Post by Platypus on Oct 11, 2019 13:32:13 GMT
Serj Tankian
Associated Acts: System Of A Down
Vocal Range: D2 - E6
Significant High Notes:
E6 ("Lie Lie Lie", "Vicinity of Obscenity")
E♭6 ("Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition")
D6 ("Bounce" live Reading 2001)
C6 ("Mind" live BDO 2002, "Suggestions" live)
B5 ("DDevil", "Elasticity", "Improvisational Noize")
B♭5 (2004 Jam session with Buckethead, "Attack", "Friik", "Suggestions", "This Cocaine Makes Me Feel Like I'm On This Song", "Vicinity of Obscenity", "We Are One")
A5 ("Chic 'N' Stu" live Los Angeles 24/04/2004, "Jet Pilot" live Lowlands 2001, "Suite-Pee")
G♯5 ("Alice in My Fantasies", "Cinema", "Electric Yerevan", "Empty Walls", "Lie Lie Lie" live at Pemberton Festival 2008, "Peephole", "Radio/Video", "Violent Pornography" live at KROQ 2005)
G5 ("Chop Suey" live in Rock 'N' Heim 2013, "Darts", "DDevil", "Elasticity", "F**k the System", "Johnny", "Pictures", "Save The Blonde", "Saving Us", "Sky Is Over", "Sugar" live Lowlands 2001, "Suggestions" live Farmclub 2000, "This Cocaine Makes Me Feel Like I'm On This Song", "Virginity", "The Walking Xperiment")
F♯5 ("Beatus", "Bounce", "Darts", "Forest" live Rock In Rio 2011, "If It Ain't You Today It Will Be You Tomorrow", "Lie Lie Lie" live BDO 2009, "Mind", "Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition", "Science" live Astoria 2005, "Sugar", "Sulfur and Cheese", "Starlit Eyes", "Viktor")
F5 ("Arto", "Bounce", "B.Y.O.B." live Pinkpop 2017, "Cinema", "CUBErt", "Disowned Inc.", "Facing The Plastic", "Goddamn Trigger", "Harakiri", "Holiday In Cambodia" live VMA 2007, "Honey" live Whisky a Go-Go 1997, "I-E-A-I-A-I-O", "Improvisational Noize", "Love Is The Peace", "Money" live Auckland 2009, "Narina", "Needles" live Big Day Out 2002, "Pictures", "Reality TV", "Reconstructive Demonstrations", "The Rough Dog", "Soil", "Sound of War" Live at The Forum 2008, "Starlit Eyes", "Suggestions", "Revolver", "Uneducated Democracy", "War?" Music video)
E5 ("Alice in My Fantasies", "Beatus", "Cigaro", "Elasticity", "Feed Us" live Symphony, "Know" Demo Tape 3 version, "Leave Melody Counting Fear", "No Tomorrow", "Psycho" live at the Astoria 2005, "Question!" & "Question!" Live Rock'n'Heim 2013, "Revenga" Several live performances, "Save The Blonde", "Shooting Helicopters", "Soldier Side Intro", "Starman", "Streamline" live Astoria 2006, "Tentative", "Tyrant's Gratitude", "Violent Pornography", "Your Mom")
E♭5 ("Attack", "Beethoven's C***", "Black Melon", "Borders Are…" "Bubbles", "Ching Chime", "Dreaming", "Empty Walls", "Forest", "F**k the System", "Gate 21", "Hali", "Highway Song", "Honking Antelope", "How Many Times?", "If You Can Catch Me", "Johnny", "Miso Soup", "Nanook Rubs It", "Peace Be Revenged", "P.L.U.C.K.", "Revolver", "The Rough Dog", "Shame", "Shimmy", "Sugar", "Suggestions", "Temper", "Toxicity" live Download Festival 2005, "U-Fig", "Viktor", "We Are One")
D5 ("Baby", "Borders Are…", "Chic 'N' Stu", "Chimes of Freedom", "Fears", "Forget Me Knot", "Friik", "Forgive Me Father", "Garuna", "Gate 21", "Goddamn Trigger", "Honey", "I-E-A-I-A-I-O", "I Spoke Up", "Lazarus on Down", "Money", "No Tomorrow", "Occupied Tears", "Psycho" live Sick New World 2023, "Rumi Loves His Cars", "Starman", "Stealing Society", "Weave On", "Wings of Summer", "Yes, It's Genocide")
C♯5 ("Alice in My Fantasies", "Bird of Paradise", "Butterfly", "B.Y.O.B.", "Ching Chime", "Chop Suey!" & "Chop Suey!" live Astoria 2005, "Cigaro", "Holy Mountains", "Hypnotize", "If You Can Catch Me", "Kill Rock 'N Roll", "Radio/Video", "She's Like Heroin", "Soldier Side", "Violent Pornography", "Vicinity of Obscenity")
C5 ("36" Demo Tape 4 version, "Amber", "ATWA", "Baby", "Black Blooms", "Chic 'N' Stu", "Ching Chime", "Chop Suey!", "Cornucopia", "Deer Dance", "Deserving?", "Disowned Inc.", "Electron", "Forest", "Goddamn Trigger", "I Spoke Up", "Industrialized Overload", "Johnny", "Know" Demo Tape 3 version, "Lazarus on Down", "Lie Lie Lie", "Nanook Rubs It", "Narina", "Needles", "No Tomorrow", "Peephole", "Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition", "Prison Song", "Psycho", "Rains of Castamere" live at The Forum 2017, "Reconstructive Demonstrations", "The Reverend King", "Riot", "Road to Nowhere", "Rumi", "Rumi Loves His Cars", "Saving Us", "Shimmy", "Sky Is Over" & "Sky Is Over" live Lowlands 2010, "Sound of War" Live at the forum 2008, "Straight Out The Gate", "Streamline", "Suite-Pee", "This Cocaine Makes Me Feel Like I'm On This Song", "Toxicity" live Rock 'n' Heim 2013, "Tyrant's Gratitude", "The Unthinking Majority", "Virginity", "War?", "Your Mom")
B4 ("Artsakh", "Attack", "Baby", "Beatus", "Butterfly", "Chic 'N' Stu", "Chimes of Freedom", "Crazy Train", "Don't Go Off Wandering", "Elasticity", "Fears", "Feed Us", "Feel Good", "Figure It Out", "Harakiri", "Holiday In Cambodia" live VMA 2007, "Holy Mountains", "Honking Antelope", "How Many Times?", "If It Ain't You Today It Will Be You Tomorrow", "Kill Rock 'N Roll", "Know", "Left of Center", "Like A Stone" live Rock Im Park 2017, "Miso Soup", "Mr. Jack" live Download Festival 2005, "Pop Imperialism", "Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition", "Question!", "Radio/Video", "Revenga", "Sad Statue", "Shooting Helicopters", "Soldier Side", "Spiders" live Astoria 2005, "Terminal Beauty", "U-Fig", "Uneducated Democracy", "The Unthinking Majority", "Violent Pornography", "We Are", "We Are The 99 Percent", "Wings of Summer")
B♭4 ("A.D.D.", "Beethoven's C***", "Black Thunder", "Boom!", "Borders Are…", "Charades", "Ching Chime", "Chop Suey!", "Cornucopia", "CUBErt", "Deer Dance", "Drama", "Dreaming", "Electric Yerevan", "Electron", "Empty Walls", "Facing The Plastic", "Flake", "Forest", "Forget Me Knot", "Friik", "F**k the System", "Forgive Me Father", "Goddamn Trigger", "Honey", "I-E-A-I-A-I-O", "Improvisational Noize", "Innervision", "Jet Pilot", "Know", "Lie Lie Lie", "Mastertarium" live Sparta 2000, "Mind", "Money", "Mr. Jack", "Nanook Rubs It", "Narina", "Needles", "No Tomorrow", "Nüguns", "Outer Space", "Peace Be Revenged", "Pictures", "P.L.U.C.K.", "Prison Song", "Protect the Land", "Psycho", "Radio/Video", "Reality TV", "Reconstructive Demonstrations", "Rumi", "Science", "Shame", "Shimmy", "Sky Is Over" Elect The Dead Symphony, "Snowblind", "Soil", "Sugar", "Suggestions", "Suite-Pee", "Toxicity", "U-Fig", "Uneducated Democracy", "Vicinity of Obscenity", "Viktor", "War?", "We Are One", "Weave On", "Will They Die 4 You", "X", "Yes, It's Genocide", "Your Mom")
A4 ("36", "Aerials" live Astoria Theatre London 2005, "Bird's Eye", "B.Y.O.B.", "Crazy Train", "DDevil", "Falling Stars", "Fears", "Feed Us", "Forgive Me Father", "Garuna", "How Many Times?", "I Spoke Up", "Incinerator", "Johnny", "Left of Center", "Needles", "Out Of Line", "Patterns", "P.L.U.C.K.", "Pop Imperialism", "Psycho", "Question!", "The Race", "The Rough Dog", "Sad Statue", "Save The Blonde", "Sound of War" Live at the forum 2008, "Starman", "Straight Out The Gate", "Temper", "Tentative", "Terminal Beauty", "Tyrant's Gratitude", "The Unthinking Majority", "Waiting Hare", "We Are", "Where The Streets Have No Name")
G♯4 ("A.D.D.", "Aerials", "Amber", "Attack", "ATWA", "Bari Arakeel", "Beethoven's C***", "Black Thunder", "Bounce", "B.Y.O.B.", "Cigaro", "Cinema", "Cornucopia", "CUBErt", "Deer Dance", "Electric Yerevan", "Empty Walls", "Flake", "Forest", "Forget Me Knot", "F**k the System", "Genocidal Humanoidz", "Highway Song", "Holy Mountains", "Honking Antelope", "If It Ain't You Today It Will Be You Tomorrow", "Innervision", "Jet Pilot", "Occupied Tears", "Old School Hollywood", "Radio/Video", "Rains of Castamere" live at The Forum 2017, "Reconstructive Demonstrations", "Revenga", "Revolver", "Rumi Loves His Cars", "Soil", "Soldier Side", "Song of Sand", "Streamline", "Suite-Pee", "Tentative", "Total Paranoia", "U-Fig", "Vicinity of Obscenity", "Violent Pornography", "Virginity", "Will They Die 4 You", "X")
G4 ("Aerials", "Artsakh", "Bird of Paradise", "Black Blooms", "Boom!", "Borders Are...", "Charades", "Chimes of Freedom", "Chop Suey!", "Darts", "Deafening Silence", "Deserving?", "Disowned Inc.", "Don't Go Off Wandering", "Dreaming", "Ego Brain", "Elect The Dead", "Electric Yerevan", "Feed Us", "Figure It Out", "Gate 21", "Genocidal Humanoidz", "Hali", "Highway Song", "Honey", "How Many Times?", "I-E-A-I-A-I-O", "Know", "Like A Stone" live Rock Im Park 2017, "Metro", "Mind", "Mushroom Cult", "No Tomorrow", "Outer Space", "Peephole", "Pictures", "Protect the Land", "Rumi", "Saving Us", "Science", "Shame", "Shimmy", "Shooting Helicopters", "Sky Is Over", "Spiders", "Storaged", "Sugar", "Sulfur and Cheese", "Thetawaves", "Toast", "Toxicity", "Virginity", "Waiting Hare", "War?", "Weave On", "Where The Streets Have No Name", "Your Mom")
Significant Low Notes:
D3 ("A.D.D.", "Chop Suey" live Pinkpop 2002, "Cinema", "Coma", "Deserving?", "Ego Brain", "Electron", "Fears", "Forgive Me Father", "Garuna", "Honey", "Left of Center", "Marmalade", "Money", "P.L.U.C.K.", "Psycho", "The Rough Dog", "Roulette", "Save The Blonde", "Stealing Society", "Sulfur and Cheese")
C♯3 ("Bird of Paradise", "Black Thunder", "Butterfly", "Cornucopia", "Falling Stars", "Figure It Out", "Genocidal Humanoidz", "Holy Mountains", "Mein", "Miso Soup", "Mushroom Cult", "Path To Zero", "Peepshow" several live performances, "P.L.U.C.K" Demo Tape 1 version, "Road to Nowhere", "Sad Statue", "Starlit Eyes", "Straight Out The Gate", "Tentative", "War?" live Download Festival 2005)
C3 ("Aerials", "Amber", "Beethoven's C***", "Blue", "Charades", "Chimes of Freedom", "Ching Chime", "Cinema", "Deafening Silence", "Disowned Inc.", "Dreaming", "Drugs" live in Lowlands 2001, "Elasticity", "Elect The Dead", "Empty Walls", "Holy Mountains" various live performances, "I-E-A-I-A-I-O", "Incinerator", "Industrialized Overload", "Innervision", "Lie Lie Lie", "Mr. Jack", "Needles" live Armenia 2015, "No Tomorrow", "Occupied Tears", "Peace Be Revenged", "Pop Imperialism", "Prison Song", "The Race", "Rains of Castamere" live at The Forum 2017, "Reality TV", "The Reverend King", "Roulette", "Rumi", "Rumi Loves His Cars", "Science", "Sky Is Over", "Snowblind", "Soldier Side", "Song of Sand", "Spiders", "Streamline", "Toxicity", "The Unthinking Majority", "Virginity", "The Walking Xperiment", "We Are One", "Weave On")
B2 ("Baby", "Beatus", "Beethoven's C***" live at the Forum 2008, "Chic 'N' Stu" Demo version, "Der Voghormia", "Distant Thing", "Feed Us", "I Spoke Up", "Lie Lie Lie" live at Pemberton Festival 2008, "Martigi Yerke", "No Tomorrow", "Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition", "Road to Nowhere", "Sugar" Demo Tape 1, "Wings of Summer")
B♭2 ("A.D.D.", "Borders Are...", "Black Melon", "Ching Chime", "Disowned Inc.", "Gate 21", "Goddamn Trigger", "Lost In Hollywood", "Mind", "No Tomorrow", "Sky Is Over", "Toxicity", "Violent Pornography", "Yes, It's Genocide")
A2 ("Ari Im Sokhag", "Bari Arakeel", "Black Blooms", "Forget Me Knot", "Improvisational Noize", "Lost In Hollywood" live Rock in Rio 2011, "Martigi Yerke", "Pop Imperialism", "Terminal Beauty")
G♯2 (Singing "Bari Arakeel" with his father, "B.Y.O.B.", "Der Voghormia", "Distant Thing", "Honking Antelope", "Patterns", "Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition", "Tentative", "Your Mom")
G2 ("Black Blooms", "Forget Me Knot", "Incinerator", "Peace Be Revenged", "Rains of Castamere" live at The Forum 2017, "The Rough Dog", "Total Paranoia")
F♯2 ("Boom!", "Der Voghormia", "Distant Thing", "Patterns", "Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition", "Radio/Video")
F2 ("Radio/Video" live Rock in Rio 2015, "Rains of Castamere" live at The Forum 2017, "Rumi", "Streamline")
E2 ("Ari Im Sokhag")
D2 ("Arto", "Don't Eat The Yellow Snow")
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Blue marks falsetto or whistle notes.
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Green marks harsh, distorted notes
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.
{Questionable Notes:}C♯7 ("Vicinity of Obscenity" [1])
G♯6 ("Suite-Pee" live Cincinnati 2000 [4])
F♯6 ("Bounce" [2])
F6 ("Lie, Lie Lie" [1], "Soil" live Ohio 1999 [4], "Suite-Pee" Live Denver 1999 [4])
E6 ("Suite Pee" Several Live performances between 1998-2000 [4])
E♭6 ("Forest" [4], "Save The Blonde" [3])
C♯6 ("Mind" Demo tape 4 version [4])
C6 ("Darts" [5])
B♭5 ("I-E-A-I-A-I-O" [3], "Mind" [4])
D2 ("Black Blooms" [1])
C♯2 ("Facing The Plastic" [2])
C2 ("Arto" [4], "War?" Music video version [3], "Don't Eat The Yellow Snow" [5])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
G♯6 ("Suite-Pee" live Cincinnati 2000 [4])
F♯6 ("Bounce" [2])
F6 ("Lie, Lie Lie" [1], "Soil" live Ohio 1999 [4], "Suite-Pee" Live Denver 1999 [4])
E6 ("Suite Pee" Several Live performances between 1998-2000 [4])
E♭6 ("Forest" [4], "Save The Blonde" [3])
C♯6 ("Mind" Demo tape 4 version [4])
C6 ("Darts" [5])
B♭5 ("I-E-A-I-A-I-O" [3], "Mind" [4])
D2 ("Black Blooms" [1])
C♯2 ("Facing The Plastic" [2])
C2 ("Arto" [4], "War?" Music video version [3], "Don't Eat The Yellow Snow" [5])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
{Album Ranges:}System of a Down:
System of a Down (1998): B♭2 - B5
Toxicity (2001): D2 - F♯5
Steal This Album! (2002): F2 - G5
Mezmerize (2005): F♯2 - B♭5
Hypnotize (2005): G♯2 - E6
Solo:
Serart (2003): B2 - G♯5
Elect The Dead (2007): F♯2 - E6
Imperfect Harmonies (2010): B♭2 - F♯5
Harakiri (2012): G2 - F5
System of a Down (1998): B♭2 - B5
Toxicity (2001): D2 - F♯5
Steal This Album! (2002): F2 - G5
Mezmerize (2005): F♯2 - B♭5
Hypnotize (2005): G♯2 - E6
Solo:
Serart (2003): B2 - G♯5
Elect The Dead (2007): F♯2 - E6
Imperfect Harmonies (2010): B♭2 - F♯5
Harakiri (2012): G2 - F5
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