Lewnatic

LEWNATIC is an Asian-American rock band from San Francisco, originally formed in 2019 by just YouTuber and Sino-Japanese-American musician Patrick Lew Hayashi. The band has its origins from their musical predecessor Patrick Lew Band. The band would eventually make minor splashes in the indie music circuit. Also making airwaves in the Japanese-American community and in general online just a few months after starting out. This is their story. Behind the music! In December 2019, Filipino-American rapper, multi-instrumentalist and beatmaker A.K.AYE joined the band. Making his first live appearance at their show at San Francisco's historic DNA Lounge. The duo initially rebranded the band formerly known as LEWNATIC into a fiery, sonic and hard hitting rap-metal band known as BENIGNEGLECT. Shifting the band from a Patrick Hayashi oriented solo project dabbling in Japanese speed metal. After a few residencies at San Francisco's DNA Lounge amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the band Benigneglect was indefinitely postponed. Meanwhile, Patrick returned to touring, performing, and recording with the Patrick Lew Band (PLB) full-time shortly after. In 2022, the band was rebranded and reverted back to LEWNATIC and served as a spin-off to the Patrick Lew Band. Shortly after overhauling the project, the band LEWNATIC would release new music independently. LEWNATIC would release their first major album RAPID FIRE! on August 17, 2022 under their record label Bentley Records.