Filter (band)#Timeline

Richard Patrick played guitar with Nine Inch Nails during the touring for Pretty Hate Machine and in the music videos for Broken; he left the band while Trent Reznor was recording The Downward Spiral and began a new recording project with Brian Liesegang. Dubbing themselves Filter, they signed to Reprise Records in 1994 and recorded their first album, Short Bus, which was released in the following year. The album was commercially successful, and included the hit single "Hey Man Nice Shot". This song was somewhat controversial, as it was seen as capitalizing on the public suicide of R. Budd Dwyer.{{cite web|url=http://home.nyc.rr.com/alweisel/rollingstonefilter.htm|title=Hit, With a Bullet: Filter's "Hey Man Nice Shot"|date=July 13, 1995|publisher=Rolling Stone|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207074419/http://home.nyc.rr.com/alweisel/rollingstonefilter.htm|archive-date=December 7, 2008}} Kurt Cobain's suicide was widely rumored to have inspired the song, but the band denied this.{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/filter/articles/story/5925965/filter_are_back_in_the_fold|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080920044847/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/filter/articles/story/5925965/filter_are_back_in_the_fold|archive-date=September 20, 2008|title=Rolling Stone: Filter Are Back in the Fold|date=August 24, 1999|publisher=Rolling Stone}} The first single "Hey Man Nice Shot" was also included in the soundtrack for the movie Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight in 1995 before Short Bus was released. In need of a live band to tour the album, Patrick and Liesegang recruited Geno Lenardo on guitar, Frank Cavanagh on bass, and Matt Walker on drums. They would all later be featured in the video for the album's second single, "Dose".

Between Filter's first and second albums, the band became known for their soundtrack contributions, The first of these tracks, "Thanks Bro", landed on the Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired by the X-Files album. In 1996, Filter recorded and filmed the video for the song "Jurassitol", for The Crow: City of Angels soundtrack. They also released the home video Phenomenology in 1996, which showcased some of the band's live performances and music videos, as well as an interview with Patrick and Liesegang filmed in New Mexico. Liesegang left in 1997 shortly after recording the Filter/Crystal Method collaboration "(Can't You) Trip Like I Do" for the Spawn movie soundtrack, due to creative differences with Patrick. In 1998, for The X-Files film soundtrack, Patrick decided to keep the Filter name and recorded a cover of Harry Nilsson's "One".

Patrick continued with 1999's Title of Record with returning members Lenardo and Cavanagh, as well as Steve Gillis on drums,{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1428963/19990615/filter.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030514204603/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1428963/19990615/filter.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 14, 2003|title=Filter Readying New Album, Video|date=June 15, 1999|publisher=MTV}} filling in the gap left by Walker after he left to work with The Smashing Pumpkins. Title of Record moved away from industrial rock somewhat, and resulted in the band's biggest hit, the mellow ballad "Take a Picture", along with other lesser-heard singles "Welcome to the Fold" and "The Best Things". The song "Take a Picture" is about a dispute on an aircraft, when Richard Patrick drunkenly stripped down to his boxers, alarming the other passengers.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/archive/f/filter/filterfeature99_2.jhtml|title=Filter: Title Of Feature|date=November 2, 1999|publisher=MTV|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080202230018/http://www.mtv.com/bands/archive/f/filter/filterfeature99_2.jhtml|archive-date=February 2, 2008}} "Miss Blue" is said to have been about Smashing Pumpkins bassist D'arcy Wretzky.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_Q5yxG8QcE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/F_Q5yxG8QcE |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Richard Patrick Wiki Fact or Fiction|publisher=Loudwire}}{{cbignore}} She can be heard on the songs "Cancer", and "Take a Picture".

2002 saw the release of The Amalgamut, featuring the singles "Where Do We Go from Here?" and "American Cliché". "The Only Way (Is the Wrong Way)" was also featured in the first wave of the Hummer H2 commercials that year and in the 2003 movie Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life. Alan Bailey was recruited for live guitar when they set off to tour the album; however, the tour ended abruptly in a matter of weeks when Richard Patrick voluntarily checked himself into rehab.{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=6524|title=FILTER Frontman Checks Into Rehab, Band Cancel Tour|date=October 1, 2002|publisher=Blabbermouth}} He has since tattooed his date of sobriety, September 28, 2002, on his forearm.{{Cite web |last=Shaffer |first=Andrew |date=March 1, 2011 |title=Rehab, Religion and the Resurrection of Filter's Richard Patrick |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rehab-religion-and-the-resurrection-filter-richard-patrick_b_829430 |website=Huffpost}} Lenardo, Gillis and Cavanagh all left the group at this time.

Richard Patrick was part of the supergroup The Damning Well, which has only released one track on the Underworld movie soundtrack in 2003. While rumors sparked that an entire album's worth of material was produced, Patrick later denied this in an interview, stating the bits and pieces of other rough tracks mostly wound up in Black Light Burns, save for the track "In Dreams" on the then upcoming Filter album Anthems for the Damned.{{Cite web|url=https://puregrainaudio.com/interviews/filter|title=Pure Grain Audio - Filter|website=Puregrainaudio.com|access-date=February 16, 2022}}

Army of Anyone, a second supergroup side project with Korn drummer Ray Luzier and Stone Temple Pilots members Robert and Dean DeLeo, released its debut album on November 14, 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=62608|title=ARMY OF ANYONE's Debut Enters Billboard Chart At No. 56|date=November 22, 2006|publisher=Blabbermouth|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080202230932/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=62608|archive-date=February 2, 2008}} However, lack of sales of the album coupled with Richard Patrick's desire to do more work with Filter led the band breaking up around mid-2007.

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As Army of Anyone wound down, Patrick began working on material for a new Filter album, to eventually be titled Anthems for the Damned. Released to the public in May 2008, it was more serious in tone than some expected and expresses more of his mixed emotions regarding the state of the world and the state of his life.

On March 7, 2008, it was announced that Frank Cavanagh had reunited with Filter and would play as a live member at the operation Myspace concert in Kuwait. It was confirmed at Operation MySpace that he would not be joining Filter on the full tour as he would be shipping off to Iraq in April. The only song played live during the performance of March 10 by Cavanagh, now a Sergeant and Paralegal in the U.S. Army Reserve, was the band's first mainstream hit, "Hey, Man, Nice Shot".

Patrick also announced a remix album to Anthems for the Damned on November 4, titled Remixes for the Damned.{{cite web |last=Powers |first=Nicole |url=http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/Filter+For+The+Damned |title=Filter For The Damned (09/2008) |publisher=Suicide Girls |date=September 13, 2008 |access-date=October 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911234005/http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/Filter%2BFor%2BThe%2BDamned |archive-date=September 11, 2013 }} Remixes for the Damned was released on November 21, 2008 in the U.S. and Canada. The remix album was released internationally on December 1, 2008. The lead-off single was "I Keep Flowers Around (Love's Labour's Lost)".

A greatest hits album entitled The Very Best Things (1995–2008) was released March 31, 2009. It featured tracks from all four previous studio albums and various movie soundtrack contributions, but no new content. There are 14 tracks total, with some tracks being radio edits.

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Filter started working on a fifth album shortly after the release of the remix and greatest hits albums, with Bob Marlette as a producer. The album, as said by Richard Patrick, would be a lot heavier than Anthems for the Damned and is to have a song written for the Amalgamut on it. He also stated he would be moving away from the political lyrical content present in Anthems for the Damned.{{cite web |url=http://www.fender.com/news/index.php?display_article=430 |title=Fender News |publisher=Fender.com |access-date=August 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100614023146/http://www.fender.com/news/index.php?display_article=430 |archive-date=June 14, 2010 }} When asked about the direction of his upcoming music style in an interview with Suicide Girls on September 13, 2008, Patrick said, "Actually the stuff I'm writing right now for a record that I'm going to release sometime next year is actually way more heavy industrial, more electronic. There's probably not going to be that many live drums on it."

Richard Patrick has stated on the Filter website that he has been recording songs for movies recently. Filter covered the song "Happy Together" by The Turtles for the soundtrack to the movie The Stepfather (2009). The song features ambient sound with alternative metal. It was used in a promo for the seventh season of Criminal Minds and also a trailer for Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby (2013). Filter also contributed a new song "Fades Like a Photograph" for the soundtrack of the movie 2012 (2009). The song saw Patrick reuniting with former Filter co-conspirator, Brian Liesegang, who co-produced the track.

Through the end of 2009 and into 2010, Filter released a series of fourteen studio updates chronicling the progress made on the album. Each update touched on a certain part of the album process, such as "recording guitar parts" or "mixing the album". The last studio updates confirmed that the album recording had been completed. In their last studio video update, Richard Patrick showcased two clips from final mixed songs on iTunes that listed track listing and track lengths. While the video was legitimate, it was not the actual final track list, it was only a collection of new Filter songs on a playlist.

Filter released "The Inevitable Relapse", as their first single on May 26. The song was made available on the band's official website as a free digital download. The Trouble with Angels was released on August 17, 2010 on the Rocket Science Ventures record label.

After the album's release, the band also released a cover of ZZ Top's hit single "Gimme All Your Lovin'" which appears on the compilation ZZ Top: A Tribute from Friends.

Patrick and Jonathan Radtke entered the studio with producer Bob Marlette in April 2012 to work on the sixth Filter studio album, titled The Sun Comes Out Tonight.{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/filter-heading-to-the-studio-in-april/ |title=Filter Heading to the Studio in April |publisher=Loudwire.com |access-date=March 30, 2012}} The first single off the new album, "What Do You Say", was released on April 2, 2013. A track entitled "We Hate It When You Get What You Want" was available on the band's official site as a free download (for a limited time). The official track listing for the album was released on March 18, 2013. The album was released on June 4, 2013. Phil Buckman announced that he left Filter on October 1, 2013, after finishing a tour in support of Stone Temple Pilots.{{cite web|url=http://www.allaccess.com/rock/future-releases |title=Future Releases |publisher=AllAccess.com |access-date=March 5, 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.winduprecords.com/news/filter-new-album-release/ |title=Filter – New Album Release |publisher=Wind-up Records |access-date=April 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220175930/http://www.winduprecords.com/news/filter-new-album-release/ |archive-date=December 20, 2013 }} Tim Kelleher, former bassist for Thirty Seconds to Mars joined Filter in October 2013.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

In August 2014, Patrick announced his intention to work on a seventh studio album in late 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.alternativenation.net/?p=53893|title=Interview: Filter's Richard Patrick Looks Back At 'Title of Record' For 15th Anniversary - AlternativeNation.net|author=Brett Buchanan|work=AlternativeNation.net|access-date=October 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826114626/http://www.alternativenation.net/?p=53893|archive-date=August 26, 2014}} Later revealed to be titled Crazy Eyes, he aimed to keep recording time short, with the goal of releasing the album in 2015. Patrick states that he plans on writing again with Radtke, and this time also with touring members Hayden Scott and Tim Kelleher. On June 8, 2014, Patrick announced via Facebook that former guitarist Geno Lenardo has been extended an invitation to write music with the band. Patrick later commented that he was unsure if Lenardo would be able to commit to the formal recording sessions or not. Patrick later announced that he would be collaborating again with Liesegang, with whom he created Short Bus, and producer Ben Grosse, who produced Title of Record and The Amalgamut.{{cite web|url=http://www.indiesourcemag.com/Music/2112/FILTER-IN-STUDIO-TO-RECORD-7TH-STUDIO-ALBUM-US-MARCH---APRIL-TOUR-WITH-COAL-CHAMBER|title=FILTER IN STUDIO TO RECORD 7TH STUDIO ALBUM US MARCH / APRIL TOUR WITH COAL CHAMBER|access-date=October 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235936/http://www.indiesourcemag.com/Music/2112/FILTER-IN-STUDIO-TO-RECORD-7TH-STUDIO-ALBUM-US-MARCH---APRIL-TOUR-WITH-COAL-CHAMBER|archive-date=March 3, 2016}} Patrick also confirmed that the band would be in the studio in February 2015, and would then go on tour with Coal Chamber through March and April. For some of album's recording sessions for the album, the band announced the ability to watch to livestream half-hour or hour intervals of the band in the studio, costing $175 for a half-hour, or $300 for a full hour.{{cite web|url=http://www.musicinstrumentsartists.com/2014/11/20/watch-filter-create-new-album-studio/|title=Watch Filter Create Their New Album in the Studio|work=MUSIC INSTRUMENTS ARTISTS|access-date=October 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602051155/http://www.musicinstrumentsartists.com/2014/11/20/watch-filter-create-new-album-studio/|archive-date=June 2, 2016}}

On March 4, 2015, Radtke announced he had left the band to pursue other musical interests.{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/JonnyRadtke/status/573310759595212800 |title=Jonny Radtke on Twitter |work=Twitter |access-date=October 21, 2015}} Shortly after, Filter's Facebook page updated its members, indicating that an entirely new touring lineup would support Patrick, including Oumi Kapila, Ashley Dzerigian, and Chris Reeve.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Filter/info?tab=page_info|title=Filter|website=Facebook.com|access-date=October 21, 2015}} On March 30, Filter launched a five-month campaign with PledgeMusic, offering fans the opportunity to have exclusive insights into the writing and recording of the new record.{{cite web|url=http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/filter|title=Filter|work=PledgeMusic|access-date=October 21, 2015}} In a video update posted on PledgeMusic on December 4, Richard Patrick revealed the album is complete and is titled Crazy Eyes.{{cite web|url=http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/filter/updates/63010|title=Filter|website=PledgeMusic.com|access-date=December 4, 2015}} On December 18, Filter stated via Facebook that the album would be released on April 8, 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Filter/photos/a.186150516351.164025.186143931351/10153690751661352/?type=3&theater|title=Filter|website=Facebook.com|access-date=December 18, 2015}}

In early 2018, original member Brian Liesegang returned to Filter after 21 years and started working with Patrick on the band's 8th studio album. The latter mentioned that "Brian and I are making the official follow-up to Short Bus (maybe), called Re-Bus." Liesegang offered an official statement regarding the project:

"We are gearing up for official reboot of initial Filter. Working right at this instant together on lyrics. We have fun afternoons and focusing the loud and the pretty noise maelstrom. Gonna be a full length, and its hard or maybe not right to call it a sequel, as it's not so much that in that it is just a return to a certain approach and philosophy. Whatever. Not gonna overthink it, just do it. We'll figure that all out later... In the middle of it now."{{cite web |title=Filter duo Short Bus sequel |url=http://loudwire.com/original-filter-duo-short-bus-sequel/ |access-date=July 22, 2018 |work=Loudwire.com}}

On June 18, 2020, Filter debuted a music video on YouTube for the track "Thoughts and Prayers".{{cite web|title=Filter - Thoughts and Prayers|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=aiGma9q_Z1U |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/aiGma9q_Z1U |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} Patrick had also stated in a story video on his Facebook the day before while promoting the release of the new single that the new working title for the upcoming album is Murica.{{cite web|title=Filter {{!}} Facebook|url=https://www.facebook.com/Filter/|website=Facebook}} The title track was released as a follow-up single on October 29, 2020.{{Cite web |last=Patrick |first=Richard |date=October 29, 2020 |title=Filter - Murica |url=https://youtube.com/mq15Ul2T_8c |website=YouTube}} A new single, "For the Beaten," was released on October 14, 2022.{{Cite web |last=Patrick |first=Richard |date=October 10, 2022 |title=Filter - For the Beaten |url=https://youtube.com/aPWqkraRyBs |website=YouTube}} Patrick stated this was the first single for the new album coming in Spring 2023 on Golden Robot Records,{{Cite web |date=October 13, 2022 |title=FILTER Shares New Single 'For The Beaten' |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/filter-shares-new-single-for-the-beaten |website=Blabbermouth}} that the album's title has reverted back to They've Got Us Right Where They Want Us, At Each Other's Throats, and that the two 2020 singles "Thoughts and Prayers" and "Murica" are not on the upcoming album.{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Andrew |date=August 11, 2022 |title=An Interview with Richard Patrick of Filter |url=https://vwmusicrocks.com/an-interview-with-richard-patrick-of-filter/ |website=VWMusic}} On May 5, 2023, Filter released a second single, "Face Down," for the once again retitled album, The Algorithm, due out on August 25, 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-05-19 |title=FILTER's New Album Will Now Be Called 'The Algorithm', Says RICHARD PATRICK |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/filters-new-album-will-now-be-called-the-algorithm-says-richard-patrick |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}} A third single, "Obliteration", was released on July 14, 2023. In the fall of 2023, Filter, along with Ministry, opened the Freaks on Parade tour, headlined by Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie.{{cite web|url=https://alicecooper.com/freaks-on-parade-tour|title=Freaks on Parade Tour|website=alicecooper.com|access-date=September 25, 2023}} The tour spanned one month, lasting from August 24, 2023 until September 24, 2023, visiting 19 venues across the United States and Canada.

On June 13, 2025, Richard Patrick announced that Filter's ninth studio album was being recorded and would be titled The Antidote. Patrick also revealed one of the tracks would be called "Your Bark Is Bigger Than Your Bite."{{cite web |author1=filter_richard_patrick |author2=officialfilter |title=Elias Mallin on drums!! He is recording a new song called “Your bark is bigger than your bite” by Filter. This video was recorded inside the live room at stag Street recording you cannot hear the other parts of the song because it was isolated. |url=https://www.instagram.com/reel/DK2jReGyK39/ |website=Instagram.com |access-date=14 June 2025 |language=English |date=June 13, 2025}}

Filter's sound has been described as industrial rock,{{cite magazine| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/filter/albums/album/283232/review/5940938/title_of_record |title=Filter: Title of Record: Music Reviews |last=Kot |first=Greg |magazine=Rolling Stone |date= September 2, 1999 |access-date=April 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080619065340/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/filter/albums/album/283232/review/5940938/title_of_record |archive-date=June 19, 2008 }}{{multiref|1={{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/6844181/filter-take-me-to-heaven-premiere-crazy-eyes-album-interview|title= Filter Set to Release 'Experimental' New Album, Start Touring in Spring; Listen to First Single 'Take Me to Heaven' (Exclusive) |first= Mick |last=Stingley |work=AllMusic|access-date=April 23, 2020}}|2={{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/620914/filter-heading-back-on-road/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002231059/http://www.mtv.com/news/620914/filter-heading-back-on-road/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 2, 2017|title=Filter Heading Back On Road|work=MTV|date=February 2, 2000|access-date=May 2, 2020}}|3={{cite magazine|title=Backstage Pass|magazine=Spin|first=Marc|last=Spitz|page=58|date=March 2000|volume=16 |issue=3}}}} post-grunge,{{cite web |url=https://www.deseret.com/2000/3/12/19495734/filter-starts-strong-but-loses-steam-br-grunge-musicians-just-couldn-t-keep-crowd-enthused|title=Filter starts strong but loses steam. Grunge musicians just couldn't keep crowd enthused|publisher=Deseret News|last=Moody|first=Dainon|date=March 12, 2000 |access-date=April 30, 2022}}{{multiref|{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/list/8505742/greatest-songs-of-1999-top-99|title=The 99 Greatest Songs of 1999: Critics' Picks|magazine=Billboard|date= April 8, 2019 |first=Andrew |last=Unterberger |archive-date=April 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408194543/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/list/8505742/greatest-songs-of-1999-top-99}}|{{cite web |url=https://whatculture.com/music/10-laughable-post-grunge-bands-wont-believe-still-going|title=10 Laughable Post-Grunge Bands You Won't Believe Are Still Going|publisher=WhatCulture|last=Marko|first=Aaron J|date=March 20, 2014 |access-date=April 30, 2022}}|{{cite web|url=http://stylusmagazine.com/articles/staff_top_10/top-ten-mediocre-post-grunge-alternative-bands.html|title=Top Ten Mediocre Post-Grunge / Alternative Bands|publisher=Stylus Magazine|last=Unterberger|first=Andrew|date=2004-08-06|access-date=April 30, 2022|archive-date=February 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216205029/http://stylusmagazine.com/articles/staff_top_10/top-ten-mediocre-post-grunge-alternative-bands.html|url-status=dead}}|{{cite web |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/filters-richard-patrick-speaks-to-germanys-metal-trails-com-video|title=FILTER's RICHARD PATRICK Speaks To Germany's Metal-Trails.com (Video)|publisher=Blabbermouth|date=February 6, 2014|access-date=April 30, 2022}}}} industrial metal,{{multiref|{{cite news|url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/filter-6410426|title= Filter|newspaper=Phoenix New Times |date= October 3, 2002 |access-date=May 2, 2002 |first=Kurt |last=Brighton}}|{{cite news|last=Berger |first=Arion |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2002/08/07/filters-amalgamut-industrial-metal-tempered-with-pop/16feb7dd-4232-4998-a5c1-196b23bf3f3d/ |title=Filter's 'Amalgamut': Industrial Metal Tempered With Pop |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2002-08-07 |access-date=2022-02-16}}|{{Cite web|url=https://www.bandwagon.asia/articles/industrial-metal-outfit-ministry-first-show-in-singapore-this-october|title=Industrial metal giants Ministry and Filter to make their Singapore debuts this October|date=July 19, 2017|website=Bandwagon.asia|access-date=February 16, 2022}}|{{cite web|first= Anton|last=Chirtsov|title= 17 Best Industrial Metal Bands|website= Ultimate Guitar |date= 16 May 2017 |access-date= 8 June 2022 |url= https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/17_best_industrial_metal_bands-59129}}}} alternative rock,{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/filter-the-very-best-things-1995-2008-mw0000811445|title=Filter: The Very Best Things (1995-2008)|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine|work=AllMusic|access-date=April 23, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2016/01/27/alt-rock-act-filter-to-return-to-the-agora-in-april|title=Alt-Rock Act Filter to Return to the Agora in April |work=Cleveland Scene|first=Jeff |last=Niesel |date=January 27, 2016 |access-date=April 30, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/filter-2496145437.html|title=Review: Filter - Anthems for the Damned|website=PopMatters|first=Chad |last=Berndtson |date=June 11, 2008 |access-date=April 30, 2020}} hard rock,{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/filter-mn0000178122/biography|title=Filter biography|first=John |last=Bush|work=AllMusic|access-date=April 23, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-mar-06-ca-5820-story.html|title=Lead Singer's Eclectic Tastes Push Filter's Rock Boundaries |date=March 6, 2000 |access-date=April 30, 2020 |work= Los Angeles Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429224730/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-mar-06-ca-5820-story.html |archive-date=April 29, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Facts/Music/RevID/0,1107,2751,00.html|title= Filter: The Amalgamut |work=E! |archive-date=October 31, 2004 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20041031191455/https://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Facts/Music/RevID/0,1107,2751,00.html}} electronic rock,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8526960/filter-take-a-picture-remix-premiere-title-of-record-anniversary|title=Filter's 'Take a Picture' Gets a New Remix for 'Title of Record' 20th Anniversary: Exclusive Premiere|first=Mick |last=Stingley |magazine=Billboard |date=August 9, 2019 |access-date=April 30, 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=517 | title=Filter - The Amalgamut |work=Blender |first= Ben |last=Mitchell |archive-date=November 3, 2004 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041103132204/http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=517}} alternative metal,{{multiref|1={{cite web |url=https://www.timesonline.com/story/entertainment/local/2011/10/11/concert-review-bush-at-stage/18375197007/|title=Concert review: Bush at Stage AE

|work=The Times|last=Tady|first=Scott|date=October 11, 2011|access-date=April 30, 2022|quote=A more satisfying set came from the night's first act, industrial-alt-metal band Filter, ...}}|2={{cite web |url=https://hmmagazine.com/feature/the-birthday-massacre/ |title=Through the Eyes of Fascination|magazine=HM|last=Voight |first=Andrew|access-date=May 12, 2022}}}} nu metal,{{cite web|author=The Connection Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-connection-mw0002415594 |title=The Connection – Papa Roach | Songs, Reviews, Credits |website=AllMusic |date=2012-10-09 |access-date=2022-02-16}}{{Cite web|first=Johan|last=Wippsson|date=May 14, 2008|title=Melodic Net Review: Filter - Anthems for the Damned|url=http://www.melodic.net/album/filter-anthems-for-the-damned-02|access-date=November 16, 2023|website=Melodic}} grunge, and pop rock.{{cite web |url=https://loudwire.com/filter-albums-ranked/|title=Filter Albums Ranked|publisher=Loudwire|last=Hill|first=John|date=August 24, 2017|access-date=April 30, 2022}} The band's debut, Short Bus, melded grunge with mainstream industrial music;{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/short-bus-mw0000171870|title=Filter: Short Bus |work=AllMusic | first=Neil Z. |last=Yeung |access-date=April 27, 2020}} music critic Greg Kot remarked that the record "finds a middle ground between grunge's world-weary sense of melody and industrial rock's icy steel-pulse rhythms."{{cite book |editor1-first=Nathan |editor1-last=Brackett |editor2-first=Christian David |editor2-last=Hoard |last=Kot |first= Greg |author-link= Greg Kot |date=2004 |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |location=New York |publisher=Simon & Schuster |page=298 |isbn= 978-0-7432-0169-8}} The record's heavy use of drum machine was influenced by the sounds of Ministry and Big Black; Patrick's other influences during Filter's early career included Pantera, Skinny Puppy, Butthole Surfers,{{cite web|last1=Brooks|first1=Nev |date=June 8, 2010|title=Interview with Richard Patrick of Filter|url=http://www.uberrock.co.uk/interviews/57-june-interviews/8340-richard-patrick-filter-uber-rock-interview-exclusive.html|website=uberrock.co.uk|publisher=Uber Rock|access-date=August 13, 2017}} Helmet, Soundgarden and Deftones, as well as the drop D tuning.{{cite web|url=http://crypticrock.com/interview-richard-patrick-of-filter-tells-all/|title=Interview: Richard Patrick of Filter tells all|website=crypticrock.com|date=August 5, 2013|language=en-US|access-date=May 1, 2020}} Liesegang parted ways with the band after Short Bus due to creative differences; he has sought to incorporate more electronic sounds while Patrick opted for a heavier, guitar-oriented direction.{{cite web |last=Man |first=The |url=http://mancave.cbslocal.com/2013/06/04/interview-with-richard-patrick-and-jonny-radke-of-filter/ |title=An Un-Filtered Interview with Filter « Man Cave Daily |publisher=Mancave.cbslocal.com |date=June 4, 2013 |access-date=November 20, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121022249/http://mancave.cbslocal.com/2013/06/04/interview-with-richard-patrick-and-jonny-radke-of-filter/ |archive-date=November 21, 2015 }} The band's second full-length album, Title of Record, incorporated more diverse elements and sounds, drawing from folk, worldbeat and psychedelia in addition to industrial and grunge. The Amalgamut marked a continuation of the sound of its predecessor with juxtaposing softer and heavier tracks, while 2008's Anthems for the Damned featured the band's trademark sound of "heavy rock" with "equal parts of grunge, industrial, and '80s rock".{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/anthems-for-the-damned-mw0000785694|title=Filter: Anthems for the Damned|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine|website=Allmusic |access-date=January 14, 2012}} 2013's The Sun Comes Out Tonight introduced an update to Filter's sound with newly introduced harmonies and electronic elements. 2016's Crazy Eyes marked a sharper return to the industrial sound with Patrick's rediscovery of his appreciation for industrial acts such as Skinny Puppy and Ministry, as well as modern electronic artists such as deadmau5;{{cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/cdreviews/crazy-eyes/|title=CD Review: Filter - Crazy Eyes |website=Blabbermouth.net | first=Ray Jr. | last=Van Horn |date=August 20, 2016 |access-date=May 1, 2020}}{{cite AV media |title=Richard Patrick of Filter Talks Nine Inch Nails and His New Album Crazy Eyes |medium=video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO-nsA9WIIo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/yO-nsA9WIIo |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|publisher=hardDrive Radio }}{{cbignore}} he has referred to the sound on the record as "new industrial".

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{{Main|Filter discography}}

• Short Bus (1995)
• Title of Record (1999)
• The Amalgamut (2002)
• Anthems for the Damned (2008)
• The Trouble with Angels (2010)
• The Sun Comes Out Tonight (2013)
• Crazy Eyes (2016)
• The Algorithm (2023)
• The Antidote (TBA)

• List of alternative music artists
• List of number-one dance hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart

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