Richard Patrick
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Richard Patrick is an American
rock musician
. 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
.
in a Cleveland music store, Patrick landed a gig as 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. He chose to leave the band during the recording of The Downward Spiral
in 1993.
, 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 in to 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
."
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 3 to 5 year break in between, with their fifth record, The Trouble with Angels, which was released just over 2 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.
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 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 is now officially "on hiatus."
.
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rock musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
. He is the frontman for the band Filter
Filter (band)
Filter is a rock group formed in 1993 in Cleveland by singer Richard Patrick and guitarist/programmer Brian Liesegang. Filter has released five studio albums, the most recent being The Trouble with Angels, which was released on August 17, 2010....
, a founding member of the supergroup
Supergroup (music)
In the late 1960s, the term supergroup was coined to describe "a rock music group whose performers are already famous from having performed individually or in other groups"....
Army of Anyone
Army of Anyone
Army of Anyone was a supergroup formed by Filter frontman Richard Patrick with two of the then-former members of rock band Stone Temple Pilots. In addition to Patrick on vocals, the band featured Dean DeLeo and Robert DeLeo on guitars and bass, respectively, and Ray Luzier on drums...
, and has served as a touring guitarist for Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails is an American industrial rock project, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. As its main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for its direction...
.
Nine Inch Nails
After a chance meeting with Trent ReznorTrent Reznor
Michael Trent Reznor is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, record producer, and leader of industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails. Reznor is also a member of How to Destroy Angels alongside his wife, Mariqueen Maandig, and Atticus Ross. He was previously associated with bands Option 30,...
in a Cleveland music store, Patrick landed a gig as guitarist in Reznor's live incarnation of Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails is an American industrial rock project, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. As its main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for its direction...
from 1989 to 1993. His only recorded contribution can be heard at the end of "Sanctified" on Pretty Hate Machine
Pretty Hate Machine
Pretty Hate Machine is the debut album by American industrial rock act Nine Inch Nails, released October 20, 1989, on TVT Records. Pretty Hate Machine is compiled of reworked tracks from the Purest Feeling demo, as well as tracks recorded after its recording...
. Patrick also appeared in the music videos for "Down In It
Down in It
"Down in It" is a song by American industrial rock act Nine Inch Nails, released in 1989. Released as the project's debut single, the song was the first to be written by Trent Reznor, the only constant member of the act. It was released as a teaser single prior to the group's debut album, Pretty...
," "Head Like A Hole
Head Like a Hole
"Head Like a Hole" is a song by the American industrial rock project Nine Inch Nails. A song influenced by industrial metal group Ministry, it was released as the second single from the group's debut album Pretty Hate Machine...
," "Wish
Wish (song)
"Wish" is the second promotional single from Nine Inch Nails' Broken. The most successful song from the EP, "Wish" cemented Trent Reznor's image as a rage-fueled star to the public. "Wish" won the Best Metal Performance in the 1993 Grammy Awards. Reznor later joked that his epitaph should read:...
," and one of the two promo videos for "Gave Up" (along with Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson may refer to:* Marilyn Manson , an American rock musician* Marilyn Manson , the American rock band led by the singer of the same name...
), 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. He chose to leave the band during the recording of The Downward Spiral
The Downward Spiral
The Downward Spiral is the second studio album by American industrial rock act Nine Inch Nails, released March 8, 1994, on Interscope Records. It is a concept album detailing the destruction of a man, from the beginning of his "downward spiral" to his climactic attempt at suicide...
in 1993.
Filter
Following his departure from Nine Inch NailsNine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails is an American industrial rock project, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. As its main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for its direction...
, Patrick formed his own band, Filter
Filter (band)
Filter is a rock group formed in 1993 in Cleveland by singer Richard Patrick and guitarist/programmer Brian Liesegang. Filter has released five studio albums, the most recent being The Trouble with Angels, which was released on August 17, 2010....
, with Brian Liesegang, who left the band after the recording of the band's first album, 1995's Short Bus
Short Bus (album)
Short Bus is the debut album from Filter. It was released in 1995 and has sold over 1 million copies in the United States. It's best known for their hit song "Hey Man Nice Shot".-Track listing:All songs were written by Richard Patrick....
. Four years later, Richard Patrick released Filter
Filter (band)
Filter is a rock group formed in 1993 in Cleveland by singer Richard Patrick and guitarist/programmer Brian Liesegang. Filter has released five studio albums, the most recent being The Trouble with Angels, which was released on August 17, 2010....
's second album, Title of Record
Title of Record
Title of Record is the second album by American industrial rock band Filter. It was released on August 24, 1999 and included the popular single "Take a Picture", a noted departure from the dark sound of the band's 1995 hit "Hey Man, Nice Shot". The album has sold more than 1 million copies...
with help from guitarist Geno Lenardo.
Filter
Filter (band)
Filter is a rock group formed in 1993 in Cleveland by singer Richard Patrick and guitarist/programmer Brian Liesegang. Filter has released five studio albums, the most recent being The Trouble with Angels, which was released on August 17, 2010....
's third album, The Amalgamut
The Amalgamut
The Amalgamut is the third album of industrial rock band Filter released in 2002 by Reprise Records. It includes the hit single "Where Do We Go from Here"...
, was released in 2002, with Patrick canceling most of the supporting tour to check in to rehab for alcoholism
Alcoholism
Alcoholism is a broad term for problems with alcohol, and is generally used to mean compulsive and uncontrolled consumption of alcoholic beverages, usually to the detriment of the drinker's health, personal relationships, and social standing...
, 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
Take a Picture
"Take a Picture" was the second single off Filter's Title of Record. The song became a major hit during the start of 2000. It was the band's first departure from the industrial rock that they usually played, instead being soft and melodic....
."
After a five-year hiatus, Filter
Filter (band)
Filter is a rock group formed in 1993 in Cleveland by singer Richard Patrick and guitarist/programmer Brian Liesegang. Filter has released five studio albums, the most recent being The Trouble with Angels, which was released on August 17, 2010....
released a fourth record on May 13, 2008, entitled Anthems for the Damned
Anthems for the Damned
-Bonus tracks:The download version of the album included alternative mixes of tracks from the standard version as bonus tracks. Three additional tracks were included in the UK release of the album, which was retitled Soldiers of Misfortune, whereas only one extra track was included...
. Patrick did the vocals and the majority of the instrumentation on the album except for the drumming, which was done by Josh Freese
Josh Freese
Josh Freese is an American session drummer and songwriter. He is a permanent member of A Perfect Circle, The Vandals, and Devo, having formerly played drums for Nine Inch Nails from late 2005 until late 2008, and for Guns N' Roses from mid-1998 to 2001. Freese has appeared on close to 300 records....
. He also worked with Wes Borland
Wes Borland
Wesley Louden Borland is an American musician and artist, best known as the guitarist for the band Limp Bizkit. He has been in several other bands as well including: Black Light Burns, The Damning Well, Goatslayer, Big Dumb Face, and Combichrist...
and John 5 on a few individual songs.
For the first time in the band's history, the band released an album without a 3 to 5 year break in between, with their fifth record, The Trouble with Angels, which was released just over 2 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.
Army of Anyone
While writing songs for Filter's fourth album, Patrick called up the DeLeo brothers of Stone Temple PilotsStone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots is an American rock band from San Diego, California that consists of Scott Weiland , brothers Robert DeLeo and Dean DeLeo , and Eric Kretz ....
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
Army of Anyone
Army of Anyone was a supergroup formed by Filter frontman Richard Patrick with two of the then-former members of rock band Stone Temple Pilots. In addition to Patrick on vocals, the band featured Dean DeLeo and Robert DeLeo on guitars and bass, respectively, and Ray Luzier on drums...
.
On September 29, 2005, the formation of Army of Anyone
Army of Anyone
Army of Anyone was a supergroup formed by Filter frontman Richard Patrick with two of the then-former members of rock band Stone Temple Pilots. In addition to Patrick on vocals, the band featured Dean DeLeo and Robert DeLeo on guitars and bass, respectively, and Ray Luzier on drums...
was announced. Along with Dean
Dean DeLeo
Dean DeLeo is an American guitarist for the rock band Stone Temple Pilots.He is also known for his role in the short-lived bands Talk Show and Army of Anyone, which featured his younger brother Robert DeLeo, Filter frontman Richard Patrick, and session drummer Ray Luzier...
and Robert DeLeo
Robert DeLeo
Robert Emile DeLeo is an American bass player, songwriter, and harmony vocalist for the rock band Stone Temple Pilots. He has also played in Talk Show and Army of Anyone...
, the former drummer for David Lee Roth
David Lee Roth
David Lee Roth is an American rock vocalist, songwriter, actor, author, and former radio personality. Roth was ranked nineteenth by Hit Parader on their list of the 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Singers of All Time....
, Ray Luzier
Ray Luzier
Raymond Lee "Ray" Luzier is an American drummer. He is currently the drummer of the band Korn, becoming a full-time member of the band in April 2009.-Life and career:...
, was also added to the line-up.
Army of Anyone's self-titled debut album
Army of Anyone (album)
Army of Anyone was the debut and lone album by Army of Anyone, an American rock band featuring Richard Patrick of Filter, the DeLeo brothers from Stone Temple Pilots , and David Lee Roth's former drummer, Ray Luzier of KoRn. The album was released on November 14, 2006 in America, December 4, 2006...
was released on November 14, 2006. The album's first single, "Goodbye," peaked at number three on the US Mainstream Rock Tracks
Mainstream Rock Tracks
Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music. Modern rock tracks are counted in the Alternative Songs chart.This chart began with the March 21, 1981, issue...
chart.
On May 26, 2007 Army of Anyone
Army of Anyone
Army of Anyone was a supergroup formed by Filter frontman Richard Patrick with two of the then-former members of rock band Stone Temple Pilots. In addition to Patrick on vocals, the band featured Dean DeLeo and Robert DeLeo on guitars and bass, respectively, and Ray Luzier on drums...
played their last concert to date in El Paso, Texas. The band is now officially "on hiatus."
Writing
On August 25, 2008, Richard Patrick wrote an editorial, Talking about War, for the Huffington Post. 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.Personal life
Richard Patrick and his wife Tina have a daughter, Sloan Patrick (born February 23, 2008), and a son, Ridley Patrick (born September 2, 2009). Patrick's older brother is actor Robert PatrickRobert Patrick
Robert Hammond Patrick, Jr. is an American actor, known for his leading and supporting roles in a number of films and television shows....
.
Other collaborations
- Richard contributed guitar to the soundtrack of the 2008 film Repo! The Genetic OperaRepo! The Genetic OperaRepo! The Genetic Opera is a 2008 horror-rock opera musical film directed by Darren Lynn Bousman. The film is based on a play written and composed by Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich....
. - Richard is friends with Lacey MosleyLacey MosleyLacey Nicole Sturm is an American singer-songwriter from Arlington, Texas. She is co-founder and lead vocalist of the alternative metal band Flyleaf....
, frontwoman of FlyleafFlyleafFlyleaf is an American alternative metal band, formed in the Belton and Temple, Texas regions in 2000. The band has charted on mainstream rock, Christian pop and Christian metal genres. They performed around the United States in 2003 until releasing their eponymous debut album, Flyleaf, in 2005....
, and covered the U2U2U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...
song "Pride (In the Name of Love)Pride (In the Name of Love)"Pride " is a song by Irish rock band U2. The second track on the band's 1984 album, The Unforgettable Fire, it was released as the album's lead single in September 1984...
" with her while on tour. - Richard also discovered the band DualescDualescDualesc was a four-piece Alternative rock band from Portland, Oregon. The band was active from 1998 to 2006.-Biography:Dualesc formed in 1998, composed of singer Matt McMillan, guitarist Bryon Deisher and bassist Adam Hubka. Their original drummer, Tim Steiner left in 1999 and was replaced by...
and co-produced their 2002 album titled "Through The Floods, Not With Them" at his Chicago studio. - Richard has reportedly never had a guitar lesson.