Song · Serj Tankian
“Empty Walls” by Serj Tankian
From the album Elect the Dead (2007)
“Empty Walls” by Serj Tankian appears on 20 radio countdowns from 16 stations between 2007 and 2008. It was first released in 2007 on the album Elect the Dead. Its best result is #10 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2008. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #39 alternative song of 2007 and #240 of the '00s.
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"Empty Walls" opens Elect the Dead, Serj Tankian's 2007 solo debut, and it was the first single the Armenian-American musician released under his own name. Tankian wrote it, and he surrounds himself with a heavy crew: Bryan "Brain" Mantia on drums, Dan Monti on electric guitar, Cameron Stone on cello and Antonio Pontarelli adding violin. The result is a pummeling rocker with strings sawing away at the edges.
The video took its time, landing on his YouTube channel in October 2009, and it's a pointed piece of work: a children's playroom where the games mirror the September 11 attacks and the war in Iraq that followed. The limited edition of the album added an acoustic take.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
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