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When System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian released his philosophical memoir last month, we talked to him for a We’ve Got A File On You interview. At the end of the Q&A, he discussed his public request for Imagine Dragons to cancel their show in Azerbaijan last year, a request Imagine Dragons ignored. Tankian compared it to performing in Nazi Germany and concluded, “Anyone that does ethnic cleansing and genocide needs to be fucking punished. So that’s why I got pissed off. Some artists are artists and some artists are entertainers, and I’ll leave it at that.”
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Last year, System Of A Down leader Serj Tankian publicly asked Las Vegas arena-rockers Imagine Dragons to cancel a planned concert in Azerbaijan, citing that country’s campaign of ethnic cleansing against Armenians. Imagine Dragons ignored Tankian’s request and played that show, and Tankian recently expressed his disapproval ...
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“Fuck their art, they're not good human beings, as far as I'm concerned”The post Serj Tankian slams Imagine Dragons for playing controversial Azerbaijan gig: “I don’t respect them as human beings” appeared first on NME.
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Serj Tankian: System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian shares thoughts on boycotts and the Israel and Palestine war
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“Incredible injustice, humanitarian catastrophe, genocide, war crimes, is happening today"The post System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian shares thoughts on boycotts and the Israel and Palestine war appeared first on NME.
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As he releases his astonishing autobiography, the System Of A Down vocalist discusses the Armenian genocide, his band’s dramatic rise, and the musician-activists of todayThe post System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian: “We are not living in a just world” appeared first on NME.
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Earlier this week, System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian published his memoir Down With The System. Today, Tankian also announces a new solo EP called Foundations. Tankian has released a few solo records over the years; Orca, his most recent album, came out back in 2013. With Foundations, Tankian is going back to music that he wrote during diff...
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