Multi-talented Lebanese-born musician and political activist Serj Tankian is best known for his impact on the music industry, but few people know that he is involved in politics and is an activist. Founder and lead singer of a band called System of a Down, Tankian has been active in the music scene since 1992 to date, having successfully recorded five albums with the band and also five solo albums.
Serj Tankian is very talented and does not have a single profession. He appeared in a series of films. one of which is Screamers, who also featured their other band members. He also co-founded Axis of Justice, an organization created for the sole purpose of encouraging youth participation in politics.
Serj Tankian was born in Beirut, Lebanon to an indigenous Armenian family. His parents arrived in Los Angeles in 1975 and since then Serj and his family have continued to reside in the United States.
Biography of Serj Tankian (Age)
Serj has several nationalities, his parents are Armenian but of Lebanese origin, he was born in Lebanon where he settled for 8 years before emigrating with his parents to the United States, to Los Angeles precisely in 1975. This Armenian- Lebanese-American is a singer-songwriter, composer, record producer, poet, and political activist. He was born on August 21, 1967. His father, Khatchadour Tankian, was born in Aleppo, Syria to Armenian parents and was a musician himself. His mother, Alice Tankian, is also Armenian, but unlike Serj’s father, she was born in Armenia. Serj is the first born of his parents, he has a younger brother named Sevag.
Serj Tankian plays various musical instruments. He plays piano, guitar and bass
guitar, violin, drums and much more. When his parents immigrated to the United States, his English was not very perfect, because he had been raised in a non-English speaking country. He studied at the Rose and Alex Pilibos Armenian School, which is said to be bilingual and mainly hosts Armenian immigrants to the United States. After high school, Serj was admitted to California State University where he studied marketing. It was during his college years that he first
became interested in music and musical instruments.
Formation of the down system
While System of a Down marked a turning point for Serj Tankian, what most
people don’t know is that it wasn’t his first band. Serj’s first band was called Soil
and it was made up of 75% members of the famous Down band member system
like Armenian-American songwriter ShavoOdadjian, American singer-songwriter Daron Malakian and local Hawaiian drummer Domingo Laranio . The five-person group later broke up, leaving Serj and two others to form a new group now known as System of a Down.
Following the departure of the group’s former drummer Domingo Laranio, he was replaced by Ontronik Khachaturian, pioneer drummer of System of a Down, also an occasional member of the group The Soil. Ontronik Khachaturian was later replaced by the band’s current drummer, John Dolmayan. All four band members are of Armenian lineage. Three of the band members are American immigrants, with the exception of the band’s youngest member, Daron Malakian, who was born in Hollywood, California, a year after his parents immigrated to the United States. The band was formed in 1994 and released their debut album which bore their name System of a Down in 1998. They released a second album Toxicityin 2001. The album garnered so much praise from their fans and was called the best the band has ever let down. The band then dropped 3 more albums.
In 2005, the group won music awards in Europe for best alternative act. In 2006, he also won the MTV Good Woodie Award for the song Question and the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock. The members made a shocking announcement in May 2006 announcing a hiatus. This resulted in Serj going solo. Since going solo in 2006, Serj has composed two hit songs and successful albums. In November 2010, System of a Down officially announced the band’s return.
Net value
Serj receives around $1.5 million as an annual salary as a multi-talented musician. He is worth $20 million, a sum he must have earned from his five studio albums among other ventures. He also owns a music label called Serjical Strike Records and co-founded with Tom Morello a non-profit political activist organization called Axis of Justice. In 2011, he received the Armenian Prime Minister’s Medal.
Serj Tankian’s wife (Angela Madatyan)
Serj Tankian is married to an Armenian-American hairdresser, stylist and designer
Angela Madatyan was born on August 20, 1983 in Vanador, Armenia. They have
been together for 8 years before getting married on June 10, 2012. The couple have a son named Rumi.
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Religion
Tankian is a kind of person who believes reasoning is the key to understanding
reality. He believes in transcendentalism. Besides being a transcendentalist, he
is also a Buddhist. Some believe, however, that he is also a Christian.
Height and body measurement
Serj Tankian stands at a height of 185 cm with a slim body. Her hair is black and her eyes are dark brown.
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