Richard Patrick first met Trent Reznor when their teenage bands played together
at gigs in Cleveland, Ohio, but when Reznor returned with new outfit Nine Inch
Nails and a dark, experimental, confrontational sound, it opened up Patrick's
own ideas and horizons. Patrick went on to spend four years as a touring member
of NIN, before the desire to lead his own band led him to form Filter with
fellow NIN member guitarist/keyboard player Brian Liesegang in 1993; their debut
album 'Short Bus' went on to sell over a million copies.
Mixing distorted guitars with drum machines and gothi...