Richard Patrick

American singer (born 1968)

For the politician, see Richard Patrick (MP).

Richard Patrick

Patrick performing in 2008

Background information
Birth name| Richard Michael Patrick
Born|  (1968-05-10) May 10, 1968 (age 55)
Needham, Massachusetts, U.S.
Genres|

* Industrial rock
* post-grunge
* alternative rock
* hard rock
* industrial metal
* alternative metal

Occupation(s)|

* Musician
* singer
* songwriter

Instrument(s)|

* Vocals
* guitar

Years active| 1986–present
Member of| Filter
Formerly of|

* Nine Inch Nails
* Army of Anyone
* The Damning Well

Musical artist

Richard Michael Patrick[1] (born May 10, 1968)[2] is an American singer, musician and songwriter. He is the frontman for the rock band Filter and a founding member of the (music) supergroups Army of Anyone and The Damning Well, and has served as a touring guitarist for Nine Inch Nails.

## Career[edit]

### Nine Inch Nails[edit]

After a chance meeting with Trent Reznor in a Cleveland music store, Patrick landed a gig as touring guitarist in Reznor's live incarnation of Nine Inch Nails from 1989 to 1993. His only recorded contribution can be heard at the end of "Sanctified" on Pretty Hate Machine. Patrick also appeared in the music videos for "Down in It", "Head Like a Hole", "Wish", and one of the two promo videos for "Gave Up" (along with Marilyn Manson), which was filmed in the living room of the infamous house where Sharon Tate was murdered in 1969, as Reznor had leased the house and installed a recording studio in it. Patrick chose to leave the band during the recording of The Downward Spiral in 1993 following a comment from Reznor to "get up off his ass and go write a record" in response to Patrick asking for more money, further suggesting Patrick to work as a delivery driver at a pizzeria.[3]

In September 2022, Patrick joined Nine Inch Nails onstage for a special Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame induction performance, playing classic tracks from his time with the band as well as covering his Filter hit, "Hey Man Nice Shot".[4]

"I f
in' can't believe that Trent wanted to cover 'Hey Man Nice Shot' as Nine Inch Nails," Patrick said during a 2023 interview. "It was amazing. Just absolutely amazing. Then he wanted me to sing the second verse to 'Head LIke a Hole.' I could barely get it out, just because I was so emotional."[5]

### Filter[edit]

Before his departure from Nine Inch Nails, Patrick formed his own band, Filter, with Brian Liesegang, who left the band after the recording of the band's first album, 1995's Short Bus. Four years later, Richard Patrick released Filter's second album, Title of Record, with help from guitarist Geno Lenardo.

Filter's third album, The Amalgamut, was released in 2002, with Patrick canceling most of the supporting tour to check into rehab for alcoholism, a problem that had been plaguing him for years. An experience where he drank on an airplane inspired Filter's hit single "Take a Picture."[6]

After a five-year hiatus, Filter released a fourth record on May 13, 2008, entitled Anthems for the Damned. Patrick did the vocals and the majority of the instrumentation on the album except for the drumming, which was done by Josh Freese. He also worked with Wes Borland and John 5 on a few individual songs.

For the first time in the band's history, the band released an album without a three-to five-year break in between, with their fifth record, The Trouble with Angels, which was released just over two years after Anthems on August 17, 2010. Patrick recorded the album with the Anthems for the Damned touring band, Mikea Fineo, Mitch Marlow, and John Spiker, but recruited a new guitarist (Rob Patterson) and bass player (Phil Buckman) for touring in support of the album.

Patrick returned to the studio in April 2012, to work with producer Bob Marlette and Kill Hannah guitarist, Jonny Radtke, on his next Filter album, under the working title Gurney and the Burning Books.[7] After Filter was signed to Wind-up Records in September 2012,[8] Patrick released his sixth studio album The Sun Comes Out Tonight on June 4, 2013.

In early 2015, Patrick reunited with Ben Grosse, Michael "Blumpy" Tuller, Brian Virtue and former Filter guitarist Brian Liesegang to begin recording Filter's most recent album. After launching a PledgeMusic campaign, Patrick and contributing artists Oumi Kapila, Chris Reeve and Ashley Dzerigian released Filter's seventh studio album Crazy Eyes on April 8, 2016.[9]

In 2018, Patrick reunited with Brian Liesegang to record a followup to Short Bus entitled Rebus, and funded the project using PledgeMusic. The project remains unreleased due to PledgeMusic going bankrupt. Patrick and Liesegang decided to mount a Title of Record 20th anniversary tour in the Fall of 2019, but the tour was cancelled due to scheduling conflicts with deadlines for film scores that Patrick was working on. In lieu of the Rebus release, Patrick instead plans to release a new Filter album with a different lineup of musicians entitled The Algorithm.[10]

### Army of Anyone[edit]

Patrick at a music video shoot for Army of Anyone in 2006

While writing songs for Filter's fourth album, Patrick called up the DeLeo brothers of Stone Temple Pilots to help him write a song. The result was a song called "A Better Place." Due to the chemistry the trio had while writing the song, they decided to form a supergroup, which became Army of Anyone.

On September 29, 2005, the formation of Army of Anyone was announced. Along with Dean and Robert DeLeo, future drummer for Korn, Ray Luzier, was also added to the line-up.

Army of Anyone's self-titled debut album was released on November 14, 2006. The album's first single, "Goodbye", peaked at number three on the US Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.

On May 26, 2007, Army of Anyone played their last concert to date in El Paso, Texas. The band has since been on hiatus.[11]

### Film composition[edit]

Patrick composed the score for Alexandros Avranas's 2016 film Dark Crimes,[12] a crime thriller based on a 2008 David Grann article published in The New Yorker.[13] In 2017, Richard and his brother Robert Patrick contributed to the film score of Last Rampage.[14]

### Writing[edit]

On August 25, 2008, Patrick wrote an editorial, "Talking About War", for the Huffington Post.[15] He has since started writing a column, called Filtering The Truth, for Suicide Girls. His first post, about politics and religion, was posted on Election Day 2008.[16]

## Personal life[edit]

Patrick and his wife Tina have a daughter, born in 2008, and a son, born in 2009. Patrick graduated from Bay High School in Bay Village, Ohio in 1987. After years of alcohol and drug abuse issues, he has been sober since September 2002.[17]

Patrick's older brother is actor Robert Patrick. He is of Scottish-Irish and English ancestry.[18]

## Discography[edit]

See also:  Albums produced by Richard Patrick and  Songs written by Richard Patrick

With Filter

Main article: Filter discography

With Nine Inch Nails

* Pretty Hate Machine (1989)
* Broken (1992)

With Army of Anyone

* Army of Anyone (2006)

Other collaborations

* Richard contributed with The Crystal Method to the song "(Can't You) Trip Like I Do" from the original soundtrack of the 1997 film Spawn; this song also appears in the 1997 album Vegas of The Crystal Method, but Richard's vocal contribution is not on the album version.
* Richard contributed guitar to the soundtrack of the 2008 film Repo! The Genetic Opera.
* Richard is friends with Lacey Mosley, former frontwoman of Flyleaf, and covered the U2 song "Pride (In the Name of Love)" with her while on tour.
* Richard also discovered the band Dualesc and co-produced their 2002 album titled Through The Floods, Not With Them at his Chicago studio.

## References[edit]

1. ^ ""I Melt With You" (2011): Soundtracks". Internet Movie Database.
2. ^ "Birthday: Richard Patrick". May 2, 2016.
3. ^ "Richard Patrick: Why I Quit Nine Inch Nails Before They Exploded". Loudwire. September 23, 2020.
4. ^ Smith, Troy (October 13, 2022). "Richard Patrick talks Nine Inch Nails reunion, what's next for Filter". Cleveland.com.
5. ^ Bonus Track: Richard Patrick (Filter, Nine Inch Nails), September 16, 2023, retrieved September 22, 2023
6. ^ "Filter: Title Of Feature". MTV. November 2, 1999. Also, see Take a Picture.
7. ^ "Filter Heading to the Studio in April". Loudwire. March 11, 2012.
8. ^ "Filter Signs With Wind-up Records". The Hollywood Reporter. January 17, 2013.
9. ^ "Filter Set to Release 'Experimental' New Album, Start Touring in Spring". Billboard. January 19, 2016.
10. ^ Trapp, Philip (October 15, 2019). "Filter Postpone 20th Anniversary Tour for 'Title of Record'". Loudwire.
11. ^ Brett Tully (May 19, 2016). "A CONVERSATION WITH RICHARD PATRICK: FILTER'". RockRevolt Magazine™.
12. ^ True Crimes (2016), retrieved February 9, 2018
13. ^ "FILTER FRONTMAN SCORING NEW JIM CARREY MOVIE 'TRUE CRIMES'". Fuse. April 28, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
14. ^ "Last Rampage: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". Amazon. April 28, 2018. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
15. ^ "Talking about War". HuffingtonPost.com. August 25, 2008. Retrieved November 4, 2008..
16. ^ "Filtering the Truth: Religion – Friend of Foe?". SuicideGirls.com. November 4, 2008. Archived from the original on December 11, 2008. Retrieved November 4, 2008..
17. ^ "Filter front man Richard Patrick has the warm fuzzies for his home region". August 18, 2011.
18. ^ "Robert Patrick". TVGuide.com. Retrieved April 24, 2017.

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* Pretty Hate Machine
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* The Slip
* Hesitation Marks
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Extended plays|

* Broken
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Live releases|

* Closure
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* Beside You in Time

Remix albums|

* Further Down the Spiral
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Box sets|

* Halo I–IV

Singles|

* "Down in It"
* "Head Like a Hole"
* "Sin"
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* "Closer"
* "The Perfect Drug"
* "The Day the World Went Away"
* "We're in This Together"
* "Into the Void"
* "The Hand That Feeds"
* "Only"
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* "Survivalism"
* "Capital G"
* "Discipline"
* "Came Back Haunted"
* "Copy of a"
* "Everything"
* "Less Than"
* "God Break Down the Door"

Promotional singles|

* "Happiness in Slavery"
* "Wish"
* "Burn"
* "Piggy"
* "Hurt"
* "Starfuckers, Inc."
* "Deep"

Other songs|

* "Something I Can Never Have"
* "Gave Up"
* "Mr. Self Destruct"
* "Dead Souls"
* "Just Like You Imagined"
* "All the Love in the World"

Promotional releases|

* Lights in the Sky: Over North America 2008 Tour Sampler
* NINJA 2009 Tour Sampler
* Live 2013 EP
* Remix 2014 EP

Games|

* Quake
* Year Zero
* Nine Inch Nails Revenge

Tours|

* Self-Destruct
* Dissonance
* Fragility
* Performance 2007
* Twenty Thirteen

Touring members|

| Current|

* Robin Finck
* Alessandro Cortini
* Ilan Rubin

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Former|

| Guitarists and bassists|

* Richard Patrick
* Danny Lohner
* Kevin McMahon
* Jeordie White
* Aaron North
* Justin Meldal-Johnsen
* Joshua Eustis
* Pino Palladino

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Drummers|

* Jeff Ward
* Chris Vrenna
* Jerome Dillon
* Josh Freese
* Alex Carapetis

Keyboardists|

* James Woolley
* Charlie Clouser

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* Lisa Fischer

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* Chris Reeve
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Studio albums|

* Short Bus
* Title of Record
* The Amalgamut
* Anthems for the Damned
* The Trouble with Angels
* The Sun Comes Out Tonight
* Crazy Eyes
* The Algorithm

Compilations|

* The Very Best Things (1995–2008)

Singles|

* "Hey Man Nice Shot"
* "(Can't You) Trip Like I Do"
* "One"
* "Welcome to the Fold"
* "Take a Picture"
* "Where Do We Go from Here"
* "Soldiers of Misfortune"
* "Happy Together"
* "Gimme All Your Lovin'"
* "What Do You Say"

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