Ultimate-guitar.com caught up with Serj, who is currently in the mixing process for his own solo album, to discuss being attracted by the band's stage presence.

- Serj Impressed With Fair To Midlands Live Performance

"Yeah, when I first saw them at The Roxy a while back and I saw them at The Malibu Inn a couple of days after that and I was very impressed with the performance on stage. I thought if someone, I had heard the music and I really liked the music but it was more about seeing them live and they really impressed me. If you put people in front of this band they are definitely going to like this band because they just go nuts on stage. Thats a part of it. And Andrew, his voice is very dynamic. It's very truthful you know and there's not a lot of that out there as we all know. So that was very impressive. The musics amazing and it has huge elements of progressive rock in my opinion. They go in a lot of different directions stylistically and melodically and you know I enjoy that. Obviously I wouldnt have signed them otherwise."

- So what about Serj's performance of 'Walls Of Jericho' with Fair to Midland at Coachella? Who's idea was that?

"I forgot whose idea it was, whether it was Darrohs idea or mine, but I love their music and listening to it during the demo stage through recording and mixing and it's in my head, you know and I really love their songs. Yeah, I wanted to go up and do a song with them. But we didnt rehearse or anything, we just did it on the fly you know. Yeah, improv, its the best."

Fair to Midlands full length debut release 'Fables From A Mayfly - What I Tell You Three Times Is True', which was produced by Serj Tankian, will be released June 12th on Serjical Strike Records. The band has just released their animated video for Dance of the Manatee and they were also recently in the studio recording acoustic versions of a few songs, which was the first time the band had to opportunity to record their songs acoustically.

Fair to Midland are currently on tour in support of their up coming release with dates extending until June 10th at The Download Festival in the UK. Look for the band at The Bamboozle Festival in New Jersey on May 6th Rock Am Ring and Rock Im Park on June 2nd and 3rd in Germany.

Source: ultimate-guitar.com

> Watch Video interview with Serj talking about Fair To Midland Here or Download it from Here.

>> You can Download a bootleg video of Serj's performance with Fair to Midland at Coachella Here (or from rapidshare)

>>> Check Photos set from Serj's performance with FTM (with backstage photos) in the PhotoGallery

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