'The video for the song was meant as a protest against the war in Iraq,' lead singer Serj Tankian states. VH1 named the song as the 18th greatest protest song ever. The video was banned from MTV Europe after a while.

The rockets turn on the leaders and explode safely in the sky, causing peace sign-shaped smoke clouds. Bush, Saddam Hussein, Tony Blair and Osama bin Laden riding rockets over a city. The video also features a short satirical cartoon of George W. The video incorporated most of its footage from the Februanti-war protest, showing interviews with the participants. The bridge of the song is based on the movement 'Mars, The Bringer of War' from Gustav Holst's orchestral suite The Planets.įor the music video, the band worked with Michael Moore, writer and director of Bowling for Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11 (and the videoclip contains a footage of an Iraqi riding a bycicle, which is the same boy from the Fahrenheit movie). ', which is a reference to the media's role in war. It also links the use of military action with corporate globalization and quotes the title of one of Noam Chomsky's books: ' Manufacturing Consent is the name of their game. The song describes the uselessness of bombs and warfare, and compares how thousands can die from starvation and poverty when billions are spent creating bombs and weaponry. ' Boom!' is a protest song from System of a Down's third album, Steal This Album!. Serj Tankian, Daron Malakian, Shavo Odadjian

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