"Chop Suey!" (originally, and sometimes mistakenly called "Suicide") is the first single from Armenian-American heavy metal band System of a Down's second album Toxicity. The single was released in August 2001 and earned the band its first Grammy nomination in 2002 for Best Metal Performance. Sep 8, 2021 · How System of a Down’s “Chop Suey!” tore up the airwaves — before getting banned post–9/11. By Jeremy Gordon , a writer based in Brooklyn. His debut novel, See Friendship, will be .