1.07.02

Filter is hard at work at the Mixroom in LA putting the finishing touches on their upcoming release The Amalgamut. Richard Patrick said, "This is sonically the most incredible record we've been a part of - and I aint' just blowin shit up your ass!"

09.28.01 New Songs

Hey everybody its Rich again, here are some new song titles that you might be interested in;

I have a song called "Don't Give an Inch" which sounds similar to "Stuck in Here"/"Take a Picture". The lyrics are about not being afraid of who I am, and it's kind of a message to all people to focus on being an individual, and less on being a spoke in a wheel

There's a super heavy song called "The American Cliché" which is about how common place school violence has become.

Then I have a new song called "The Missing" which was written before September 11th, but is lyrically apropos to the horrific events that occurred on said day. Speaking of that, you should all go donate some money to your local Red Cross

That's only 3 of the 12 songs, I've got almost a whole record written, make sure you check back with this page in a few weeks for more song titles and info. Sorry for the lack of updates, but I've been really busy with the record (which by the way is the best work I've ever done and I'm very proud of it).

So be cool to each other and I'll talk to ya later

Sincerely,
-Richard

05.27.01 THE AMALGAMUT

The third Filter record is officially going to be called The Amalgamut. I called the record amalagamut because I took a trip across the country and started to realize that everything in America could potentially become one big homogenized piece of shit. I'm so sick and tired of seeing McDonalds burger king subway on every single street. It's in a way an amalgamation or a mutt. I think there should be way more focus on abstract thought and individualism as opposed to everybody trying to be the same. That's it for now, gotta go back to work.

-RICHARD

3.13.01

All by my lonesome, I'm writing songs by myself because I feel a lot of the new material, although brilliant, is so band oriented, that I've decided to kick everyone out of the studio and rock by myself with Rae Dileo my programmer/engineer. I love working with Geno, Frank and Steve but to obtain the original filter sound I had to play guitar, bass, drums and program the drum machine myself to pump out 3 or 4 songs just in the last month to make sure that the cd has more of a short busian feel to it. Eventhough I broke my wrist slipping on some ice in chicago I still pick up the guitar and somehow crank out the tunes. Punk rock as it seems, I have always chosen to be a limited musician because I think it sounds more interesting and what better limitation than a cast on my right hand. So the result is hard simple and sloppy just the way I like it. Singing has never been more easy, I'm really confident in my vocals these days, that's the one thing nobody can fuck with, not even old man winter and his slippery sidewalks. So keep posted and I'lll talk to ya soon, and maybe I'll reinstate the bulletin board if you're good, hubka says hi

peace love richie

2.26.01

.............Poor poor Richie. After a night of celebrating yet another finished song, on the trip up his icy stair case to his house in his apartment in chicago.....

.............I fell flat on my face, bled everywhere, and refused to go to the hospital, so it looks like I'm going to have a couple war wounds for the rest of my life. But other than that, we've been kicking ass as a band and we have some great new buddies in town from the band 'dualesc'. They're the first band to record at Abyssinian Sons since Filter started its second and third records here. We've had a lot of fun and we plan to have a lot more fun, these guys work fast, they know what they're doing, they're really professional and I'm very proud of what they're doing. Making music; that's what we do.

............. I had to get rid of that goddamn bulletin board because some people don't have a goddamn life. I mean, I feel bad because I really did want a sounding board for music lovers like myself, but it just turned into a fuckin who knows who, blah blah blah fest. one of these days I might put it back, but right now all you got are these words straight from shitty little me

2.15.01 Bulletin Board Closed

I've recently read my bulletin board and found that 90 percent of the things said on my bulletin board to be bullshit. My bulletin board is for kids and fans to express how much they like or dislike filter, it is not a sounding board for 8th grade sand box mentality - I finished high school why don't you? If you want to learn more about my band you will either buy my records, read interviews, or read the rest of the website, but you will not sit there and make an ass out of yourself and everyone else that likes filter. It has become an 8th grade/high school gossip soundboard as opposed to being a filter fan bulletin board. For this I apologize, but if you're going to get online and gossip about me, my family or what I do in my private life, those days are over, go somewhere else because officially the bulletin board and the chat room are gone. It might return but for now I'm cutting you guys off. I can't believe that the fans that listen to my compassionate music are bickering like an old couple sitting around a back gammon table in some nursing home. In other words, get on with your life, if you like my music play my cds, if you want to learn something about me buy a magazine or read the stuff on the webpage, but the bulletin board is not yours anymore.
-Richard Patrick

1.29.01 The Trip Through Americana

.............Hey everybody, sorry I've been away from the page, but i went on a little trip through Americana with Rae Dileo, and all I had was my guitar, a piece of shit tape recorder and my wheels. I've written 3 new songs on my acoustic too, to help add that acoustic element to the record. i might even use the tape recorder stuff i made, i just went down and got a piece of shit realistic tape recorder and some of the sounds i got on it were pretty interesting.

.............Let me tell you where i went; I went everywhere from Oklahoma City to Tombstone to the resting place of Billy the Kid, Monument Valley, the Navajo Reservation, the Hopi Reservation, and Sedona where i took a helicopter ride through the canyons. Then I finally wound up at the most wonderful place on the planet, the Grand Canyon where I also took a helicopter tour. I'll tell you why the Grand Canyon is such a special place to me, around 94, 95ish I was obviously younger, and I was in this band nine inch nails and I really didn't know what i wanted to do with my life. Everybody wanted me to go ahead and be a musician but its scary to quit such a big band. But when i wound up at the Grand Canyon the first time, after looking at its immensity I realized that life was far too short to not try and do my own music. The only thing that screwed me up in my life was fear, and every single time I fuckin apply one single ounce of confidence in something I do, my life changes dramatically. So it was really fun returning to the exact same spot that I made my choice at. Now I'm hitting Los Angeles to see a check out a few producers who I'm interested in working with. So I apologize for not being around for the page but I've been busy as hell.

1.7.01 The New Record

.............I'm so excited about it. We've definitely reached the half way point, if not more so, with song titles like "goddamn me", "it can never be the same", "my long walk to jail", "so I quit" and "I like the world today". I want to assure you that I'm very very proud of it. .............Abyssinian sons is now a well oiled music machine in which everybody is getting along really well and working diligently and respectively to ascertain the music to which you've grown accustomed too. I mean, when it comes to music there is nothing more important to me then trying to put out every emotional gamut of what we can do, from the highs to the lows of life come emotions that must be dealt with within our sound. So just a couple more months and we should be releasing stuff to radio.

Hey this is rich how ya'll doing. There is only two holidays that I take seriously, Thanksgiving, because I’m half white and half Cherokee Indian and I feel that's kind of fucked up enough to appreciate and being a world traveler and seeing how shitty other countries are, the 4th of July. I just went and hung out with my brother Robert for thanksgiving, the one that lives in California, rob the new star of the xfiles. Being an xfiles fan i love visiting all the sets checking out mulder's vhs porno collection and sitting in his desk in his office. It reminded me of the time i was at the oval office, but the cool thing is, is that its now scully (or gillian's) office and my brothers desk is only 4 feet away. I hung out with the actor that plays skinner his name is Mitch, and we had a great time. But the great thing about being on holiday is coming back home to work and i cherish every moment that i'm in the studio because this is truly the best music i've ever been a part of. We’re half way done writing the songs. We only need another 4 or 5. After we finish these 10-11 songs we're going to mix it and hopefully this fucker will be done and out by june, at the latest which I’m not hoping for is august. My favorite songs include 'it can never be the same' 'my long walk to jail' 'i like the world today' 'so i quit' 'it will always remain in my head' and 'goddamn me'. The coolest thing about this record is we are as hard as we want to be, i mean we love our fuckin amps turned up and we love the testosterone shit that goes with that, but its also really wonderful when we can be ya know, i know this sounds corny, but the soft and sensitive guys we are. Speaking of being sensitive guys, i heard one of you mother fuckers actually posted a message that said filter were wusses or wuss bags or something and that take a picture sounds like a beer commercial? Well let me tell you someting mother fucker, i am so fucking hard that i would suck a fart out of your mothers asshole and then gladly burp it back up in her face. And as far as i'm concerned take a picture is one of the greatest songs i ever wrote and so what if its light, who gives a fuck? Now moving right along, hey Karren Thomas, matchbox 20 is the shittiest band yet known to the existence of humans, and while you're sitting there pondering that thought... write this down; THINGS TO DO; go out and buy Janes Addiction "nothings shocking" and "ritual de la rehabitual" and every led zeppelin record you could possibly find, THAT my friend rocks. And hey by the way, Shortbus16, "come to daddy" by Aphex Twin is one of the greatest songs ever written, I don't really care about the video, but Richard James is god and you should really check out aphex twin's ambient works volume 1. Primus, whatever, Nine Inch Nails "closer" - ya... 5 million dollars can buy you a really good video huh? But I still love Trent. Don't mean to plug my shit on my own page but expect a record this summer. And expect a bunch of photos from the studio, abyssinian sons, where we work, to hit the page soon. By the way, we are going to do an uncensored free-for-all live webchat on December 10th at 6pm Pacific Time, 9pm Eastern right here on officialfilter.com, see you there!

i can't believe we went to the vma's (me and geno), i mean i love mtv and all, but goddamn after britney spears, sisqo and christina aguillera, i've realized one thing entertainment is alive and well in america but music is dead. rage against the machine helped me get through it and eminem, but i've realized the whole fuckin world is circulating around how much britney spears can shake her ass. we need to start converting these idiots, we need to start making these fuckin pop fans convert to filter fans for the love of god, we have to start making these idiots realize they have to love music that is real and honest, written, produced and performed by 3 or 4 people or whatever, not 21 producers and 16 songwriters. i know i sound pompus and shit but you know what, i've had it, i've fuckin had it, music is dead. 5 years ago, 10 years ago it was nirvana, soundgarden and maybe ll cool j, but it's such a fuckin shame that this country has turned into a bunch of braindead spoon fed idiots. I guess i'm sounding off and maybe i sound pompus but i swear to god i've had it. But its time to take back music. i'm going to work hard and get my album out there so someone fucks with these people, they shouldn't be the biggest things in music................... your loving singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and engineer richard patrick

Hey motherfuckers, just started working at abyssinian sons again, boy it feels great! I already got about 3 or 4 songs done, some really fuckin hard, some really fuckin soft as usual. We're doin a bunch of little one off shows all over the country this summer. We're going down to Miami to play with STP and the deftones in South Beach, Florida, can't wait to hang out with Scott, Dean and Chino. Oh and stop talking shit about me on my own fuckin bulletin board. I fuckin shaved my head, lookin mean again, it feels great! By the way some of you guys are asking about "The Best Things," call up your local radio stations and request it (Interruption: There are some airwave links here.), that's the only way you're going to hear it. I'm gonna set my boy Hubka up with a brand new bass that he has been asking for, and I just sent him a bunch of disks that are filled with pics from concert events taken with my digital camera from the past few months. Hey what did you guys think of us on EMP, i thought we kicked ass with Metallica, Kid Rock and Eminem. I'm alive and well and the music is only getting better!