System of a Down’s Chop Suey is the first in the playlist of NME Awards Best New Band 2011, Hurts.

“We listen to metal all the time before going onstage. People probably presume we light candles and kick back to Vangelis. We don't. We like System of a Down and we like Pantera. It's good to get wound up before going onstage,” the musicians said.

Hurts are a British synthpop duo from Manchester composed of singer Theo Hutchcraft (originally from Richmond in North Yorkshire) and synth player Adam Anderson.

In July 2009, the band featured as "Band of the Day" on Guardian.co.uk. They finished in fourth position in BBC's Sound of 2010 poll.