Not Re: [SEELANGS] Russian Rock

[Sibelan E S Forrester]

Elena Prokhorova's question about translated lyrics reminded me to 
post this, for list members interested in Slavic/East 
European/Eurasian and North American popular music connections:

My resident teenager informs me that the members of the Los Angeles 
group System of a Down are Armenian ("and their last names all begin 
with -ian," he adds observantly).  They have a distinctive sound in 
which this listener detects numerous folk or folk-like musical 
quotations, as well as some historical references in their lyrics.

There's a fresh interview with the lead singer, Serj Tankian, at 
<http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-et-serj24oct24,0,6075653.story?coll=la-home-middleright> 
(he's just released a solo CD project), plus several million other 
hits on Google.

With best regards,

Sibelan


Sibelan Forrester
Russian/Modern Languages and Literatures
Swarthmore College

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