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Patrick has stated that he began working on his own music, and attempted to secure a record deal, during the 80s. He briefly met [[Trent Reznor]] in Cleveland in 1985 when his band, The Akt, was invited to open for the [[Exotic Birds]]. They later met again at Pi Keyboards and Audio, where Reznor worked. [https://vwmusicrocks.com/an-interview-with-richard-patrick-of-filter/] He was then briefly in a band called [[Kollaps]], prior to NIN, which also included Reznor.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDT4UWJ14s4] After The Akt disbanded in 1989, Reznor asked him to listen to some of the songs he'd recorded, including "[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole]]" and "[[Down In It (song)|Down In It]]", and asked him to become the touring guitarist in NIN, which he did for two and half years. [https://vwmusicrocks.com/an-interview-with-richard-patrick-of-filter/] He can be seen in the [[Nine Inch Nails music videos|music videos]] for "Down In It", "Head Like A Hole", "[[Wish (song)|Wish]]", and "[[Gave Up]]". His only recorded contribution—a droning guitar sound—can be heard at the end of "[[Sanctified]]" on ''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]''. He chose to leave the band during the recording of ''[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]]'' in 1993 due in part because he felt that he was unable to Reznor focus on his own burgeoning musical creations while working as a hired gun for Nine Inch Nails. He also was not allowing him any creative input or musical contributionshappy about the amount of money he was being paid, and was offended when [[John Malm]] suggested that he work as well as often taking a lot of onstage physical abuse from Reznorpizza delivery driver to supplement his income. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS-zdH5K0hw]