Glaring Through Oblivion

Informationen zum Autor One of the most unconventional frontman in rock! Serj Tankian is the lead vocalist! songwriter! and keyboardist of the Grammy Award-winning rock band! System Of A Down. Since System Of A Down's hiatus in 2006! Tankian has emerged as a solo artist with his debut album Elect the Dead. Klappentext From Serj Tankian—Grammy Award–winning lead singer of System Of A Down, songwriter, activist, and poet. Following his critically acclaimed debut poetry book, Cool Gardens , comes this new collection of stunning and original poems of darkness and light. Complemented by the transformative illustrations of the noted artist Roger Kupelian. Zusammenfassung In this strikingly illustrated book of original poetry, System of a Down fans gain an intimate glimpse into the soul of the band's frontman, Serj Tankian. For fans stirred by the cerebral lyrics of SOAD albums Hypnotize , Mesmerize , Steal This Album! , Toxicity , and their first, self-titled breakthrough—and for everyone enthusiastic about Serj’s solo album, Imperfect Harmonies —this essential, one-of-a-kind collection of Tankian’s innermost thoughts and feelings is a must-read. Unique illustrations punctuate nearly 70 poems—almost none of which have ever been published before. Glaring through Oblivion is an indispensable find for any true fan.

Product details

• Authors: Serj Tankian, Tankian Serj
• Assisted by: Roger Kupelian (Illustration), Kupelian Roger (Illustration), Sako Shahinian (Editor)
• Publisher: It Books
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 22.03.2011
• Subject: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy
• EAN: 9780062012050
• ISBN: 978-0-06-201205-0
• Pages: 128
• Dimensions (packing): 21.3 x 16 x 1.6 cm
• Subjects: Canada, Biography: general, Poetry, Memoirs, History of Art, Epic, United States of America, USA, Literary essays, Anthologies: general, Individual artists, art monographs, Feminism and feminist theory, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Gender studies: women and girls, Composers and songwriters, Poetry anthologies (various poets), Literature: history and criticism, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Medieval style, LITERARY CRITICISM: American / General, MUSIC: General, LITERARY CRITICISM: Poetry, POETRY: Anthologies (multiple authors), LITERARY CRITICISM: Women Authors, POETRY: General, POETRY: Medieval, POETRY: Epic, POETRY: Haiku *, POETRY: Canadian / General, Poetry by form: Haiku