Serj Tankian

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Serj Tankian born August 21 1967 is an ArmenianAmerican singersongwriter composer multiinstrumentalist record producer poet and political activist He is best known as the lead vocalist songwriter keyboardist and occasional live rhythm guitarist of the Grammy Awardwinning rock band System of a Down During his musical career Tankian has released five albums with System of a Down one with Arto Tunçboyacıyan Serart as well as two solo albums Elect the Dead and Imperfect Harmonies and a live orchestral version of the former incorporating the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra named Elect the Dead Symphony In 2002 Tankian and Rage Against the MachineAudioslave guitarist Tom Morello cofounded a nonprofit political activist organization Axis of Justice Tankian also founded the music label Serjical Strike Records Tankian is ranked 26th in the Hit Paraders Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time Description above from the Wikipedia article Serj Tankian licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia