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

 
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“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

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“His compelling memoir is about keeping true to his punk rock heart and making history.”

The Washington Post

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