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Serj Tankian Finishing Up Solo Debut |
Posted by Hoffness on Saturday, April 28, 2007 - 09:10 AM
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System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian is planning a fall release for
his first solo album, "Elect the Dead," telling
Billboard.com it's "a rock record, but it's pretty progressive. It's very wide
sounding -- lots of different sounding instruments. The excitement I had making
this record was the same excitement I had making the first System record."
Tankian will release the "Elect the Dead" on his own Serjical Strike label but
partner with an as-yet-unnamed major label for distribution. He says the album
is a "very homemade" project, recorded mostly in his own studio in Los Angeles.
He played most of the instruments himself but did get help from SOAD drummer
John Dolmayan and former Primus skin-pounder Bryan "Brain" Mantia,
along with Dan Monti on guitar and bass, opera singer Ani Maldjian
and some string players.
"There's a very classical music vibe to this record, an operatic kind of vibe in
a sense," Tankian says. "I'm now looking at whether I should mix it myself or
have someone else do it. It's kind of my baby. I've done almost everything from
the first piano strike to the last touches. I'm very happy with it. It's a
rockin' record."
Tankian, who's planning a solo tour, says "Elect the Dead" is "more intimate
than System's stuff, more personal in some ways." But, he adds, the album also
contains "the political songs, and humorous stuff. There's romantic songs, love
songs, pain songs... a gamut of what I was feeling in the last year-and-a-half.
The whole album is this deep, human pain that kind of is looking for
redemption."
"Elect the Dead" is just one of a number of projects Tankian has coming this
year. He scored portions of the upcoming William Friedkin-directed psychological
thriller "Bug," which comes out May 25, with the soundtrack due May 22. He's
also contributing songs to the new John Woo video game "Stranglehold" and
gearing up for more activity with Axis of Justice, the political action
organization he founded with Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello.
But one thing Tankian doesn't plan to be doing in the near future is working
with SOAD. "Not right now," he says. "We've taken an indefinite hiatus. We're
all doing our own things. If and when the time is right, if we want to get
together and make a record or do a tour or a benefit show, whatever, we've left
that door open. But nothing's planned right now."
By Gary Graff from
Billboard.com
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Comments
Mikke
28.04.07, 13:27
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cool
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Yumatira
28.04.07, 13:41
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:D:D I hope his album will come soon ^^ Im looking forward to it :D And I hope SOAD will plan something for a new album :) but that will be in a few years :P -If it will happen :( -
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vitaminfromthesky
28.04.07, 15:16
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Not right now," he says. "We've taken an indefinite hiatus. We're all doing our own things. If and when the time is right, if we want to get together and make a record or do a tour or a benefit show, whatever, we've left that door open. But nothing's planned right now." GO BACK IN THIS DOOR SERJ PLEASE!!!! I, cry, when read that SOAD is switching of their light!!!
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Vartanush
28.04.07, 15:37
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exactly that was it , I was always afraid of......
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Moonette
28.04.07, 15:47
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OMJesus
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pao
28.04.07, 16:10
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OMG WHEN I READ THE LAST 3 LINES I CRY...... FUCK I'D RATHER SEE THE OLD GOOD System Of A Down THAN THEIR SOLO ALBUMS.......... GO BACK IN THIS FUCKING DOOR..
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blini_soad
28.04.07, 16:30
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what's wrong?everything was fine now they don't wanna even talk about it.and they can just lie if they say that it's just a brake,i think they fought and the resultat is not hearing from soad any other sound.but still i will buy this album
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PlexyEren
28.04.07, 16:55
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I hope thay go into this so-called ,,door´´ and do some more stuff. And I really look forward to their Solostuff,especially Darons.
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tiffanyevett
28.04.07, 18:26
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wow !!!, the solo albdm, the movie and the soundtrck of the movie all comeing out soon,sweet i can't wait, lol, i'm excited here, lol
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INFZ
28.04.07, 19:26
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Sweetass article. Don't get me wrong, but Serj needs to quit being such a prickass about the hiatus. Freaking John and everyone else is like "We'll be back in two years or so" but Serj is like "no we don't know." SOMEONE is lying here, either that or they're just trying to confuse us. Which I really don't fucking appreciate.
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mom45
28.04.07, 19:35
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I'm loving the details about the solo record, and I'm getting very excited. Of course we're sad about the hiatus, and the fact that it will probably end up being much longer than we like. But all the different projects big & small they are doing now are very cool and very important and will help them to grow as artists and people. And if we truly love them, then we have to respect that.
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ToniaX
28.04.07, 20:11
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It sounds really good!!!!!!!!!
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Theodora
28.04.07, 22:30
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Solo Tour!!!!
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alysoad
28.04.07, 22:41
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Perfect! *.*
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ang+serj
29.04.07, 00:54
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I can't wait of this album. And System Of A Down will be back. I think every question about the hiatus Serj answers like that. And Daron, John, and Shavo answers in there own ways to. Don't worry System Of A Down will be back.
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AwE
29.04.07, 01:36
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SOAD is so not coming back. I don't complain though, I'd rahter have them finish SOAD than fucking it up :) They will EVENTUALLY do something else togheter..
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mineisbigger
29.04.07, 07:47
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I cant wait
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chopsuey292
29.04.07, 22:01
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im just happy with the music that we got from them...i dont want to ask for more but if they give it to us then i will be happy. right now im happy to hear about serj's solo album. when he comes to chicago i will definetly be front row
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