THE SLANTS

The Portland Chinatown Museum presents its first music history exhibition, What’s Worth the Fight: The History of the Slants. One of the first all-Asian-American dance-rock bands, The Slants are best known for their '80s-driven synth-pop (affectionately dubbed by fans…

Over the past few weeks, we've been dropping new music videos to our YouTube channel as well as premiering content with a number of magazines. We hope you'll take a look and watch:

The Band Plays On (feat. Bao): video…

Author Mia Wenjen and illustrator Victor Bizar Gomez recently completed this gorgeous new book based on Simon Tam's childhood and our band's journey to the Supreme Court. 

Pre-order it here!

See below for a description and a couple of previews…

If you're looking for a little piece of history from The Slants, we  have exhibits open across the country right now. Check them out for some a fun, educational look at Chinatown Dance Rock:

FIRST AMENDMENT MUSEUM (AUGUSTA, MAINE)

In…

Our newest single, What Will People Say (feat. Mikara), just premiered on Rock And Roll Globe. Give it a listen now: https://rockandrollglobe.com/dance-rock/listen-the-slants-share-what-will-people-say/ 

The new album, The Band Plays On, officially releases on October 20th!

Our newest (and final) album will be available in a special limited edition gold vinyl. Check out 11 brand-new tracks featuring nearly every current and former member of the band along with 14 guest artists. You'll also get access to…

This fall, we'll be doing a limited series of appearances on the East Coast and Pacific Northwest. From storytelling and music presentations to sharing excerpts of our opera, we're really excited to connect with you! If you're interested in having…

For the last several months, Joe and I have been writing the libretto and composing music for a forthcoming opera! We were selected one of the first creative teams for Opera Theatre of Saint Louis' New Works Collective program. We're…

We just got back from the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) conference in Philadelphia, PA, where Joe and I got to share stories and storytelling. This was the second time that I've done this event but I wanted…

We're making our first full-band appearance since we retired from touring for a special event at the Songbirds Foundation.  We'll be helping raise money for the Guitars for Kids programs by sharing our story and some of our songs. This…

This week marked five years since our historic win at the Supreme Court. The decision that day was unanimous, something that seems implausible in our deeply divided times. 

As you know, our band retired from live touring in 2019 so…

During lockdown over the past two years, we've been busy writing songs. That's right: we're steadily working our way to a new album.

Many people think that the band completely retired in 2019, after our last show in Portland, Oregon…