Serj Tankian bucks the System

His current North American tour has had just two shows and he is being asked insistent questions about the state of [tag]System of a Down[/tag]. His forehead just crinkles and his answed is vague. “People keep asking about that,” sighs System’s frontman, inside Queens Quay’s Orange Room. “We’re still friends, and the door remains open,” he says flatly. But after the huge multi-platinum albums, “Mesmerize” and “Hypnotize,” he sang without the band member and he…

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Serj Tankian debut solo single and video: ‘The Unthinking Majority’

[tag]System Of A Down[/tag] frontman Serj Tankian, today (August 7), has launched his first ever single and likewise video in his solo career, namely the controversial track “The Unthinking Majority”. The single is off Serj’s debut album “Elect the Dead”, due on October 23 and is meant to be an eye opener to the American audience, with lyrics contesting the current administration and war in Iraq ( “I believe that you’re wrong/Insinuating that they hold…

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