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AI Summary
- Serj Tankian discusses his role as idiosyncratic lead singer of System of a Down and his transition to solo work in 2007, establishing himself as a human-rights activist
- His memoir 'Down With The System' details his personal journey from Beirut through the Lebanese Civil War to Los Angeles, plus his family's Armenian genocide history
- Tankian reflects on feeling like an outsider, even within System of a Down, and explains the importance of exercising artistic independence and activism