System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian has revealed that he will be putting out a solo EP of what he described as “rock songs” later this year.
Tankian told Spin that they were first meant for System, saying, “Originally, I had these songs in mind for a System record if we were to end up doing a System record. But as we could not really see eye to eye on how to go forward with that, I decided to finish them off myself and release them as an EP.”
Tankian said he's considering calling the EP Elasticity, a play on System's massive 2001 album Toxicity.
He explained, “I think I'm gonna call it Elasticity just because I wanted to do it with System and it didn't happen. For me, it's not Toxicity but it is Toxicity. (laughs) That's what I’m thinking of calling it. I haven't finalized it, but that's what I'm thinking of calling it.”
Tankian has dabbled in all kinds of music over the years and said a while back that he's fine with fans not enjoying everything he does: “You know, it's all about opinions. It's music, it's based on taste and, you know, everyone likes a certain thing and there are certain people that will gravitate toward a certain type of music and others that will gravitate to another. And there's no telling what people may or may not like, to be honest. You make the record that you believe in, the expression that you want to say, and whoever feels that way will gravitate toward it. It's really that simple.”
System Of A Down hasn't released any new music since the Mezmerize and Hypnotize LPs, which came out in 2005.
In 2018, guitarist Daron Malakian publicly accused Tankian of not wanting to record, with Tankian responding that creative and financial issues with Malakian led to the stalemate.
