SYSTEM OF A DOWN SINGER TO SELL POETRY ONLINE
Serj Tankian, lead vocalist for Armenian hard rock band, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, is selling 'Cool Gardens', a book of what he describes as 'whacked out' poetry, on his newly-launched website,
serjicalstrike.com.
The book is a 96-page tome featuring poems the artist wrote over the past eight years, and is described by Tankian as being a lot more personal than his System of a Down lyrics.
"I'm not proud of any of [the poems]," Tankian said. "I don't know how to be proud of them. Once you're in the studio and you're recording a song, that magic is right there. From then on, it's commercialism and duplication — same with the book. The feelings and emotions were there when they are written. From then on, it's just duplication. I'm not saying I'm ashamed of it — I'm saying it's just out there, and it's cool."