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Armenian Genocide had an influence in all creations of Serj Tankian
ARMENPRESS
16:00, 7 July, 2012
As you would expect from someone whose conversation swings easily from
harakiri, the Japanese term for ritualistic suicide after which he
named his latest solo album, to the Armenian genocide of nearly a
century ago, Serj Tankian comes across as intense. Armenpress reports
about this calling Nzherald.co.nz website.
And not even his time living by the beach in New Zealand has chilled
him out any.
As the frontman of System of a Down, the Lebanese-born
Armenian-American has become a high-profile mouthpiece for Armenians
wanting official recognition of genocide committed by Turkey during
World War I. The historic issue has shaped his world view and his
music, whether with SOAD, one of mainstream rock's heaviest outfits,
or on his solo forays.
"I think my activism and politicisation came from the hypocrisy of the
denial in the US of the Armenian genocide - and then realising how
many other causes, be it human rights or environmentally oriented
causes, are suppressed for political capital and gain," he says on the
phone from Los Angeles.
ARMENPRESS
16:00, 7 July, 2012
As you would expect from someone whose conversation swings easily from
harakiri, the Japanese term for ritualistic suicide after which he
named his latest solo album, to the Armenian genocide of nearly a
century ago, Serj Tankian comes across as intense. Armenpress reports
about this calling Nzherald.co.nz website.
And not even his time living by the beach in New Zealand has chilled
him out any.
As the frontman of System of a Down, the Lebanese-born
Armenian-American has become a high-profile mouthpiece for Armenians
wanting official recognition of genocide committed by Turkey during
World War I. The historic issue has shaped his world view and his
music, whether with SOAD, one of mainstream rock's heaviest outfits,
or on his solo forays.
"I think my activism and politicisation came from the hypocrisy of the
denial in the US of the Armenian genocide - and then realising how
many other causes, be it human rights or environmentally oriented
causes, are suppressed for political capital and gain," he says on the
phone from Los Angeles.