History Music / Filter

** How much this applies depends on the album. For instance, Short Bus and The Sun Comes Out Tonight were both recorded by Richard and one other person (Brian Liesegang and Johnny Radtke respectively), but Crazy Eyes was recorded by a full 5 man band.

Patrick reunited with Brian Liesegang in 2018, thanks to mutual friend Louise Post from Veruca Salt. Their reunion album was going be titled ''[=reBus=],'' and was originally set to be released on [=PledgeMusic=]. Unfortunately, [=PledgeMusic=] collapsed in the middle of the campaign, leaving the album to be shelved, and Richard Patrick ''very'' unhappy. Patrick explained the situation on social media in July 2019, while also announcing that he's working on a new Filter album, ''They Got Us Right Where They Want Us, At Each Other’s Throats.''

* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader: Richard
** TheLancer: Brian
** TheSmartGuy: Bobby
** TheBigGuy: Chris
** TheChick: Ashley
** SixthRanger: Jonathan

Inspired by the success of this song, Filter’s first single from the next album, ''The Amalgamut'' (2002) took the catchier approach of "Take A Picture" and amped the guitars UpToEleven, resulting in “Where Do We Go From Here,” which almost matched the previous single’s success. Alan Bailey joined the band around this time as the new live guitarist, but the tour for ''The Amalgamut'' was aborted after Patrick entered rehab for his drug addiction. After becoming sober, Filter was put on the back burner in favor of Patrick’s side projects, The Damning Well and Army Of Anyone.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Can reach a 7 with ease. Sometimes an 8.

Liesegang was not long for the group due to CreativeDifferences, and left the band after a string of soundtrack recordings recorded by Filter, which included a collaboration with The Crystal Method for “(Can’t You) Trip Like I Do” (for the ''Film/{{Spawn}}'' soundtrack) and a cover of Harry Nilsson’s “One” (for the ''Film/TheXFilesFightTheFuture'' soundtrack ''X-Files: The Album''). Recording sessions proved stressful, and the supporting band left out of frustration, briefly leaving Patrick alone. After constructing his own studio, Abyssinian Son, and experiencing some financial setbacks, Richard Patrick decided to maintain the name Filter, reassembled his band, replaced Walker (who left to work with Music/TheSmashingPumpkins) with new drummer Steve Gillis, and finally released ''Title Of Record'' in 1999. Filter scored a huge BlackSheepHit from this album in the more upbeat, acoustic-based “Take A Picture,” a song about Patrick drunkenly embarrassing himself on an airplane flight.

Filter are an American Industrial[=/=]HardRock band who formed in UsefulNotes/{{Cleveland}}, UsefulNotes/{{Ohio}}, by guitarist and vocalist Richard Patrick, brother of actor Creator/RobertPatrick. Patrick had recently left an early incarnation of Music/NineInchNails and, together with longtime friend Brian Liesegang, signed to Creator/RepriseRecords in 1994 and rechristened themselves Filter. They recorded the album ''Short Bus'' in Chicago, which wound up spawning the hit single "Hey Man Nice Shot", which was written about the infamous public suicide of Pennsylvania state treasurer Budd Dwyer, although it was rumored to be also inspired by the suicide of Music/KurtCobain, which the band denied. Filter quickly assembled Geno Lenardo on lead guitar, Frank Cavanagh on bass, and Matt Walker on drums as a touring band.

* Bobby Miller – keyboards (2014–present)
* Ashley Dzerigian - bass (2015-present)
* Chris Reeve - drums (2015-present)
* Brian Liesegang – rhythm guitar (1994–1997, 2018-present)

* LyricalDissonance: [[WordOfGod According to Patrick]], "Take A Picture" is about an incident where he got drunk and stripped while on a plane.

* YourCheatingHeart: The recording of "I'm Not The Only One" came right on the heels of Patrick finding out his then-girlfriend was seeing other people, and it sounds like it. He recorded the basic vocal in one take.

* GreatestHitsAlbum: ''The Very Best Things (1995-2008),'' as good an introduction to Filter as any.

* MetalScream: Big time. "So I Quit" starts with a scream so hard that Patrick can be heard coughing his lungs out afterward.

* SanitySlippage: Patrick summed up “Welcome To The Fold” as being “based on being a crazed lunatic.”

!!"Hey old man, got something for you....."

Filter are an American Industrial[=/=]HardRock band who formed in UsefulNotes/{{Cleveland}}, UsefulNotes/{{Ohio}}, by guitarist and vocalist Richard Patrick. Patrick had recently left an early incarnation of Music/NineInchNails and, together with longtime friend Brian Liesegang, signed to Creator/RepriseRecords in 1994 and rechristened themselves Filter. They recorded the album ''Short Bus'' in Chicago, which wound up spawning the hit single "Hey Man Nice Shot", which was written about the infamous public suicide of Pennsylvania state treasurer Budd Dwyer, although it was rumored to be also inspired by the suicide of Music/KurtCobain, which the band denied. Filter quickly assembled Geno Lenardo on lead guitar, Frank Cavanagh on bass, and Matt Walker on drums as a touring band.

* WarIsHell: A theme in "Soldiers Of Misfortune," specifically 2000s Iraq War. It's a subject near and dear to Patrick's heart; he frequently brings Filter to the Middle East to perform for the troops.