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SERJ TANKIAN: 'Empty Walls' Video Available

SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian has released the video for his solo track "Empty Walls". Watch it below. The song comes off his solo debut, "Elect the Dead", which is scheduled for release on October 23 via Serjical Strike/Reprise. Tankian plans to play special promotional shows during Octobe...

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SERJ TANKIAN Has No Plans To Perform SYSTEM OF A DOWN Songs On Upcoming Tour

Gary Graff of Billboard.com reports: SYSTEM OF A DOWN remains on "indefinite hiatus," according to frontman Serj Tankian, with the four band members "all doing our own thing." As such, Tankian says fans shouldn't expect to hear SYSTEM music from him when he tours this fall to promote his first solo...

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LEMMY, SERJ TANKIAN Perform With FOO FIGHTERS In Las Vegas; Video Available

During an eight-song "MTV Video Music Awards" set (which didn't actually air during the televised ceremony) at the Palms Casino Fantasy Suites in Las Vegas Sunday night (September 9),FOO FIGHTERS performed PROBOT's "Shake Your Blood" twice — once with MOTÖRHEAD frontman Lemmy Kilmister. Also, SYSTE...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Frontman Interviews Himself; Video Available

A nine-minute tongue-in-cheek video clip of SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian conducting an interview with himself can be viewed below. As previously reported, Tankian has asked a collection of video and film directors, painters, and digital artists to each create a video for one of the 12 trac...

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SERJ TANKIAN, MASTODON, QOTSA Members To Perform With FOO FIGHTERS At 'MTV Video Music Awards'

FOO FIGHTERS have enlisted friends old and new to join them for a night of exclusive one-time-only 2007 "MTV Video Music Awards" performances. SYSTEM OF A DOWN's Serj Tankian, MASTODON and old friends Josh Homme and Troy Van Leeuwen of QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE have all signed on to play alongside FOO...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Frontman To Post Videos For Each Track On Forthcoming Solo Album

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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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Frontman To Film 'Praise The Lord, Pass The Ammunition' Video

SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian will film a video for his solo track "Praise The Lord, Pass The Ammunition" on Monday, August 27 in Hollywood, California with director Greg Watermann (MUDVAYNE, LAMB OF GOD). According to a MySpace bulletin from Watermann, "The story is a wacky art-performance...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Songwriter Launches SCARS ON BROADWAY

SYSTEM OF A DOWN's Daron Malakian (guitars, vocals, songwriter) and John Dolmayan (drums) have joined forces to form a new band, SCARS ON BROADWAY. "Accompanied by some great musicians, we are preparing to go into the studio really soon to record our debut album," Malakian writes on the group's MySp...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Frontman: 'This Album Has No Barriers Between The Listener And Me'

SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian recently spoke to Kerrang! magazine about his forthcoming solo album, "Elect the Dead", due out October 23 via Serjical Strike/Reprise Records. Serj: "It's definitely a rock record," explained Tankian. "It's a moving album with lots of up's and down, starts and...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Frontman Releases 'The Unthinking Majority' Video

SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian has released the video for his new song "The Unthinking Majority" via his official web site. The Tawd Dorenfeld-directed clip can be viewed below. Commented Tankian: "'The Unthinking Majority' is a song that I needed to release now, before my record or single c...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Frontman Selects First Single From Solo Album

Launch Radio Networks reports: SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian has set "Empty Walls" as the first rock radio single from his debut solo album, "Elect The Dead". The track will make its way to stations on September 10. Another song, called "The Unthinking Majority", will surface a little earli...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Frontman Concentrating On Doing His Own Thing

SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian has told MTV.com that while he is currently concentrating on a solo career, he doesn't rule out a return to SOAD. "We're all doing our own things right now and just taking time off," he said. "SYSTEM's always been there. We've been a band for 11 ...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN's TANKIAN: Track Listing, Release Date For Solo Debut Announced

Serj Tankian, the visionary frontman for multi-platinum rock band SYSTEM OF A DOWN, will release his debut solo album, entitled "Elect the Dead", on October 23 via Serjical Strike/Reprise Records this fall. The track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. Empty Walls 02. The Unthinking Majority 0...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Alive And Well, Says Bassist

Launch Radio Networks reports: SYSTEM OF A DOWN has been on hiatus since last year, with its members working on various side projects. This has naturally led to rumors that the band was breaking up permanently. But bassist Shavo Odadjian told Launch that SYSTEM OF A DOWN is far from over. "SYSTEM is...

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SERJ TANKIAN, TOM MORELLO To Guest On Tonight's 'Henry Rollins Show'; AMEN To Perform

An exclusive AMEN performance of "Another Planet" and a web-only 11-minute interview with the group's lead singer Casey Chaos on the set of "The Henry Rollins Show" has been posted at IFC.com. AMEN's appearance on "The Henry Rollins Show" will air on the Independent Film Channel (IFC) tonight (Frida...