Thomas Ransom was not the first of his generation to imagine rock 'n' roll as a way out. But he took it to the extreme, first, as an outrageous singer in seventies' New York, then as editor of the scrappy Detroit magazine that invented punk. All this, despite being raised in an unreconstructed Southern family ferociously determined to make him something else. Inspired by the author's experience as a musician and former editor of Creem, LOUDMOUTH tracks an impassioned young seeker finding his way among the punks, hippies, and wild geniuses of rock when music was the center of the world. With echoes of Almost Famous and Just Kids, LOUDMOUTH is a novel about growing up while falling down. | Loudmouth by Robert Duncan, Paperback | Indigo Chapters