Serj Tankian (Armenian: Սերժ Թանգյան ) (born August 21, 1967 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a Lebanese-born Armenian-American singer, songwriter, poet, activist, and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the lead vocalist, keyboardist and rhythm guitarist of the alternative metal band System of a Down, as well as, along with Tom Morello, the co-founder of Axis of Justice, a nonprofit organization. He made five albums with System of a Down and released a new solo album, Elect the Dead, on October 23, 2007. Source - Wikipedia
The Unthinking Majority
Empty Walls.
Thats a lot of stuff! Anyways, does anybody else like or know him?
he's great. finally someone with something to say that makes sense.
okay, i admit, there are more artists like that..
but still, serj tankian is a very inspirational person. btw, it is tankian, right..?
yeah, i believe soad have not broken up, but theyre on a ''break'', and meanwhile serj made a soloalbum.
that way he can really say anything he wants i guess.
In May 2006, the band announced they were going on hiatus. Daron Malakian has confirmed the break will probably last a few years, but it was Shavo who in an interview with Guitar magazine said it will last at least 3 years, but insists that the band would not be splitting up. He told MTV, "We're not breaking up. If that was the case, we wouldn't be doing this Ozzfest. We're going to take a very long break after Ozzfest and do our own things. We've done System for over ten years, and I think it's healthy to take a rest."
During their performance in Houston, Texas, Malakian also took a moment to say, "There's been a lot of rumors about us breaking up. Well don't fuckin' listen to them. Us four right here, we will always be System of a Down!"
Shavo Odadjian recently told Launch Radio Networks that System of a Down is "alive and well".
"We're just not working together right now. We kind of like split up at first, but you know, we're brothers, man, we'll take bullets for each other. So it's like, you kind of miss each other after a while and you, one guy makes the first move, then another starts making phone calls....this is a juggernaut, man. System of a Down is my lifeline. It'll never go away. We could not make a record for 10 years — that's not gonna happen, but I'm just saying we could — and we'll come back strong."
Serj is wonderful, I loved him with System of a Down and I think his solo work is good too. It's nice that a musician as talented and intelligent as him has the popularity/noteriety he has in mainstream music as well, you don't see that too often with people who have more radical ideas like his.
I love how he was something to say and isn't afraid to say it, while at the same time doesn't step over the line of being aggressive or forceful. He's very respectful I think. :]