Serj Tankian, lead vocalist and lyricist for System of a Down, is always creating, always looking ahead. His recent memoir, the New York Times bestseller "Down with the System", saw him dive deep into the principles, passions and philosophies that have fueled his life in and out of music. Similarly, his new EP, Foundations, mines music and lyrics from previous decades and reframes them in a hard-hitting, intensely focused collection. It is, Tankian says, “A retrospective of songs from different eras of my life, meant to complement the memoir.” Additional instrumentation on the record was provided by Dan Monti (guitars, bass and drum programming) and, on “Cartoon Buyer,” by bassist Mario Pagliarulo and SOAD drummer John Dolmayan.
