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Serj Tankian was born on August 21, 1967 in Beirut, LEBANON. At age 5,
he moved with his parents to Los Angeles; after high school, Tankian studied
marketing. He took singing lessons for four years and also took guitar
lessons as a young child. In 1993, he founded the band Soil, not to be
confused with SOiL, with Daron Malakian, which
later broke up and most of the members joined together to form a new band,
System Of A Down with whom he has enjoyed
phenomenal success. Tankian is not only a member of SOAD, but also has
his own record label which is called Serjical Strike Records, a sub-division
of Columbia Records. Tankian is also very involved politically, together
with Tom Morello, he founded the organization Axis Of Justice. Tankian
often speaks publicly against violence and injustice in the world.
In October 2007 Serj Tankian released his solo debut album "Elect
The Dead"; the 12-track set includes the Hot Modern Rock top 20 hit
"Empty Walls" and features contributions from System
Of A Down drummer John Dolmayan and former Primus stickman Bryan 'Brain'
Mantia, along with guitarist+bassist Dan Monti, opera singer Ani Maldjian
and some string players.
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