Richard Patrick
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| Birth name | Richard Patrick |
| Born | May 10, 1968 Needham, MA |
| Genre(s) | Industrial rock Alternative rock |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar, Bass, Drums Programming |
| Years active | 1987 - present |
| Label(s) | The Firm Records, Machine Shop, Reprise |
| Associated acts | Filter, Army of Anyone, The Damning Well, Nine Inch Nails, Crystal Method |
| Website | http://www.armyofanyone.com |
Richard Patrick is an American rock musician, born May 10, 1968 in Needham, Massachusetts. He is the frontman for the band Filter, a founding member of the supergroup Army of Anyone, and has served as a touring guitarist for Nine Inch Nails. He has played guitar since the age of nine. One of his brothers is actor Robert Patrick.
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[edit] Nine Inch Nails
After a chance meeting with Trent Reznor in a Cleveland music store, Patrick landed a gig as guitarist in Reznor's live incarnation of Nine Inch Nails from 1989 to 1991. 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 versions of Gave Up (along with Marilyn Manson). He chose to leave the band during the recording of The Downward Spiral in 1993.
[edit] Filter
Following his departure from Nine Inch Nails, Richard Patrick formed his own industrial rock band, Filter, with Brian Liesegang who left the band after the recording of the band's first album, 1995's Short Bus. 4 years later in 1999, 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 Richard Patrick canceling most of the supporting tour to check in to re-hab for his alcoholism problem which had been plaguing him for years. An experience where he drunkenly fought with flight attendants on a plane after removing his clothes inspired Filter's arguably biggest single, "Take a Picture". On November 11, 2002, upon completion of the treatment, he released this statement on his website:
| “ | Hi this is Richard again, I'm alive and kicking! Rehab was the best thing that ever happened to me, my mind is clear, my body is fit and I feel great. Thank you for all your love and support, I definitely felt it over the last 45 days. I can't tell you how great I feel. Rehab has made me rethink everything in my life. Now that I'm not wasting time on getting fucked up, I'll be able to devote more energy toward creating my music. I'll tell you right now that I have big plans for Filter and many other new musical projects that I have going on in my life. I'm so proud of this band and what we've accomplished, even when I was fucked up, but now that I'm straight there's no telling what we can do. So I know this might sound like a cliché letter from rehab, but because I've never said it, it's not cliché to me. So thanks for being there and supporting me through this, I'll write again soon! [1] | ” |
After a 5-year hiatus, Richard Patrick announced that Filter would be releasing a new record in 2008, entitled Anthems for the Damned. Collaborators on the record include Josh Freese (A Perfect Circle, Nine Inch Nails), Wes Borland (Black Light Burns, Limp Bizkit), and John 5 (Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie). The album was released on 13 May 2008.
[edit] Army Of Anyone
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, the former drummer for David Lee Roth, Ray Luzier, was also added to the line-up.
Army of Anyone's self-titled debut album was released on November 14th, 2006. The album's first single, "Goodbye," peaked at number three on the US Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
On May 26th, 2007 Army of Anyone played their last concert to date in El Paso, Texas. The band is now officially "on hiatus."
[edit] Personal life
Richard Patrick and his wife Tina have a daughter, Sloan Patrick, born February 23, 2008. He was briefly involved with Smashing Pumpkins bassist D'arcy Wretzky during the recording of Title of Record. She can be heard singing background vocals on "Cancer." "Miss Blue" is rumored to be about her.[citation needed]
[edit] Other collaborations
- Richard is friends with Lacey Mosley, 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.
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