Of all the nights Serj Tankian has stood on stage surveying a crowd of 50,000 faces roaring his own words back at him, there is one that the System of a Down frontman will never forget. “The overwhelming feeling was of belonging,” says Tankian, 53, speaking from his airy home studio in Los Angeles. In early 2018, Tankian watched over shaky social media streams as Pashinyan gathered his supporters in the square where his band had performed. In 2019, Congress finally passed a resolution formally recognising the Armenian genocide. The last attempt was made around five years ago, when Tankian presented a collection of new songs to his bandmates.

Source: The Guardian March 24, 2021 15:35 UTC