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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 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 [[Piggy#Meaning|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, but Patrick has since debunked this.[https://loudwire.com/filter-richard-patrick-wikipedia-fact-or-fiction/] Though their relationship 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/]

==Career==Patrick made has stated that he began working on his own music, and attempted to secure a live guest appearance with NIN record deal, during the 80s. He briefly met Trent Reznor in Cleveland in 1996 1985 when his band, The Akt, was invited to open for the [[1996Exotic Birds]]. They later met again at Pi Keyboards and Audio, where Reznor worked. [https:/09/05_New_Yorkvwmusicrocks.com/an-interview-with-richard-patrick-of-filter/] He was then briefly in a band called [[Kollaps]], prior to NIN,_NYwhich 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)|one dateHead Like A Hole]] of the " and "[[Nights Of Nothing TourDown 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 (along with can be seen in the [[Danny LohnerNine Inch Nails music videos|music videos]]for "Down In It", "Head Like A Hole", "[[Charlie ClouserWish (song)|Wish]] ", and "[[Chris VrennaGave Up]]) also joined NIN onstage for six songs ". His only recorded contribution—a droning guitar sound—can be heard at the end of "[[Sanctified]]" on ''[[2022/09/24_Cleveland,_OH|Cleveland showPretty Hate Machine]] ''. He chose to leave the band during the recording of the ''[[NIN 2022The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward Spiral]] tour, one '' 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 the songs money he was being a cover of Filter's "paid, and was offended when [[Hey Man Nice ShotJohn Malm]]"suggested that he work as a pizza delivery driver to supplement his income. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS-zdH5K0hw]

==Career==Patrick has stated that he began working on was nicknamed "[[Piggy#Meaning|Piggy]]" during his own music, and attempted to secure a record deal, during the 80stime with Nine Inch Nails. He briefly met Reznor in Cleveland in 1985 when his band, The Akt, was invited According to open for the fellow NIN collaborator and future [[Filter]] bandmate [[Exotic BirdsBrian Liesegang]]. They later met again at Pi Keyboards and Audio, where Trent Reznor workedwas very upset when Patrick left the band and wrote the song "Piggy" about it shortly thereafter. [https://vwmusicrockswww.facebook.com/an-interview-with-richard-patrick-of-filterFilter/photos/a.186150516351/10155799437926352/?type=3&permPage=1] He The Filter track "Captain Bligh" was then briefly in a band called [[Kollaps]], prior originally rumored to NINbe about Reznor, which also included Reznorbut Patrick has since debunked this.[https://www.youtubeloudwire.com/watch?v=SDT4UWJ14s4filter-richard-patrick-wikipedia-fact-or-fiction/] After The Akt disbanded Though their relationship was semi-acrimonious in 1989the past, Reznor asked him to listen to some of the songs he'd recorded including "Head Like A Hole" and "Down In It" and asked him to become the touring guitarist in NIN, which he did for two and half yearsPatrick are on good terms. [https://vwmusicrockswww.spin.com/an2019/10/filter-richard-patrick-interviewnine-withinch-richardnails-patrickpretty-ofhate-filtermachine/] He can be seen Patrick made a live guest appearance with NIN in the 1996 for [[Nine Inch Nails music videos1996/09/05_New_York,_NY|music videosone date]] for "of the [[Down In It (song)|Down In ItNights Of Nothing Tour]]," "[[Head Like A Hole . He (song)|Head Like A Hole]]," "along with [[Wish (song)|WishDanny Lohner]]," Charlie Clouser and "[[Gave UpChris Vrenna]]." His only recorded contribution—a droning guitar sound—can be heard ) also joined NIN onstage for six songs at the end of "[[Sanctified2022/09/24_Cleveland,_OH|Cleveland show]]" on ''of the [[Pretty Hate MachineNIN 2022]].'' He chose to leave tour, one of the band during the recording songs being a cover of Filter''s "[[The Downward Spiral (halo)|The Downward SpiralHey Man Nice Shot]]'' in 1993 due in part to Reznor not allowing him any creative input or musical contributions, as well as often taking a lot of onstage physical abuse from Reznor".

Patrick went on to form Following his own industrial rock bandtime in NIN, [[Patrick formed Filter]], with fellow NIN collaborator 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 PledgeMusic platform, the pair began working on a musical sequel to ''Short Bus'' entitled ''reBus''. This was shelved in the wake of the PledgeMusic 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, Nolan, Breathe'' (2019), ''The 2nd'' (2020), and ''Chariot'' (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".