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#438 - Serj Tankian on DOWN WITH THE SYSTEM

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Musician Serj Tankian, best known as front man for System Of A Down, chats with Trey Elling about DOWN WITH THE SYSTEM: A MEMOIR (OF SORTS). Topics include:

  • His family in the Armenian Genocide (0:00)
  • The Lebanon Civil War (4:48)
  • Being an immigrant kid (7:38)
  • The music epiphany (10:32)
  • Dad's helpful advice (13:11)
  • "System Of A Down" meaning (15:05)
  • Rick Rubin (16:47)
  • His first visit to Armenia (19:47)
  • Criticizing the US, post-9/11 (21:31)
  • Spurning the Grammys (24:55)
  • B.Y.O.B. (28:22)
  • Steal This Album! & "Boom!" (29:16)
  • Maintaining creative freedom (31:15)
  • Compassionate confrontation (32:12)
  • Parenthood (33:48)
  • System's ONE Armenia show (37:30)
  • Showing Bourdain around Armenia (39:08)
  • An ode to America (42:42)
  • An ode to making music (43:27)
  • An ode to being Armenian (45:46)
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Musician Serj Tankian, best known as front man for System Of A Down, chats with Trey Elling about DOWN WITH THE SYSTEM: A MEMOIR (OF SORTS). Topics include:

  • His family in the Armenian Genocide (0:00)
  • The Lebanon Civil War (4:48)
  • Being an immigrant kid (7:38)
  • The music epiphany (10:32)
  • Dad's helpful advice (13:11)
  • "System Of A Down" meaning (15:05)
  • Rick Rubin (16:47)
  • His first visit to Armenia (19:47)
  • Criticizing the US, post-9/11 (21:31)
  • Spurning the Grammys (24:55)
  • B.Y.O.B. (28:22)
  • Steal This Album! & "Boom!" (29:16)
  • Maintaining creative freedom (31:15)
  • Compassionate confrontation (32:12)
  • Parenthood (33:48)
  • System's ONE Armenia show (37:30)
  • Showing Bourdain around Armenia (39:08)
  • An ode to America (42:42)
  • An ode to making music (43:27)
  • An ode to being Armenian (45:46)
  continue reading

466 episodes

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