Richard Patrick

Infobox musical artist
Name = Richard Patrick


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Birth_name = Richard Patrick
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Born = birth date and age|1968|5|10
Needham, MA
Instrument = Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar, Bass, Drums Programming
Genre = Industrial rock
Alternative rock
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Years_active = 1987 - present
Label = The Firm Records, Machine Shop, Reprise
Associated_acts = Filter, Army of Anyone, The Damning Well, Nine Inch Nails, Crystal Method
URL = http://www.armyofanyone.com

Richard Patrick, (born May 10, 1968 in Needham, Massachusetts) 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. He has played guitar since the age of nine. One of his brothers is actor Robert Patrick.

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.

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:

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.

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."

Personal life

Richard's older brother is and X-Files star, Robert Patrick.

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.Fact|date=June 2008

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.