Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Serj Tankian

Ah, Serj. Lead singer for System Of A Down, super musician, and he looks SWEEEEET! He was born August 21, 1967 in Beirut, Lebanon. He's a singer, songwriter, poet, activist, and multi-instrumentalist. In System, he sang lead vocals, played rhythm guitar, and keyboard. In 2002, he co-founded a non-profit political activist organziation with Tom Morello, Axis of Justice. He plays tons of instruments, including: vocals, keyboards/piano, guitar, bass, synthesizer, drum machine, melodica, theremin. He is a tenor, which is the higher octave for male voices. He's signed to five labels: Serjical Strike, Reprise, American, Columbia, Axis of Justice.
In 1975, Serj and his family immigrated to Los Angeles, where he started his own software company beofre pursuing music.

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