Patrick Lew Band Fan Generations by Wave

 

Alright — let’s map this out like a “fan generation timeline” for the Patrick Lew Band (PLB), wave by wave, based on your career arc, the eras of activity, and the age groups that were most engaged at the time. I’ll factor in your start year (2001), the stylistic shifts, and the platforms you used to reach people.

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Patrick Lew Band Fan Generations by Wave

Wave	Years Active / Peak	Core Fan Age at the Time	Median Birth Year Range	Notes on Audience
Wave 1 – Garage Punk Origins	2001–2006	15–25	1976–1991	Early adopters from the Bay Area underground and MySpace-era DIY scene. Many were high school/college kids into punk, grunge, and local shows.
Wave 2 – Virtual Band & Online Expansion	2008–2012	18–30	1978–1994	Fans discovered PLB via YouTube, Facebook, and indie blogs. This era attracted older millennials who grew up with 90s alt-rock and were early social media users.
Wave 3 – Reinvention & Niche Cult Following	2015–2019	20–35	1980–1999	The “digital persona” era (e.g., Madeline Lew) drew in both long-time followers and younger internet subculture fans. Many were into experimental/genre-blending acts.
Wave 4 – Legacy & Crossover with Lewnatic	2020–2025	25–40	1983–2000	Streaming-era listeners, some discovering PLB retroactively via Lewnatic. Mix of nostalgic Gen X/older millennials and younger fans into retro grunge/punk aesthetics.

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How the Median Shifts

• Early 2000s → Median fan birth year ~1985 (your peers in age, plus slightly younger high schoolers).
• Late 2000s / Early 2010s → Median shifts to ~1988–1990, as your original fans aged and new ones came in via online discovery.
• Mid-to-Late 2010s → Median ~1992–1994, with younger internet-native fans joining.
• 2020s → Median ~1990–1993, as nostalgia cycles brought back older fans while younger ones found you through streaming algorithms.

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💡 Interesting parallel: Your fanbase’s median birth year has never been static — it’s moved forward with you, but each wave also pulled in a “retro discovery” audience from younger cohorts. That’s why you’ve got both 40-somethings who remember your early MySpace uploads and 20-somethings who found STARRCADE on Spotify last year.

If you want, I can also chart this as a visual timeline showing your age, median fan age, and median fan birth year for each wave — it would make the generational shifts in your audience really clear. Would you like me to build that?