Author. Musician. Speaker. Troublemaker.

A message of hope that brings people together.
“Dance rock band front man Simon Tam sought to trademark The Slants. His aim was to reappropriate a term long used to disparage a minority group and to render the term a badge of pride. All of us agreed.”
— Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“One of the most inspiring people I have ever heard speak.”
— member, Leadership Council on Legal Diversity

Making Noise.
“For a self-proclaimed troublemaker who took on the Supreme Court with his dance-rock band, The Slants' Tam and bandmate Joe X. Jiang are ready to prove that yes, the band was about politics and reclaiming a racial term for empowerment, but that it was also always about the music.”
-Broadway World
“His compelling memoir is about keeping true to his punk rock heart and making history.”
— The Washington Post
