Sunday, October 18, 2015

Heavy Sigma Biography


Heavy Sigma is a San Francisco Bay Area rock band formed in 2012 by Asian American-Canadian musician and artist Patrick Lew. Patrick Lew has been active in the Bay Area music scene since 2001, playing guitar and singing in a variety of different local bands, the most notable, being the Patrick Lew Band. Lew was active online on social-media heavily promoting his work with Patrick Lew Band.

Originally, Heavy Sigma was a creative project which Lew recorded music in his studio that was rejected from former members of the Patrick Lew Band prior to their hiatus in 2012. Heavy Sigma released three albums during 2012: Oddities, Taiwanese Rebels and Voyager. All of the music on these albums consisted of material that was turned down by his former bandmates from the then lineup of the Patrick Lew Band. 

Patrick intended Heavy Sigma to be a continuation of the Patrick Lew Band's musical style during their hiatus. Since 2015, he now intends Heavy Sigma to a modern and polished update of the 80's  and 90's rock bands he was inspired by growing up. The band uses modern musical gear such as computers, guitar synthesizers and more incorporated in their music, but maintains their self-described intentions and sound.

For a short time, Anti-Nonsense Networking, an upstart indie label in Washington, handled the band's distribution on social-media. 

After the release of Voyager, Patrick Lew briefly retired from the music business for personal reasons. Following the return of the Patrick Lew Band in music during 2015, Neverfade and former Distorted Harmony drummer Erick Salazar contacted Lew through a private message on Facebook about collaborating on new music together in his studio. Currently the band is recording their fourth album Play It Loud which is being produced by Erick with all music being written by both Patrick and Erick in the studio. 

Alongside his pursuits and activity with the newly revived Patrick Lew Band on the Internet and with the Bay Area music scene, he is also dedicated and passionate about his upcoming musical work with Heavy Sigma with Erick producing. Stay tuned for the latest news on Heavy Sigma's Facebook page!

www.reverbnation.com/heavysigmaband
www.facebook.com/heavysigma
www.youtube.com/djaudiorage66

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