Artist: SERJ TANKIAN
Album: ELECT THE DEAD (DIGI)

Release date: 2007
Media type: CD

Elect the Dead is the debut solo album by System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian. He played most of the instruments himself but did get help from System of a Down drummer John Dolmayan and former Primus/ current Guns N' Roses drummer Bryan "Brain" Mantia, along with Dan Monti on guitar and bass, opera singer Ani Maldjian and some string players, Antonio Pontarelli among them. The album was leaked on October 18, 2007. The official tour for Elect the Dead commenced on October 12 with a show at Chicago's Vic theater.

The first concert had roughly 1,000 people attending, in a medium sized venue. Although Serj had stated he would not be performing any of System of a Down's material, he had performed Charades, a song co-written by Daron Malakian, the guitarist of System of a Down. Although it is originally a song restricted to piano and vocals, Serj used his backing band, The FCC, to provide guitars, drums and bass.

“ It's very wide sounding - lots of different sounding instruments. The excitement I had making this record was the same excitement I had making the first System record. „ - Serj Tankian

TRACKLIST:

1. Empty Walls
2. The Unthinking Majority
3. Money
4. Feed Us
5. Saving Us
6. Sky Is Over
7. Baby
8. Honking Antelope
9. Lie Lie Lie
10. Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition
11. Beethoven's Cunt
12. Elect The Dead

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All songs written & performed by Serj Tankian (guitars, bass, piano, vocals, synthesizers, drum programming, melodica, bells, and various tone generating beauties)

Stunning suppository sounds (BMI)
All songs recorded at Serjical Strike Studios
Produced by Serj Tankian
Engineered by Dan Monti and Serj Tankian
Mastered by Vlado Meller at Sony Music Studios in New York, NY