<P> Tankian's breakthrough as a solo artist came with the release of his debut record Elect the Dead . The first singles from Elect the Dead are "The Unthinking Majority" and "Empty Walls". The music video "Feed Us" was released on the Swedish and UK MTV . Tankian appeared on MTV's You Rock The Deuce to promote Elect the Dead . A music video was directed and filmed for every song on the record, each by unique directors . Tankian explained, "I asked each of the directors for their visual interpretation of my work . They were asked not to write treatments and that they could make whatever they liked . The results have been overwhelmingly amazing!" Some music videos were initially released exclusively to those who purchased the limited edition of Elect the Dead, while all of the music videos, except "Money", have since been publicly released on Tankian's website and YouTube channel . Some videos have alternative versions which were originally released as well, but later altered . </P> <P> Three different promo versions of the album have surfaced to the public . The instrumental promotional version, issued by Serjical Strike / Reprise Records and intended for the music and movie industry, contains instrumental versions of the twelve album tracks . Another promotional version, issued by Reprise Records and made only for individual reviewers, features the album in final master form . This promotional CD - R, which was labeled "Smart Talk" as a codename for "Serj Tankian" to prevent leaking by unauthorized persons, also indicates that the album was finalized prior to August 20, 2007 (2007 - 08 - 20). Before this a similar but undated promo, also under the name' Smart Talk', was issued featuring the final versions of the songs, albeit not yet mastered . Whilst the printed track list on this version is identical to the released album, tracks ten and eleven are in fact juxtaposed on the promo itself . </P> <P> The official tour for Elect the Dead commenced on October 12, 2007 with a show at Chicago's Vic theater . Roughly one thousand people attended the first concert . Although Tankian had stated he would not be performing any material by his former band, System of a Down, he performed "Charades" and "Blue", songs co-written by Daron Malakian, the guitarist of System of a Down . "Blue" had previously appeared on their Fourth Demo Tape in 1998, and Charades was attempted during the 2005 Mezmerize / Hypnotize sessions, but never released (although a short video clip of Tankian and Dolmayan playing the song in a recording studio was featured on "the Making of Mezmerize / Hypnotize"). Although it is originally a song restricted to piano and vocals, Tankian used his backing band, the Flying Cunts of Chaos (F.C.C.), to provide guitars, drums, and bass . The songs "Beethoven's Cunt", Empty Walls, and Sky Is Over are available as downloadable content for Rock Band . A portion of the song "Lie Lie Lie" is currently featured in the opening title sequence of NBC's Fear Itself, a horror anthology show from the creators of Masters of Horror, and can be viewed on the show's main website . </P> <P> More recently, he sang with Les Rita Mitsouko on the song "Terminal Beauty". Also, he sang with the band Fair to Midland during a live improvisational version of their song "Walls of Jericho", from the album Fables from a Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True, which was a massive hit with fans . </P>

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