Serj Tankian isn't an idiot. He realizes that when his solo debut, Elect the Dead, hits record shops this fall, critics and fans will be there to make the obvious comparisons to System of a Down, the band he's fronted going on 12 years. Like the five albums in System's catalog, his will be a rock record, featuring those unmistakable, operatic pipes of his. But to his mind, that's where the similarities end.