Filter (band)
Filter | |
|---|---|
| Origin | United States |
| Years active | 1993 – present |
| Members | Geno Lenardo, Richard Patrick, Frank Cavanaugh, Steve Gillis, Alan Bailey |
Filter is an industrial rock group formed in 1993 by Richard Patrick (former live guitarist for Nine Inch Nails) and guitarist/programmer Brian Liesegang. Filter's most distinguishing feature is Richard Patrick's voice, which can soar to quite a high scream - on just about all songs.
Their first album, Short Bus, was released in 1995. The album was successful, and included the hit single "Hey Man, Nice Shot". The song was somewhat controversial, as it was seen as capitalizing on the public suicide of Budd Dwyer. Kurt Cobain's suicide was widely rumored to have inspired the song, but the band refuted this. In 1996, Filter recorded and filmed the video for the song "Jurrassitol", for The Crow: City of Angels soundtrack. They also released the home video Phenomenology in 1996, which showcased some of the band's live performances and music videos, as well as an interview with Richard Patrick and Brian Liesegang filmed in New Mexico.
Liesegang left in 1997 shortly after recording the Filter/Crystal Method collaboration "(Can't You) Trip Like I Do" for the Spawn movie soundtrack, due to creative differences with Patrick. In 1998, for The X-Files film soundtrack, Patrick decided to keep the Filter name and recorded a cover of Three Dog Night's 'One'.
Patrick continued on with 1999's, Title of Record, which moved away from industrial rock somewhat, and produced a modest hit with "Take a Picture," along with other lesser-heard singles "Welcome to the Fold" and "The Best Things".
2002 saw the release of The Amalgamut, the most notable single being "Where Do We Go From Here".
Patrick has reported in his official website that he has already put a great deal of work into an unnamed fourth Filter release, but has put that aside indefinitely in favor of his new project Army of Anyone with former Stone Temple Pilots members, Robert and Dean DeLeo.
Discography
Albums
| Year | Album | Peak |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Short Bus | #59 |
| 1999 | Title of Record | #30 |
| 2002 | The Amalgamut | #32 |
| 2006 | Filter | # -- |
Singles
| Year charted |
Title | Chart | Album | |||
| USA | UK | |||||
| Hot 100 | Modern rock | Mainstream rock | Singles | |||
| 1995 | "Hey Man Nice Shot" | #76 | #10 | #19 | Short Bus | |
| 1997 | "(Can't You) Trip Like I Do" | #39 | Spawn Soundtrack | |||
| 1999 | "Take a Picture" | #12 | #3 | #4 | #25 | Title of Record |
| 1999 | "Welcome to the Fold" | #17 | #8 | Title of Record | ||
| 2000 | "The Best Things" | #18 | #31 | Title of Record | ||
| 2002 | "American Cliché" | #40 | The Amalgamut | |||
| 2002 | "Where Do We Go From Here" | #94 | #11 | #12 | The Amalgamut | |
Trivia
- Richard Patrick is the brother of actor Robert Patrick, best known for appearing as the T-1000 in Terminator 2: Judgment Day and John Doggett on The X-Files.
- The song Captain Bligh was written, about Trent Reznor's notoriously anti-social habits, by Richard Patrick after he left Nine Inch Nails.
- The song Take a Picture is about a dispute on an airplane. Richard Patrick stripped down to his boxers to get comfortable enough to sleep, alarming the other passengers. Lyrics include: "I don't believe in privacy"; "I feel like a new-born"; and "Awake on my airplane." "Take a picture" is a popular expression to say when someone is caught staring, especially at someone who is naked or in his or her underwear.
- The lyrics "Hey, Dad, what do you think about your son now?" in the song Take a Picture refers to the fact that Patrick's father didn't believe he could make it in the recording business and tried to persuade him to pursue another direction.
- Richard Patrick started a new band, named "Army Of Anyone", with Robert and Dean DeLeo of the former band Stone Temple Pilots.
See also
- 1990s music groups
- List of alternative music artists
- List of industrial music artists
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart