Serj Tankian, courtesy, Like thumbing through the pages of an old photo album, Serj Tankian looked to create a musical archive with his new EP, Foundations. The singer, songwriter and System of a Down frontman saw how his memoir, “Down With the System: A Memoir (of Sorts),” resonated with…

Serj Tankian, “Perplex Cities.” System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian returns with his first collection of new solo material on Perplex Cities, the follow-up EP to 2021’s Elasticity. The five-song set shows off the vocalist’s dynamic musical range with a subdued musical subtlety that explores far beyond the hard rock…

INSERT FOOT on the Armenian Genocide, which happened. All (well, maybe not all, but we in the media exaggerate, sometimes) the music sites have headlines this Saturday afternoon referring to System of a Down singer Serj Tankian. Great, I thought. New music? Outrageous quote? He’s switching gender and running…

System of a Down. Clockwise from top left: Daron Malakian, John Dolmayan, Shavo Odadjian and Serj Tankian. Courtesy. System of a Down, which recently lobbied the U.S. government to denounce attacks on Armenian people living in a disputed region in neighboring Azerbaijan, has released two new songs. It is the…