Artist facts:

Tankian, as a student, had a 4.0 grade-point-average. He hated school.

Malakian would like to see Charles Manson released from prison, because he supports Manson's views on the environment.
The band is very opposed to "oppression and aggression." They often take a political stance in their songs.

Tankian has his own record label called Serjical Strike. In April 2006 he signed the band Fair To Midland, which gets their name from an old Texas play on the term "fair to middling."

Tankian and Dolmayan were both born in Lebanon. Odadjian was born in Armenia, and Malakian was born in California. They are all of Armenian descent and their families were effected by the Armenian Genocide, which began in 1915 at the beginning of World War I when the Turkish military began deporting and killing about 1.5 million Armenians.
The band has no piercings or tattoos.

 Dolmayan's dad played the saxophone and Tankian's dad was also a musician.
Serj worked as a shoe salesman before joining the band, and also ran a successful software company.
As a child, Malakian went to Alex Pilibo's Armenian school and has said he still has nightmares from things he endured there. He went to Roosevelt Middle School and Glendale High School, where he frequently cut class. Malakian now lives in Los Angeles and likes to collect candles, Persian rugs, instruments, and skulls.

Before Malakian joined the band, Shavo was the guitarist.
Malakian's father painted all the artwork that was used on their Hypnotize album.
When Dolmayan was a child aged 5, he was lying in his bed when he heard a noise and got scared. He left his room asked his parents if he could sleep with them for the night. A few minutes later, a bullet came through John's bedroom window and hit the bed where Little John would've been sleeping. Soon afterwards, John's father decided that they had to move out of Lebanon.
Tankian published a book of poetry called Cool Gardens. He says the thought of cool gardens relaxes him.
In the fall of 2007 Serj Tankian released his debut solo album Elect The Dead.