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}}'''Richard Patrick''' (born May 10, 1968) is a former guitarist for [[Nine Inch Nails]] and leader of the band Filter. He has played the guitar since the age of nine and names The Cure, U2, and Stone Temple Pilots as primary musical influences, specifically the inventive use of technology used by U2's The Edge. His actor brother, Robert Patrick, was often seen wearing NIN shirts and pins while Richard was a member, as evidenced by his headshots from the time. This can also be seen on the behind-the-scenes footage for ''Terminator 2: Judgment Day''.
While Patrick was not inducted along into the [[Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame]] with NIN, he attended the Rock Hall's special NIN fan day that took place in 2022. [[Trent Reznor]] stated during a livestreamed band interview[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOlqBkaY6YY] that he wanted Patrick and [[Charlie Clouser]] to be included as well, but that he was only allowed so many band members.
==Career==
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 because he felt that he was unable to focus on his own burgeoning musical creations while working as a hired gun for Nine Inch Nails. He also was not happy about the amount of money he was being paid, and was offended when [[John Malm]] suggested that he work as a pizza delivery driver to supplement his income. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS-zdH5K0hw]
Patrick was nicknamed "[[Piggy#Meaning|Piggy]]" during his time with Nine Inch Nails. According to fellow NIN collaborator and future [[Filter]] bandmate [[Brian Liesegang]], Trent Reznor was very upset when Patrick left the band and wrote the song "Piggy" about it shortly thereafter.[https://www.facebook.com/Filter/photos/a.186150516351/10155799437926352/?type=3&permPage=1] The Filter track "Captain Bligh" was originally rumored to be about Reznor, but Patrick has since debunked this.[https://loudwire.com/filter-richard-patrick-wikipedia-fact-or-fiction/] Though their relationship was semi-acrimonious in the past, Reznor and Patrick are on good terms.[https://www.spin.com/2019/10/filter-richard-patrick-nine-inch-nails-pretty-hate-machine/] Patrick made a live guest appearance with NIN in 1996 for [[1996/09/05_New_York,_NY|one date]] of the [[Nights Of Nothing Tour]]. He (along with [[Danny Lohner]], [[Charlie Clouser]] and [[Chris Vrenna]]) also joined NIN onstage for six songs at the [[2022/09/24_Cleveland,_OH|Cleveland show]] of the [[NIN 2022]] tour, one of the songs being a cover of Filter's "[[Hey Man Nice Shot]]".