Filter

Filter gained mainstream success in 1995 with the release of the industrial rock single "Hey Man, Nice Shot." Four years later, the band received even more attention for its ballad "Take My Picture," which is still heard frequently on rock radio. After taking a break in 2005, singer Richard Patrick formed a new band called Army of Anyone with Robert and Dean DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots fame.

Army of Anyone called in quits in 2007 and after Filter reunited, Patrick refocused his attention on their fourth record, Anthems for the Damned, which hit stores last week. Buzznet caught up with Patrick to get to know the man behind the Anthems. Behold Patrick's nerdy fetish, worst job experience, silly nicknames and why he should never go skiing again ...



Buzznet: Do you have a morning bathroom routine? If so, what does it entail?

Richard Patrick: In the morning I do what I call the three S's ... sh--, shower and shave.

Buzznet: Who was your first kiss? Details ... How old were you? Where were you?  

Patrick: I kissed a girl named Amanda when I was in the sixth grade.

Buzznet: What do you have hanging on your walls in your bedroom? Posters? Artwork? 

Patrick: Hanging in my bedroom, I have a large mirror and a photograph I took of the ocean in Lanai, Hawaii when I was on my honeymoon.

Buzznet: Do you have any fetishes? Any pet peeves?  

Patrick: I'm obsessed with collecting Star Wars prop replicas.

Buzznet: What is the first quality you look for in the opposite sex?

Patrick: I go for the eyes and face. I like bright eyes and a happy, smiling face.

Buzznet: What do you wear to sleep at night?  

Patrick: Underwear.

Buzznet: Do you have a nickname?  

Patrick: As a child, my mom called me Spider Monkey. In Nine Inch Nails, my name was Piggy. In the early part of Filter, they use to call me Chimpy Ding Dong — C double D for short. Now, they call me the supreme overlord ... nah, just kidding.

Buzznet: What was your first job? What was your worst job? 

Patrick: My first job was being a caddy. My worst job was working at a deli. I quit when the guy next to me was chopping off a head of lettuce in the slicer and he sliced all of his fingers off.

Buzznet: If you could be in the Summer Olympics which sport would you compete in? Any why? 

Patrick: Something involving guns. Enough said!

Buzznet: What song do you know every word to, but are totally embarrassed to admit?

Patrick: There's nothing that I sing that I'm ashamed of.

Buzznet: Which era do you most wish you lived in and why?  

Patrick: I would like to live sometime in the future when we don't kill each other, destroy the planet and we've stopped fu--ing over the animals.

Buzznet: Do you have any scars? If so what happened? If not, name one imperfection on your body?  

Patrick: I have a six-inch scar on my left elbow, which I received in a skiing accident in 1993. I was on a quadruple black diamond run at a resort in Colorado. I had just broken the sound barrier when I crashed into what appeared to be a large white biped, presumably the abominable snowman, like the one in [the film] The Empire Strikes Back. It took a huge gash out of my elbow and I went unconscious. I woke up in the snow with a bandage on my arm fashioned out of pinecones and bunny fur, obviously made by a creature with no thumbs. Yes, the abominable snowman had put me back together and saved my guitar playing hand. May porcupines come flying out of my ass if this isn't true.
 
Buzznet: If we gave you sourdough bread and you could put anything on your sandwich what would it be?  

Patrick: Prosciutto.

Buzznet: When you hear the word “oatmeal” what is the very first thing that comes to your mind? 

Patrick: Oatmeal.