Serj Tankian

Serj Tankian on stage with System of A Down

Serj Tankian (born on August 21, 1967 in Beirut, Lebanon) is an Armenian-American musician who lives in Auckland, New Zealand. He was the lead vocalist of System of a Down. He is now a solo artist and has released five solo albums.

Early life

Tankian was born in Beirut, Lebanon. Tankian moved with his parents to Los Angeles, California when he was five years old.

Studio Albums

Solo

• Elect the Dead (2007)
• Imperfect Harmonies (2010)
• Harakiri (2012)
• Orca (2013)
• Jazz-Iz-Christ (2013)

Soundtracks

• Fuktronic (with Jimmy Urine) (TBA)
• Prometheus Bound (TBA)

With System of a Down

• System of a Down (1998)
• Toxicity (2001)
• Mezmerize (2005)
• Hypnotize (2005)

With Arto Tunçboyacıyan

• Serart (2003)

EPs

• Lie Lie Live (2008)
• Imperfect Remixes (2011)
• Elasticity (EP) (2021)
• Perplex Cities (2022)

Serj Tankian Media

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  Rep. Devin Nunes with Serj Tankian of the rock band System of a Down (April 2006)

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  Serj Tankian met with representatives of Armenian Media and MGOs on 15.08.2011 in Yerevan.

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  Tankian performing with System of a Down at the 2012 Soundwave Festival in Perth, Australia

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  Commemorative Medal of the Prime Minister of Armenia

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  Mike Patton (pictured) was a major influence on Tankian.

Other websites

• Serj Tankian's official page
• Serj Tankian at MySpace
• Screamers Official Site
• 'Screamers' and Genocide: A Talk With Serj Tankian From System of a Down
• System of a Down Official Site
• Serjical Strike Records
• SOADFans Profile for Serj Tankian Archived 2007-08-16 at the Wayback Machine
• SOADTalk.com Serj Tankian Biography Archived 2007-10-23 at the Wayback Machine
• Recent interview with Serj Archived 2007-11-02 at the Wayback Machine
• SerjFans.com