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ROBERT PLANT's Collaboration With ALISON KRAUSS On Track To Land At Billboard's No. 2

"Raising Sand", the collaboration between LED ZEPPELIN legend Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, is on track to sell between 80,000 and 90,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 2 on The Billboard 200 chart (behind "American Idol" and Grammy Best New Artis...

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SERJ TANKIAN's Home Has Close Brush With California Fires

The Pulse of Radio reports: Serj Tankian is one of many artists and celebrities who has a home in the Southern California area that is currently endangered by massive fires, and told a Seattle radio station on Tuesday (October 23) that his area was under orders to evacuate. But Tankian arrived in Ca...

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SERJ TANKIAN Raises 'The Dead' With Arrival Of First Solo Effort

The Pulse of Radio reports: SYSTEM OF A DOWN vocalist Serj Tankian steps out on his own Tuesday (October 23) with the arrival of his first solo album, "Elect The Dead". Tankian says that the CD is the result of years of songwriting, during which the singer composed everything from film music to punk...

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Elect the Dead

SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian is the first to break the band's self-imposed hiatus with his debut solo album, "Elect the Dead", and the most immediate and welcome thing is that the record, of course, is free of the overbearing, whiny vocals of SYSTEM guitarist Daron Malakian, whose apparent...

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SERJ TANKIAN With WYCLEF JEAN; Audio Available

SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian recently teamed up with Wyclef Jean on a track called "Riot" for the ex-THE FUGEES member's forthcoming offering, "Carnival II: Memoirs of an Immigrant", which is due December 4. "He sent me the track and said, 'Check it out, and let me know what you think and...

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SERJ TANKIAN Wants To Take His Sound In 'More Orchestral' Direction

SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian has told MTV.com that he'd like to take his sound in a more orchestral direction with his second solo album, with jazz numbers interspersed throughout. "I have some songs written and recorded for it, and I think it will be a more jazzy, orchestral record, which...

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SERJ TANKIAN: Entire 'Elect The Dead' Album Available For Streaming

SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian's solo debut, "Elect the Dead", which arrives on October 23, can now be streamed in its entirety at www.mtv.com. The special limited-edition "deluxe" version of "Elect the Dead" comes in a linen-wrapped hardbound book with four bonus tracks, a 48-page color boo...

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SERJ TANKIAN: 'Elect The Dead' Bonus Tracks Revealed; First Concert Footage Available

More details have been revealed about the deluxe edition of SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian's upcoming solo debut, "Elect the Dead", which arrives on October 23. The special limited-edition version comes in a linen-wrapped hardbound book with four bonus tracks, a 48-page color booklet contain...

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SERJ TANKIAN Planning Deluxe Edition Of Solo Album

The Pulse of Radio reports: SYSTEM OF A DOWN vocalist Serj Tankian will release a deluxe edition of his upcoming debut solo album, "Elect the Dead", according to FMQB.com. The expanded package will come with four bonus tracks, a 48-page booklet and a code that accesses a site featuring exclusive con...

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BIGELF: 'Hex' To Receive U.S. Release

Psychedelic rock act BIGELF has set an October 30 North American release date for its cult, underground album "Hex". Recorded in 2003, "Hex" will now be available domestically for the first time ever via the Custard label. Flaunting a sound that interfuses all the best elements from the late '60s /...

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SERJ TANKIAN: 'Saving Us' Video Available

The third video has been released from Serj Tankian's upcoming solo album, "Elect the Dead". The "Saving Us" clip — which was directed by acclaimed rock photographer Kevin Estrada — can be viewed below. The SYSTEM OF A DOWN vocalist will hold a series of "theatre listening parties" around the countr...

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SERJ TANKIAN: 'Elect The Dead' Videos To Be Shown On Big Screen

Serj Tankian — the visionary frontman for multi-platinum rock band SYSTEM OF A DOWN — has asked a collection of video and film directors, painters, and digital artists to each create a video for one of the 12 tracks on his forthcoming solo debut album, "Elect the Dead", which will be released on Ser...

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SERJ TANKIAN Interviewed By MTV 'Rockzone' In Germany; Video Available

SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian was recently interviewed in Germany by Markus Kavka of MTV "Rockzone". Watch the interview in three parts below. Serj Tankian told HardDrive Radio that he has named his new solo touring band the FCC. The letters do not stand for the dreaded Federal Communicatio...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Members Recording 18 Songs For SCARS ON BROADWAY Debut

SYSTEM OF A DOWN drummer John Dolmayan has issued the following update on SCARS ON BROADWAY, his new project with SYSTEM OF A DOWN's Daron Malakian (guitarist, vocalist, songwriter): "Yesterday [Thursday, Sept. 27], Daron and I began recording SCARS ON BROADWAY's debut album. We've gone in with clos...

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RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE Guitarist To Support SYSTEM OF A DOWN Frontman

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE guitarist Tom Morello's alter ego THE NIGHTWATCHMAN will support SYSTEM OF A DOWN singer Serj Tankian on several dates in October. THE NIGHTWATCHMAN's schedule is shaping up as follows: Oct. 11 - Nashville, TN - Exit/In With Serj Tankian: Oct. 12 - Chicago, IL - Vic Theater...