Serj Tankian

About Serj Tankian

Serj Tankian is the lead singer of the famed Armenian-American rock/metal group System of a Down. Outside of his exploits with the band, he has released four solo studio albums: Elect the Dead (2007), Imperfect Harmonies (2010), Harakiri (2012), Orca Symphony No. 1 (2013) and Elasticity (2021), each of which has been more experimental than the last in order to distinguish his work from that of SOAD.

He also released an album with the group Jazz-iz Christ in 2013, which was a mostly instrumental album with few tracks featuring his vocals.

Biography

Serj Tankian is an Armenian born in Lebanon and re-rooted in Los Angeles, Serj was introduced to the melding of cultures, ideas, and ideals from a very young age.

Early in his career, Serj found an outlet as the rabble-rousing lead singer and songwriter of the largely successful rock band System of a Down.

Over the past couple of years, his time spent in the recording studio has been focused on creating musical scores and compositions for film and video game projects.

Serj Tankian’s resume also includes the formation of a record label, Serjical Strike Records (established in 2001) which has released albums by 8 critically acclaimed artists, including Fair To Midland, Buckethead, and Death By Stereo.

Along with fellow musician Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave), Serj co-founded the non-profit organization Axis Of Justice in 2002, which strives to bring together musicians, fans of music, and grassroots political organizations to fight for social justice.

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