Name: Down With the System
Brand: Serj Tankian

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9781035403622

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Hardback

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Limited edition

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2024-05-14

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Hachette

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Serj Tankian

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Headline

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Serj Tankian is an Armenian-American musician and writer, born on August 21st, 1967 in Beirut, Lebanon. He is best known as the lead singer of <en>System Of A Down</en>. Tankian graduated from California State University with a marketing/business degree and went on to form his own company specializing in proprietary vertical industry modular accounting software.

With his unique vocal style and thought-provoking lyrics, Serj Tankian has made a significant impact on the music industry. His powerful performances have garnered him a dedicated fan base around the world. Tankian's music often tackles social and political issues, making him a voice for change.

Influenced by various genres such as alternative metal, progressive rock, and folk music, Serj Tankian's sound is eclectic and captivating. His solo career showcases his versatility as an artist while still maintaining the signature intensity that fans have come to love.

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With nearly 40 million record sales, three albums topping the Billboard charts, a Grammy win and a legion of fans, System Of A Down are one of the biggest metal bands on the planet. At their core has always been Serj Tankian, whose journey from the streets of Beirut to rock superstardom is as remarkable and unlikely as you'll get. 

By dint of luck, circumstance, struggle, and more than a little talent, Serj has had the chance to live an extraordinary life. In Down With the System, he retraces this remarkable and unlikely journey, and explores what it's taught him - about music, about art, about activism, and about himself. From teaming up with Tom Morello to push social justice causes on unsuspecting metalheads, arguing with LAPD officers over the best way to quell his rioting fans, and traveling with Anthony Bourdain through Armenia one meal at a time, Down With the System is an immigrant's tale, an activist's awakening, and rock memoir unlike any other.

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Discover Down With the System by Serj Tankian. A remarkable rock memoir from the frontman of System Of A Down. Available in book format from Headline.