http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.67305&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rssUnconventional in his vocals, lyrics, tempos and time signatures, the Lebanon-born, Armenian-American singer-songwriter is a multi-instrumentalist with a mad-scientist metal mentality, who boasts political intellect and a social conscience to boot. Serj Tankian first emerged onto the metal scene during the late '90s as lead singer of System of a Down, an immediate favorite among the Ozzfest crowd. Unabashedly fierce in stating his opinions about 9/11, governmental control, genocide, societal injustices, and denial, hypocrisy and tyranny among those in power, Tankian raises political awareness not only through his music, but also through his work with Axis of Justice, a grassroots activist organization he started with Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello. When System of a Down took a hiatus in 2006, Tankian started work on his solo debut, <I>Elect The Dead</I>, which was released in October 2007. He wrote, produced and played nearly every instrument, experimenting with classical cadences, progressive rock, manic metal, start-stop tempos and gutting vocals that flash between madman "la la la"s and haunting, cavernous drones. - Stephanie BensonExperimentalen720Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:56:57 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.67305&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss Unconventional in his vocals, lyrics, tempos and time signatures, the Lebanon-born, Armenian-American singer-songwriter is a multi-instrumentalist with a mad-scientist metal mentality, who boasts political intellect and a social conscience to boot. Serj Tankian first emerged onto the metal scene during the late '90s as lead singer of System of a Down, an immediate favorite among the Ozzfest crowd. Unabashedly fierce in stating his opinions about 9/11, governmental control, genocide, societal injustices, and denial, hypocrisy and tyranny among those in power, Tankian raises political awareness not only through his music, but also through his work with Axis of Justice, a grassroots activist organization he started with Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello. When System of a Down took a hiatus in 2006, Tankian started work on his solo debut, <I>Elect The Dead</I>, which was released in October 2007. He wrote, produced and played nearly every instrument, experimenting with classical cadences, progressive rock, manic metal, start-stop tempos and gutting vocals that flash between madman "la la la"s and haunting, cavernous drones. - Stephanie Benson http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16806065&variant=play&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss Experimental Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Serj Tankian on Rhapsody Online 16806065 tra.16806065 Serj Tankian art.67305 1.29 Elect The Dead alb.16797401 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/9/8/5/1495890_170x170.jpg 2009-10-21 00:00:00.0 2007-10-19 00:00:00.0 true Empty Walls tra.16806065 230000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16806065&variant=play&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16806065&variant=data&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16806061&variant=play&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss Experimental Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Serj Tankian on Rhapsody Online 16806061 tra.16806061 Serj Tankian art.67305 0.99 Elect The Dead alb.16797401 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/9/8/5/1495890_170x170.jpg 2009-10-21 00:00:00.0 2007-10-19 00:00:00.0 true Sky Is Over tra.16806061 177000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16806061&variant=play&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16806061&variant=data&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16806064&variant=play&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss Experimental Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Serj Tankian on Rhapsody Online 16806064 tra.16806064 Serj Tankian art.67305 0.99 Elect The Dead alb.16797401 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/9/8/5/1495890_170x170.jpg 2009-10-21 00:00:00.0 2007-10-19 00:00:00.0 true Lie Lie Lie tra.16806064 213000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16806064&variant=play&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16806064&variant=data&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16806057&variant=play&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss Experimental Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Serj Tankian on Rhapsody Online 16806057 tra.16806057 Serj Tankian art.67305 0.99 Elect The Dead alb.16797401 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/9/8/5/1495890_170x170.jpg 2009-10-21 00:00:00.0 2007-10-19 00:00:00.0 true The Unthinking Majority tra.16806057 229000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16806057&variant=play&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16806057&variant=data&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16806060&variant=play&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss Experimental Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Serj Tankian on Rhapsody Online 16806060 tra.16806060 Serj Tankian art.67305 0.99 Elect The Dead alb.16797401 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/9/8/5/1495890_170x170.jpg 2009-10-21 00:00:00.0 2007-10-19 00:00:00.0 true Saving Us tra.16806060 281000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16806060&variant=play&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16806060&variant=data&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.21383241&variant=play&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss Experimental Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Serj Tankian on Rhapsody Online 21383241 tra.21383241 Serj Tankian art.67305 1.29 Lie Lie Live alb.21381437 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/3/5/8/1278533_170x170.jpg 2008-07-16 00:00:00.0 2008-05-27 00:00:00.0 true Empty Walls [Dub Remix] tra.21383241 241000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.21383241&variant=play&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.21383241&variant=data&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3463428&variant=play&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss Experimental Mon, 15 Sep 2003 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Serj Tankian on Rhapsody Online 3463428 tra.3463428 Serj Tankian art.67305 0.99 Bird Up!: The Charlie Parker Remix Project alb.298736 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/0/2/4/564200_170x170.jpg 2003-09-15 00:00:00.0 2003-09-15 00:00:00.0 true Bird Of Paradise tra.3463428 231000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3463428&variant=play&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3463428&variant=data&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16806062&variant=play&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss Experimental Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Serj Tankian on Rhapsody Online 16806062 tra.16806062 Serj Tankian art.67305 0.99 Elect The Dead alb.16797401 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/9/8/5/1495890_170x170.jpg 2009-10-21 00:00:00.0 2007-10-19 00:00:00.0 true Baby tra.16806062 210000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16806062&variant=play&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16806062&variant=data&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16806063&variant=play&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss Experimental Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Serj Tankian on Rhapsody Online 16806063 tra.16806063 Serj Tankian art.67305 0.99 Elect The Dead alb.16797401 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/9/8/5/1495890_170x170.jpg 2009-10-21 00:00:00.0 2007-10-19 00:00:00.0 true Honking Antelope tra.16806063 230000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16806063&variant=play&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16806063&variant=data&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16806066&variant=play&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss Experimental Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Serj Tankian on Rhapsody Online 16806066 tra.16806066 Serj Tankian art.67305 0.99 Elect The Dead alb.16797401 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/9/8/5/1495890_170x170.jpg 2009-10-21 00:00:00.0 2007-10-19 00:00:00.0 true Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition tra.16806066 263000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16806066&variant=play&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16806066&variant=data&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16806059&variant=play&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss Experimental Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Serj Tankian on Rhapsody Online 16806059 tra.16806059 Serj Tankian art.67305 0.99 Elect The Dead alb.16797401 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/9/8/5/1495890_170x170.jpg 2009-10-21 00:00:00.0 2007-10-19 00:00:00.0 true Feed Us tra.16806059 271000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16806059&variant=play&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16806059&variant=data&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16806068&variant=play&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss Experimental Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Serj Tankian on Rhapsody Online 16806068 tra.16806068 Serj Tankian art.67305 0.99 Elect The Dead alb.16797401 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/9/8/5/1495890_170x170.jpg 2009-10-21 00:00:00.0 2007-10-19 00:00:00.0 true Elect The Dead tra.16806068 174000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16806068&variant=play&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16806068&variant=data&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16806058&variant=play&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss Experimental Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Serj Tankian on Rhapsody Online 16806058 tra.16806058 Serj Tankian art.67305 0.99 Elect The Dead alb.16797401 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/9/8/5/1495890_170x170.jpg 2009-10-21 00:00:00.0 2007-10-19 00:00:00.0 true Money tra.16806058 233000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16806058&variant=play&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16806058&variant=data&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.15804955&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss Experimental Sun, 11 Jan 2009 07:24:54 -0800 Top Tracks by Serj Tankian on Rhapsody Online 15804955 tra.15804955 Serj Tankian art.67305 0.0 The Unthinking Majority alb.15802962 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/8/8/8/1298883_170x170.jpg 2007-08-07 00:00:00.0 null false The Unthinking Majority tra.15804955 229000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.15804955&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.15804955&variant=data&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16806067&variant=play&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss Experimental Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Serj Tankian on Rhapsody Online 16806067 tra.16806067 Serj Tankian art.67305 0.99 Elect The Dead alb.16797401 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/9/8/5/1495890_170x170.jpg 2009-10-21 00:00:00.0 2007-10-19 00:00:00.0 true Beethoven's C*** tra.16806067 193000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16806067&variant=play&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16806067&variant=data&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.21383243&variant=play&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss Experimental Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Serj Tankian on Rhapsody Online 21383243 tra.21383243 Serj Tankian art.67305 0.99 Lie Lie Live alb.21381437 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/3/5/8/1278533_170x170.jpg 2008-07-16 00:00:00.0 2008-05-27 00:00:00.0 true The Unthinking Majority [Live From MySpace's The List] tra.21383243 233000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.21383243&variant=play&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.21383243&variant=data&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.19346961&variant=play&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss Experimental Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Serj Tankian on Rhapsody Online 19346961 tra.19346961 Serj Tankian art.67305 1.29 Body Of War: Songs That Inspired An Iraq War Veteran alb.19336269 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/5/9/3/1203956_170x170.jpg 2008-03-18 00:00:00.0 2008-03-11 00:00:00.0 true Empty Walls tra.19346961 230000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.19346961&variant=play&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.19346961&variant=data&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16354891&rws=%2Fserj-tankian%2Ftop-tracks.rss 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