- Born
- Height5′ 10½″ (1.79 m)
- Serj Tankian was born on August 21, 1967 in Beirut, Lebanon. He is a composer and actor, known for Hardcore Henry (2015), Body of Lies (2008) and Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019). He has been married to Angela Madatyan since June 10, 2012. They have one child.
- SpouseAngela Madatyan(June 10, 2012 - present) (1 child)
- Vandyke looking beard
- Politically charged lyrics
- Curly hair
- Was a CEO for a computer software company before joining System of a Down
- Serj owns his own record label which is called 'Serjical Strike Records'.
- He wrote the lyrics and music for the System of a Down song 'Shimmy'.
- Serj has also sung in other bands for certain songs such as Mushroom Cult by Dog Fashion Disco, and lent his vocals to the song Mein by Deftones. He produced "Enter The Chicken" by Buckethead, and provided vocals to the Buckethead songs We are One, Coma and Waiting Here.
- System of a Down went on hiatus in 2006, but are back together and will tour next year.
- Awareness in our society has flipped all types of injustice on its head.
- Civilization is a failure. We need to think what we can do together in love and peace.
- Pretending that we live doesn't make us alive.
- We first fought... in the name of religion, then Communism, and now in the name of drugs and terrorism. Our excuses for global domination always change.
- People think our music's very aggressive or angry or whatever, and it's just the opposite, really... I like laughing. And I like being really calm before a show, and smiley.
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