Serj Tankian
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Serj Tankian (born August 21, 1967) is an Armenian-American singer–songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, poet, and political activist. He is best known as the lead vocalist, songwriter, keyboardist, and occasional live rhythm guitarist of the Grammy Award-winning rock band, System of a Down. During his musical career, Tankian has released five albums with System of a Down, one with Arto Tunçboyacıyan (Serart), as well as two solo albums Elect the Dead and Imperfect Harmonies and a live orchestral version of the former incorporating the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra named Elect the Dead Symphony. In 2002, Tankian and Rage Against the Machine/Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello co-founded a non-profit political activist organization, Axis of Justice. Tankian also founded the music label Serjical Strike Records. Tankian is ranked 26th in the Hit Parader's Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time. Description above from the Wikipedia article Serj Tankian, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Saturday Night Live
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
MTV Video Music Awards
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Henry Rollins Show
Artifact
We Sold Our Souls for Rock 'n Roll
Serj Tankian - Elect The Dead Symphony
All Movies (23)
- Ten Lives of a Cat: A Film about Chris Marker2023 · as Cameo
- Truth to Power2020 · as Self
- Rock for Artsakh: a concert for peace2020 · as Self
- I Am Not Alone2019 · as Self
- System Of A Down – Live At Pinkpop 20172017 · as Self
- System of a Down - Rock in Rio2015 · as Vocals
- System of a Down: Live in Yerevan, Armenia 20152015 · as Himself
- System of a Down Live at Reading Festival 20132013 · as Self - Lead Singer
- System of a Down: Rock´N´Heim2013 · as Himself
- Artifact2012 · as Self
- System of a Down - Rock in Rio2011 · as Vocals
- System of a Down - Rock in Rio2011
- System Of A Down: Rock am Ring2011 · as Himself
- Serj Tankian - Elect The Dead Symphony2010 · as Himself
- Screamers2006 · as Himself
- System Of A Down: Hypnotize2005 · as Himself
- System of a Down: Live London Astoria2005 · as Himself
- System of a Down: Live Hurricane Festival2005 · as Himself
- Psycho Messiahs2002 · as himself
- System of a Down - Toxicity DVD2001 · as Himself
- System Of A Down: Lowlands Festival 20012001
- We Sold Our Souls for Rock 'n Roll2001 · as Self (System of A Down)
- Live at the Forum—
All TV Shows (5)
- The Henry Rollins Show2006
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
- MTV Video Music Awards1984 · as Self
- Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Musical Guest