Facts: - instrument: bass , mandolin , oud , sitar , drums , violin guitar , turntables , sampler , keytar , double bass , guitar , vocals - years active: 1992 -- present - landscape: yes - caption: odadjian live in concert - birth name: shavarsh s. odadjian - origin: yerevan , armenian ssr - label: american , columbia , ursession - genre: heavy alternative rock , hip hop , experimental music , hard metal rock , alternative metal , art rock , - alias: dj -lrb- 2009 & nbsp ; -- present -rrb- tactic -lrb- 1998 -- present -rrb- dj decompozer - notable instruments: gibson -rrb- fender jazz bass -lrb- used very rarely -rrb- music thunderbird man stingray -lrb- used very rarely -rrb- -lrb- 2001-present -rrb- ibanez btb -lrb- 1997-2000 - birth date: 22 april 1974 - name: shavarsh -lrb- shavo -rrb- odadjian - image size: 250 - background: solo_singer - image: shavobass.jpg - associated acts: system of a down , achozen , george clinton - occupation: musician , songwriter , multi-instrumentalist , music video director Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of shavo odadjian .
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shavarsh '' shavo '' odadjian -lrb- born april 22 , 1974 -rrb- is an armenian american songwriter , multi-instrumentalist , music video director/editor , music producer , and artist/painter .he is best known as the bassist , backing vocalist and occasional songwriter of the grammy award-winning rock 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 with the rza and hans zimmer .he regularly uses a gibson thunderbird bass , a fender jazz bass , and an ibanez btb bass guitar .he used a music man stingray when he started to play with the band .