LEWNATIC
Let’s dive into the fascinating world of Lewnatic, a band that orbits around the enigmatic Patrick Lew Hayashi. 🎸🌟
NAME: Patrick Lew Hayashi
Date of Birth: November 15, 1985
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States of America
GEAR USED: Mid-2012 MacBook Pro, Early 2015 MacBook Air, HP Victus Laptop (2022), Fender Telecaster, PreSonus Audiobox iOne, Logic Pro, Marshall CODE50 Amp, VOCALOID (for Madeline Lew's lead vocals), iMovie (for making YouTube videos), iPhone 13 PRO + various apps, Boss DS-2 Pedal, 20-Watt Glarry Practice Amp, A.I. Music Generators.
CONTACT INFO: [email protected]
Remember, Lewnatic isn’t just a band; it’s a sonic adventure fueled by Patrick Lew’s unwavering creativity. 🎶✨
Patrick Lew Hayashi (Lewnatic) is a YouTuber, guitarist, singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and bedroom producer from San Francisco, CA.
Born to a Chinese father and a Sino-Japanese mother in 1985, Hayashi began playing guitar at age 13. Whilst in high school, he began posting his home demo recordings online under various names.
By 2006, he began a semi-pro indie music career under the once reviled, but now so-called prolific Patrick Lew Band. He has an extensive back catalog with his musical work with PLB, consisting of 13 full-length albums, one live album, and several EP’s and singles. A year after making his semi-pro debut in the Internet music scene and locally, he began uploading videos on YouTube.
Hayashi was also renowned for his cross-dressing male-to-female alter-ego Madeline Lew in the Patrick Lew Band, who is also a virtual band member and avatar in PLB. Which began his road to success in indie music, after several years of false starts and deeply intense setbacks in his life. The introduction of his cross-dressing alter-ego in the Patrick Lew Band also helped restore his public image on social-media, and started his popularity in indie music and locally with PLB.
By Summer 2019, Patrick Lew Hayashi formed Lewnatic with his former friend Ahmed in the Bay Area music scene. Originally a rap-metal duo, Lewnatic quickly began playing live residencies at San Francisco’s famous DNA Lounge once-a-month until the COVID-19 pandemic hit. The project’s band name Lewnatic was derived from his father’s surname and the word “Lunatic.” After a performance at DNA Lounge on March 8, 2020, his friend and Patrick himself went their separate ways, pursuing their own music and creative avenues outside of the then-band.
A few years later during 2022, Hayashi relaunched the band Lewnatic as a “stripped down” touring and live-streaming experiment, as a spin-off related to the Patrick Lew Band. He quickly signed with the New York City based Bentley Records on July 19, 2022. Recording and releasing three EP’s under the Lewnatic banner during 2022 and 2023 while signed to his record label. Lewnatic’s 3rd album STARRCADE was launched worldwide on July 26, 2024 on all the music streaming apps and websites.
During 2022 and 2023, Lewnatic performed a few live-stream shows directly on his YouTube channel. And during 2022, Lewnatic performed at DNA Lounge (2-20-2022) and at Flores De Mayo (5-20-2022) at YMCA in San Francisco. On Memorial Day 2023, Lewnatic (as Patrick Lew Hayashi) was interviewed on Luke Sauer's podcast on YouTube and all over social-media, performing on-air and discussing a variety of topics. On December 12, 2023, Lewnatic taped an impromptu jam session at a friend's reherarsal space in Berkeley, California, which is also uploaded on his YouTube channel. By 2024, Lewnatic took a break from live-stream and onstage performances, but done a short CD and QR code promotional tour across Los Angeles in mid-May 2024 for his band.
With influences such as Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Metallica, Green Day, Guns N’ Roses, Oasis, X Japan, The Beatles, and many other iconic rock bands from yesteryear, Hayashi’s introspective lyrics, and fiery yet manic guitar skills are always showcased in his compositions. With themes of alienation, resilience, and self-empowering identity. Lewnatic’s compositions are very much a blend of pop-metal, 90’s grunge, and classic rock. Lewnatic’s music is based on a simple basic setup: a Fender Telecaster, 50 watt Marshall amp, and a laptop showcasing a wide array of digitally edited arrangements consisting of beats and instrumentals on the AUX cables.
When not making music and doing digital marketing for it globally, and when not making and uploading new YouTube videos, Patrick Lew Hayashi spends his free time reading, playing video games, watching television, going out with his small circle of friends, immersing himself in the Asian-American and Japanese community, going out to live music and wrestling events. He is most happiest being married to his partner Amanda Lew (known professionally as Manda Kay on YouTube) and working his full-time job outside of music at Costco Wholesale.
Since an early age, Hayashi had an obsession of becoming a prolific East Asian musician and making cool music. He sings, raps, plays lead guitar, bass, and uses AI-generated rock instrumentals that are digitally edited, and mixes the majority of his ideas. He has toured all across Northern California with various local punk bands, and his music has reached 60 countries globally online in six continents through social-media.
Looking ahead, Patrick envisions continuing to break boundaries with PLB and Lewnatic, exploring new musical landscapes, and further cementing his place in the indie music world.
