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. 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. In 1996, Filter recorded and filmed the video for the song 'Jurassitol', for The Crow: City of Angels soundtrack. They would all later be featured in the video for the album's second single, 'Dose'.īetween 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 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. 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.

Kurt Cobain's suicide was widely rumored to have inspired the song, but the band denied this. This song was somewhat controversial, as it was seen as capitalizing on the public suicide of Budd Dwyer. The album was commercially successful, and included the hit single 'Hey Man, Nice Shot'. Dubbing themselves Filter, they signed to Reprise Records in 1994 and recorded their first album, Short Bus, which was released in the following year. 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. Short Bus and soundtrack releases (1994–1998) Both men were involved with Nine Inch Nails, but they decided to strike out on their own to record material that had been written by Patrick.

Most would associate Filter with the band’s lead singer, Richard Patrick, but when the group began in the early ‘90s, they were actually a partnership between Patrick and Brian Liesegang. The group returned triumphantly with 2008’s Anthems for the Damned. On the strength of the singles “Hey Man, Nice Shot” and “Take a Picture,” Filter were a favorite among alternative-rock audiences before taking a lengthy hiatus for much of the 2000s. The comparisons to NIN are apt since Filter’s founders were originally part of Reznor’s backing band before forming their own group.

Filter were popular during the mid-‘90s wave of industrial rock championed by Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor.

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