I need a summary of Rivethead by Ben Hamper.

Rivethead: Tales From the Assembly Line by Ben Hamper is a nonfiction memoir of Hamper's life. Hamper was born in 1956 in Flint, Michigan to a blue collar family that worked for General Motors. He followed family tradition in working on the GM assembly line as he gradually established himself as a radio personality and journalist. 

Rivetheadis written in a style associated with "New Journalism" or "Gonzo Journalism", in which the persona of the...

Rivethead: Tales From the Assembly Line by Ben Hamper is a nonfiction memoir of Hamper's life. Hamper was born in 1956 in Flint, Michigan to a blue collar family that worked for General Motors. He followed family tradition in working on the GM assembly line as he gradually established himself as a radio personality and journalist. 

Rivethead is written in a style associated with "New Journalism" or "Gonzo Journalism", in which the persona of the writer, usually a cynical and rebellious one, is an inherent part of the story. Hamper takes on a persona similar to that of Hunter Thompson, portraying himself as a high school rebel and slacker who quickly learned to obtain a regular paycheck at GM on the assembly line while putting in minimal effort and even hanging out at bars while his partner did his work for him. 

In the book, Flint is described as almost a company town, with most families working for automotive factories for generations. Hamper states:

Right from the outset, when the call went out for shoprats, my ancestors responded in almost Pavlovian obedience.

Hamper's own family, however, was unusual in that his father had problems with alcohol, which led to his mother needing to work two jobs. Hamper himself was a rebellious teen who seemed to have inherited his father's substance abuse issues, and barely graduated high school. He married his pregnant girlfriend, but his alcohol and drug abuse led to a inability to hold a regular job and eventually the marriage broke up. 

The bulk of the narrative covers Hamper's years holding down a job on the GM assembly line as he continued to abuse drugs and alcohol and a description of the life and characters surrounding the factory. As many of the GM manufacturing plants were closed in the 1980s, Flint endured an economic recession and developed a high crime rate. Hamper, due to layoffs, moved into a career as a writer, in which he chronicled both factory life and the effects of the decline in manufacturing on Flint.