Metal Anarchy

System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian has shared a preview of the audiobook version of his recently released memoir “Down With The System.” You can listen to that excerpt at the bottom of this post.

Tankian commented:

“Hi, I’m Serj Tankian. I wrote a book called ‘Down With The System’. It’s a memoir of sorts. The idea wasn’t to do a memoir. The idea was to do a book about the intersection of justice and spirituality, a philosophical book, if you will. But it turned out to be something altogether different. So it is a memoir, but it’s also a lot of lessons learned, a lot of cool things.

My favorite part of writing the book was really digging deep into my past, my parents’ past, my grandparents’ past, learning more about my family, my roots, my intentions. It was a free therapy session for me, an incredible one.

The audiobook was quite different than writing the book. Most of it I’ve read in a very natural fashion, just like I’m talking now.

When you listen to an audiobook by an author in their own voice, you want it to be that — you don’t want it to be someone reading something; you want it to be someone feeling and living something.

I’m really proud of the book and I’m looking forward to all of you reading it and listening to the audiobook.

Listen to ‘Down With The System’ on Audible today.”

[via Blabbermouth]