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| years = 1989-1993, 1996| tours = [[Pretty Hate Machine Tour]], [[Nights Of Nothing Tour]]}}'''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 and flood sounds used by those artistsU2'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''.

According to the biography on the official Filter website, While Patrick was nicknamed "not inducted into the [[PiggyRock And Roll Hall Of Fame]]" during his time along with Nine Inch NailsNIN, he attended the Rock Hall's special NIN fan day that took place in 2022. According to Brian Liesegang, [[Trent Reznor]] was very upset when Patrick left the stated during a livestreamed band and wrote the song "Piggy" about it shortly thereafter.interview[https://www.facebookyoutube.com/Filter/photos/a.186150516351/10155799437926352/watch?typev=3&permPage=1yOlqBkaY6YY] that he wanted Patrick and [[Charlie Clouser]] The Filter track "Captain Bligh" was originally rumored to be about Reznorincluded, though Patrick has since debunked this.[https://loudwire.com/filter-richard-patrick-wikipedia-fact-or-fiction/] Though their relationship but that he was semi-acrimonious in the past, Reznor and Patrick are on good terms.[https://www.spinonly allowed so many band members.com/2019/10/filter-richard-patrick-nine-inch-nails-pretty-hate-machine/]

Patrick spent two 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 half years as 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 (song)|Down In It]]"," "[[Head Like A Hole (song)|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]

Patrick went on to form his own industrial rock band, was nicknamed "[[FilterPiggy#Meaning|Piggy]], " during his time with Nine Inch Nails. According to fellow NIN collaborator and future [[Filter]] bandmate [[Brian Liesegang]], though 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 1997the 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 was later considered by Trent Reznor to contribute to the (along with [[Danny Lohner]], Charlie Clouser and [[TapewormChris Vrenna]] project.) also joined NIN onstage for six songs at the [[http:2022/09/shoutengine.com/UnderneathItAllANineInchNailsPodcast/episode-05-surprise-an-interview-with-richard-patr-107824_Cleveland,_OH|Cleveland show]] In 2005 Patrick also formed the band Army of Anyone with the DeLeo brothers [[NIN 2022]] tour, one of Stone Temple Pilots and in late 2006 the band released their eponymous album. The band split songs being a year later and Patrick returned to cover of Filter, who continued releasing albums's "[[Hey Man Nice Shot]]".

Following his time in NIN, Patrick formed Filter with Brian Liesegang, though Liesegang left in 1997. He was later considered by Trent Reznor to contribute to the [[Tapeworm]] project.[http://shoutengine.com/UnderneathItAllANineInchNailsPodcast/episode-05-surprise-an-interview-with-richard-patr-1078] He was briefly a part of [[Related_bands_and_artists#The_Damning_Well|The Damning Well]] alongside other former NIN members Danny Lohner and [[Josh Freese]]. In 2005, with both Filter and Stone Temple Pilots on hiatus, Patrick joined with the DeLeo brothers to form the supergroup band Army of Anyone, and in late 2006 the band released their eponymous album. The band split a year later, and Patrick returned to working on Filter and continued to release albums. Brian Liesegang rejoined Filter in 2018 and, utilizing the PledgeMusicplatform, the pair began working on a musical sequel to ''Short Bus'' entitled ''reBus''. This was shelved in the wake of the PledgeMusic scandal bankruptcy, Liesegang left Filter, and Patrick stated that he was working on another new Filter album. It was eventually released as ''The Algorithm'' in 2023 and contained two songs written with Liesegang. Since 2016, Patrick has been composing film scores alongside his work for Filter. His credits include ''Dark Crimes'' (2016), ''The Last Rampage'' (2017), ''Breathe, which is expected to contain three tracks from the aborted Nolan, Breathe'' (2019), ''The 2nd'' (2020), and ''reBusChariot'' sessions(2022). In 2022, Patrick began a side project with Jim Louvau called A Place To Kill. He has also recently appeared alongside Danny Lohner on the Deadly Apples track "Volatile".

It wasn't Trent, it wasn't [[JohnMalm, Jr.|John]]. It was me saying, "I don't know if I can be a hired gun anymore." I wanted to be creative, and Trent extended his hand and said, "Come on." I'd be with him and we'd try to write. I'd look into his eyes and it was like, "I don't know where you are going, I don't know what I want." He knew it, I knew it and we still said that we gotta try harder, but it wasn't gonna happen. I had my way of being creative on my own and I did it with ''Short Bus''. And he has a way all of his own.

*''They've Got Us Right Where They Want Us, At Each Other's ThroatsThe Algorithm'' (TBA2023)