Online review: 'From the very first chord to the last drum beat of their set this band are just superbly tight. In fact they are so awesome at what they do they could easily be on stage at any metal gig anywhere in the world and be pulling big crowds... They are definitely masters of the art of metal, f**k yeah we want more of them! Any Hong Kong metal heads that have not seen these guys should be ashamed; I can tell you are missing one Hong Kong band that could make a mark on the global metal scene.' - Rob Ascough Online review: 'Basking in the afterglow of their performance at Underground Heavy #7, there seems to be little that can sum up their performance better than 'f***ing awesome', from start to finish. A brilliant performance; the kind that reminds you why live music is always better. Especially when you have a band that gets down and moshes with the crowd. Even getting the audience to mosh can be quite a challenge in Hong Kong, not that you'd know it watching STW. Throwing in a bit of Sweet Child Of Mine between songs was a surprising but welcome way to get the crowd up before the last song. And the little bit of body-slamming towards the end would have given some in the audience a few things to remember the show by. I imagine there would be few among the metal crowd who could ask for anything more than what Shepherds the Weak delivered. Loud, screamy head-bangy goodness. If metal is your thing, I would strongly recommend that you find out where these guys are playing next and be there!' - Keenan Manning History Beginnings Shepherds the Weak was an accident. We didn't set out to form a band - no scouting; no auditions - we were simply a group of young Filipino 'pares' with instruments, mics and a passion for music who stumbled together in 2001. A jamming duo of me (Glenn Hey let's call our band Milk and Cookies!! Bogador) and Mike I love Jazz more than metal Salcedo was the catalyst that led to the line up of our original incarnation. In just a few, short months our 2-man-jam became a band of 5. Mushie I live and breathe World of Warcraft Santos, an old friend from way back, showed up to one of our jams with no intention of joining a band. Luckily for us, he picked up the guitar during the break and impressed us with his awesome skill and versatility. We thought it would be cool to play with him more regularly and he agreed. The recruitment of our vocalists happened in much the same impromptu way. Richie I own 500 pairs more than Imelda Marcos Paril and Terence I have a huge tattoo on my arm Salinas hung around the practice room a few times. During one jam, Richie picked up the mic and started doing some crazy-ass beat boxing. I thought he'd be decent enough to fill in empty spots during sound checks (hehehe...kidding). Seriously, he was good so we asked him to join us. Terence accidentally auditioned by singing a Craig David song one night while waiting for my shift at a LKF bar to finish. In spite of his song choice, we knew he was cool AND he could drink as much as we could - that was good enough for us to have him in the band. So that's how it all started: a hardcore bass player, a jazz drummer, a metal guitarist, a hip-hop beat-boxer and an R&B singer joined forces to form a funk-turned-metal-band. The Debut Our first show was the infamous Wanchai LIVE hosted by the owners of Carnegies and The Wanch. We knew we were playing with more experienced bands so we were incredibly nervous even though our ridiculous timeslot of 2 pm meant that the crowd would be smaller. Needless to say, we almost wet our pants but we got through the set with only one hitch: we broke the snare drum after the 2nd song. Most of the other bands had to wait until the damaged drum was fixed which must have annoyed the crap out of them. We were so pumped after the show that we decided to play Medal of Honour for the next 9 hours. The Early Years When we first began playing together, we were all jobless and broke. We had nothing but free time, which we spent playing video games, drinking and eating our friend Adrian's food stoc
