.