Members of Louder Transition

Rebel Rabbit is a 37 year old transgender woman who has loved punk rock since she was 16. It all started when she was building WW2 airplane models in her parents unfinished basement - trust me she was really cool in high school - and put on Pennywise's Full Circle for the first time. Rebel Rabbit was blown away and never turned back.

Rebel Rabbit was always political. In college, she worked with various drug reform policy groups and helped organize "Know Your Rights" training. She was also involved in political groups ranging from "Students for Liberty" to "Students for a Democratic Society."

After college, life slowed down for Rebel Rabbit as she got married and had kids. She was still social and even cofounded (a now defunct) Alliance of the Libertarian Left chapter in Austin, TX. After Rebel Rabbit came out, she got heavily involved in LGBT non profit volunteering at community centers and donating web work (what she does professionally).

James is a 42-year-old living his second life in the punk world. In high school and college James was the guitarist and singer for a couple of punk bands in Toronto. Two decades later he decided to play drums instead because he gets to sit down. James is a raging leftist who used to piss in the wind in Facebook political arguments but now prefers to make statements with LTC.

Phil is a 28 year old High School Music Teacher based out of High Point, North Carolina. He is a band director by day and a punk rocker by night. His primary instrument is the tuba, but bass is his secondary. He started playing bass in high school when he joined the Jazz Band. He got into bass because he enjoyed jazz and thought it might be fun. He quickly learned he loved being in the rhythm section and holding down the low end.

Phil's music tastes vary but there has always been a special place in his heart for metal/punk. "There is something special about the community that forms from the outcasts. We are no longer outcasts when we are together - we are all the same and that makes us feel loved and seen." Visibility is key in this world and that is something that matters to Phil a lot. His teaching philosophy is, "As long as you are having fun and trying - I don't care how amazing you are. Music heals the soul and if you are healing - that's good enough for me!"

Phil enjoys the punk scene a lot because of the amazing community that exists. Though he is newer to the scene - he is continuing to learn every day. "I'm here to fight the power and be a voice for those oppressed. I want people to hear us and hear our message and stand with us."

Phil is also an out and proud member of the LGBTQIA+ community. He is pansexual and proud of who he is. "It took a long time to accept who I was - fighting those battles regularly still - but I will continue to be me, everyday." Phil loves the community and wants to help make the world a better place through music.

"Fight the power and be a good human being!"

I've been in the music world since I was 12 — choir kid turned chaotic punk vocalist. Singing started as a survival tactic, a way to drown out the noise when I got thrown into the foster care system. It wasn't about chasing a dream. It was about staying grounded when everything else was falling apart.

I grew up in Ohio and made the move to North Carolina at 18, looking for something—anything—that felt like mine. Music became that place. A kind of rebellion. A kind of home.

I never planned on making it my whole life. But like everything I do, I threw myself in with no map and no plan — joined a band, barely knowing what the hell I was doing. Now, I wouldn't trade it for anything. The late-night sessions, the messy breakdowns, the breakthroughs, the noise, the sweat, the laughter… all of it.

I've found family in this band. We're not perfect, but we're loud. We're honest. We're trying. And I can't wait to keep growing with these weirdos and see where we end up next.