No. He's an ok guitarist in a medicore band writing songs about George Bush and their penises...yawn...I used to hate political rock, now I just hate political rock thats done wrongly. I mean SOAD in BYOB stole one of Black Sabbath's lyrics!
"Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that role to the poor"
So I dont reckon Daron Malakian should even be considered as a rock god, because his music hasn't effected people the way other legenRAB you mentioned have. SOAD are just re-marketing anti-government music which has been around for AGES.