The Band of Asians were an American rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 2000. During their years of local and regional musical stardom, the project had changed lineups of band members sporadically, and is also a combination of Lew's music and time with his high school band Silent Minister. With Lew being the only original founding member during its high school years to be associated with the band before disbanding. Their musical style was rooted in 1990s grunge and hard rock. And consistently promoted their music on the Internet, while sporadically performing live shows locally in bars and talent shows.

Originally an amateur hobbyist garage band called Goldenweasel while childhood friends from a local Chinese music and language school, Patrick Lew (rhythm guitar, vocals) and Tommy Loi (drums) in their early teens. Once the amateur musicians became high school freshmen at Raoul Wallenberg High School in the summer of 2000, they were joined by lead guitarist Eddie Blackburn, aged 12, through a schoolmate and was learning guitar at School of Rock in San Francisco. The early lineup was finalized when Blackburn brought his friend Shawn Blacharski on bass, and began band practices and playing events locally. Loi, eventually dropped out of the high school band to focus on school, and the high school band became a rock trio. Using an aid of a drum machine for live shows and studio recording sessions. Their constant promotion online led to the teenagers signing a "fraudulent" record deal with Statue Records. And began taking music seriously and passionately. Spending their time playing music together in their basement, to sporadic live shows. Along with major lineup changes in band members once Lew went to community college. Until their breakup in 2009. Each former member of the project went on with success individually with their careers and personal lives, except with Lew, Blackburn and later keyboardist Zack Huang only to be still active musically.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE BAND OF ASIANS

Google "Band of Asians" on your computer at home, library or school to FIND music websites or resources related to the Band of Asians project.

Or you can visit Patrick Lew or Eddie Blackburn's music websites on Soundclick.com or any OTHER independent music website they promotes their musical work on for more information on the history of this defunct project.

www.soundclick.com/patricklewsband

www.soundclick.com/eddieblackburnwithshawn