Trivia

Is of Japanese, Chinese, and Taiwanese descent.

Guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, and lead vocalist and only constant member of the Patrick Lew Band. Also played rhythm guitar in the defunct San Francisco post-hardcore band, the Band of Asians between 2005 to 2008. And freelances with other musicians locally in Northern California in hobbyist jam sessions at his garage.

Favorite bands are Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Green Day, The Rolling Stones, AFI, Tesla, Dead Kennedys, White Lion, Blink 182, The Black Keys, and The Vines.

His first concert was the Australian grunge band Silverchair in 1997.

Signature guitar is an Epiphone "Hot Rod" Les Paul.

Dropped out of college initially age 19 at City College of San Francisco to initially pursue his music career full-time. But later reenrolled at California State University, East Bay, graduating in June 11, 2011 with a B.A. in Philosophy.

His first jobs were a stocksperson at a toy store and cashier at Tower Records.

Met Blink 182 at San Francisco's defunct Virgin Megastore at age 15 while beginning his career as a musician.

He originally wanted to be a professional basketball player or cartoonist.

Received his first guitar at age 13, the guitar was later donated to a local charity for a music school near Patrick's childhood home which now belongs to an unbeknownst guitar instructor. Lew also took a few guitar lessons there.

Went to Raoul Wallenberg High School.

Also plays bass and piano.

Was voted "Most Original Personality" while in middle school.

Is an avid TV watcher. His favorite TV shows are Big Bang Theory, Law and Order: SVU, Family Matters, Full House, Unsolved Mysteries, and Tosh.0.

His name was acknowledged in a few past issues of EQ, a home recording magazine for musicians. Lew was mentioned advertising his music in the Patrick Lew Band.

Once auditioned for America's Got Talent performing a Rolling Stones cover when auditions were being hosted in San Francisco.

In addition to making home-made videos of him or his band performing music, he is also known for his raunchy humor in the form of a rant or video blog on his YouTube account.

Aside from being a professional musician and artist, Patrick worked as a full-time merchandiser while continuing to record and perform.

His semi-viral song "Little Miss Preppy" was written about his celebrity crush Ashley Tisdale.

Has a brother called Ricky.

Was ranked number one local punk artist on ReverbNation.com in 2012 in the San Francisco East Bay region.

His band mainly self-produces and self-records their own music at his home. He often depended on himself on what made his music accessible before being uploaded on social-media websites, despite lack of skill and technique, attempting to create something that accurately described his look or sound. Despite this, most of his music had production flaws and some inconsistency with his band's musical performance on recordings, which resulted in some negative reception from critics, but applauded by some people for its raw, unpolished and straight-ahead big sound.

Often collects printed materials of the Patrick Lew Band that are found on the Internet.

His song "Shanghai Kiss" was about the struggles and triumphs that Asian men and White women faced in interracial relationships.

Aside from his passion for playing music, he became a spokesmodel for the "cord cutting movement" in 2014 due to his love for television, home theater and encouraging his followers on social-media to become more fiscally responsible. He recorded a song with the band Heavy Sigma explaining his message to television fans. His song "Cut The Cord" landed him an endorsement with television antenna manufacturing company, Antennas Direct.

Despite his heritage and nurturing background, he was a "special needs" student while in school.

Has stated on the social-media about a possible interest in acting.

His mom was 34 and his dad was 37 when he was born.