I have always loved this band since highschool, and found this incredibly interesting! Thanks to Netgalley for the opportunity to read this!

An excellent memoir that combines Serj's humanitarian efforts and the musical history, that reaches an intertwined climax when System played in Armenia.

I think Daron comes across looking awful, which I don't think is Serj's intention, but his full accounting of his shortcomings and differing of opinions with the band is on display, and yet it's still Daron who comes across like a brat.

Highly recommended for System or Serj fans.

Thanks to NetGalley and Hachette Books for this ARC!

I enjoyed this book and learned more about Armenian Genocide through author's family history. This book would be great for any readers that are unfamiliar with this atrocity. This is much less of a story of lead singer of a rock band, and much more that of an activist. So, if the expectation is to just read about System of a down, this book might not scratch the itch enough.

One nitpick: I’ve read other memoirs and autobiographies before, most of which were quite remarkable and unusual compared to your average person's life. But it never felt like those authors reveled in their specialness. This book had a bit of “not like other girls” vibe in the first third.

I appreciate Tankian's take on 9/11 - that US actions were "contributing to the mass suffering there." Take it from a grandchild of 4 survivors of the Armenian Genocide. Reading this had a real resonance today.