Serj Tankian is a famous musician and singer of Armenian descent. He began his musical career at the age of 20. Having achieved certain heights with the band System of Down, the artist switched to solo work and various projects with other musicians.
The biography of the musician
The first child in the family of Hutchador and Alice Tankyan was born on August 21, 1967. The boy was named Serge. Until the age of eight, Serge Tankian lived with his parents and younger brother in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. But then they moved to the United States. Serge’s father has been involved in music all his life, which to some extent affected Serge’s musical preferences and his view of the music industry.
In the states, little Serge studied at an Armenian school, receiving, in addition to basic knowledge, a musical education (guitar and vocals), as well as marketing knowledge. In childhood and adolescence, he did not express a particular interest in music and did not plan a career as a singer or composer.
After graduating from school, Serj Tankian continued his studies in marketing, became a bachelor in business management, became interested in programming. After that, he worked for some time in the field of trade, but this profession did not capture him. Therefore, at the age of 20, the future famous singer and musician still decided to try himself in the framework of musical creativity.
Music career
As an Armenian, Serge Tankyan joined Armenian communication in the USA, where he met his future colleague in the group - Daran Malakyan. Their first team was called Soil. However, the group was later renamed to System of Down. The process of creating this musical project lasted from 1993 to 1995. After which the group began its active creative activity, releasing successful albums and singles, touring.
In the 2000s, Serge Tankyan became interested in a solo career. In 2007, he released his first album, which included both exclusively his new compositions and tracks created for the band System of Down.
In 2010, an already held musician and performer recorded a musical composition with a symphony orchestra. And a little later, the second record of Serge, called Imperfect Harmonies, was released.
The third and fourth solo albums of the artist were released in 2012. Between all full-fledged records of Serge Tankyan, singles, musical collections and soundtracks for various films were published. The artist managed to try himself as a composer in such film projects as “The Set of Lies”, “Promise”. His song, Lie, Lie, Lie is the main musical theme in the series Fear As It Is.
Additional projects of Serge Tankyan
In 2008, Serge Tankian worked with Praxis to record a successful album with them. In the same year, he presented to the general public a song created in a duet with his father.
In 2011, Serge, together with the band System of Down, created the musical Prometheus.
In 2013, the artist actively collaborated with rapper Tech N9ne and released his personal music collection, which mainly consists of instrumental tracks.
In 2016, a collaboration with Benny Benassi took place.
In 2017, Serge Tankyan wrote a track for the Russian film Legend of Kolovrat. A video was shot for the song with the IOWA band.
It is worth noting that the artist has his own record label, called Serjical Strike Records. And in 2011, Serge received an award for his contribution to the dissemination of Armenian music.
