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 eponymous debut album in 2007 and 2008. 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.