Their first album, Short Bus, was released in 1995. The album was commercially successful, and included the hit single "Hey Man, Nice Shot". The song was somewhat controversial, as it was seen as capitalizing on the public suicide of Budd Dwyer. Kurt Cobain's suicide was widely rumored to have inspired the song, but the band refuted this. 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/The 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, 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.
The song "Captain Bligh" (after Vice-Admiral William Bligh of the HMS Bounty) was written by Patrick after leaving Nine Inch Nails and was about Trent Reznor's notoriously anti-social habits. "Miss Blue" is said to have been about Smashing Pumpkins bassist D'arcy Wretzky. 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 Hummer2 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. He has since tattooed his date of sobriety, September 28, 2002, on his forearm.
Richard Patrick was part of the supergroup The Damning Well, which has only released one track on the Underworld movie soundtrack in 2003, despite an entire album's worth of recording. While nothing has directly surfaced, it is rumored that some of the material from these sessions have been an influence or has been reworked in Filter's 2008 release Anthems for the Damned and Black Light Burn's first album Cruel Melody, due to the fact that Wes Borland was the guitarist of both The Damning Well and Black Light Burns.
Army of Anyone, a second supergroup side-project with drummer Ray Luzier and Stone Temple Pilots members Robert and Dean DeLeo, released its debut album on November 14, 2006. Low album sales, coupled with Richard Patrick's desire to do more work with Filter, led the band's break-up around mid-2007.
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 expressed 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 March 10 performance 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. Remixes For the Damned was released on November 21, 2008 in the U.S. and Canada, and internationally on December 1, 2008. The lead-off single was "I Keep Flowers Around".
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.
Filter started work working on a fifth album shortly after the release of the remix and greatest hits albums, with Bob Marlette as a producer. The album, said Richard Patrick, would be a lot heavier than Anthems for the Damned and was 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.
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." It's important to note that he originally saw this album releasing in 2009, while it has now obviously slipped into 2010.
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.
Filter also contributed a new song "Fades Like a Photograph" for the soundtrack of the movie 2012 (2009). The song has a similar lyrical mood to "Take a Picture" and 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.
The album has been recorded, mixed and mastered, and band is currently signed with the label Rocket Science Ventures. Filter released a new single, "The Inevitable Relapse", as their first single on May 26th. The song is available on the band's official website as a free digital download. The Trouble with Angels will be released in August 17, 2010, with touring starting in the summer. The second track on the album, titled "Drug Boy," was released on the band's website on August 3rd.
Where Do We Go From Here
Filter Lyrics
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Had to start telling me
Won't bring me to my knees
Scraped up and bruised from your fickelness
I plead
Just let me feel some ease from creatures of your greed
Just let me feel some ease for me
It makes me wanna go away
Till you think its over
I touch
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Where do we go from here?
You know I'm not the only one
Where do we go from here?
You know I'm not the only son
Where do we go from here?
Stop dreaming 'bout the shiney gun
Where do we go from here?
No I'm not the only one
These
Broken dreams are screams to me
The difference I can't see
The way you look and talk to me
You're cursing me I freeze
The combination of loss, control, loss of soul
I weaze
Just give some ease to me
And I'm so glad I met you.
It makes me wanna go away
Till you think its over
I touch
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Where do we go from here?
You know I'm not the guilty one
Where do we go from here?
No I'm not the only son
Where do we go from here?
Stop dreaming 'bout the shiney gun
Where do we go from here?
No I'm not the only one
I touch
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Where do we go from here?
You know I'm not the only one
Where do we go from here?
You know I'm not the only son
Where do we go from here?
Stop dreaming 'bout the shiney gun
Where do we go from here?
No I'm not the only one
Where do we go from here?
Where do we go from here?
Where do we go from here?
Where do we go from here?
Where do we go?
In Filter's song "Where Do We Go From Here," the verses describe the pain and struggle that comes from being in a toxic relationship. The lyrics "Ease, had to start telling me, won't bring me to my knees, scraped up and bruised from your fickleness" convey the frustration and desperation of the singer, who is being emotionally manipulated by their partner. The phrase "creatures of your greed" alludes to the idea that the partner is always hungry for power and control over the singer.
The second verse continues this theme, highlighting the way that the partner's behavior has shattered the singer's dreams and caused them to feel lost and frozen. The line "You're cursing me I freeze/The combination of loss, control, loss of soul/I wheeze" is particularly striking in its description of the devastating effects of emotional abuse.
The chorus asks the titular question, "Where do we go from here?" The repetition of this question emphasizes the sense of confusion and uncertainty that the singer is feeling about the future of the relationship. The line "Stop dreaming 'bout the shiny gun" suggests that the partner may be violent or dangerous, and that the singer is aware of this fact. Overall, the song paints a powerful picture of the pain and confusion that can come from being in a toxic relationship.
Line by Line Meaning
Ease
I want things to be easier in my life
Had to start telling me
You've been telling me things for a while now
Won't bring me to my knees
I won't be defeated by your words
Scraped up and bruised from your fickelness
Your ever-changing attitude has hurt me
I plead
I'm begging you
Just let me feel some ease from creatures of your greed
Please stop being so selfish and let me have some peace
Just let me feel some ease for me
I need to feel good about myself
And I'm so glad I met you.
I used to be happy to have met you
It makes me wanna go away
Now I want to leave
Till you think its over
Until you realize it's done
I touch
I try to make contact with you
Where do we go from here?
What's the next step in our relationship?
You know I'm not the only one
I'm not the only person in this situation
Stop dreaming 'bout the shiney gun
Stop thinking about a quick solution to our problems
No I'm not the only son
I'm not the only one affected by this
These
I have some problems
Broken dreams are screams to me
My unfulfilled dreams are making me unhappy
The difference I can't see
I don't understand what's changed
The way you look and talk to me
The way you treat me
You're cursing me I freeze
You're making me feel scared
The combination of loss, control, loss of soul
I'm feeling like everything is slipping away from me
I weaze
I can feel myself getting anxious
You know I'm not the guilty one
I'm not responsible for everything that's happening
I touch
I try to make contact with you
Where do we go?
What's next for us?
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: GENO LENARDO, RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICK
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Lyrics🤘
These half-truths you're telling me
Won't bring me to my knees
Scraped up and bruised
From your fickleness I plead
Just let me feel some ease
From creatures of your greed
Just let me feel some ease for me
I'm not so glad I met you
It makes me want to go away
I touch, yeah, yeah, yeah
Where do we go from here?
You know I'm not the only one
Where do we go from here?
No, I'm not the only one
These broken dreams are screams to me
The difference I can't see
The way you look and talk to me
You're cross at me, I freeze
The combination of lost control
The loss of soul, I wheeze
Just give some ease to me
I'm not so glad I met you
It makes me want to go away
I touch, yeah, yeah, yeah
Where do we go from here?
You know I'm not the guilty one
Where do we go from here?
No, I'm not the only one
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh
SHIT!
I touch, yeah, yeah, yeah
Where do we go from here?
Stop dreaming 'bout the shiny gun
Where do we go from here?
No, I'm not the only one
(Where do we go from here?)
Where do we go from here?
(Where do we go from here?)
Where do we go from here?
Where do we go?
Yeah
@muhammadhafizi3548
These half-truths you're telling me
Won't bring me to my knees
Scraped up and bruised
From your fickleness I plead
Just let me feel some ease
From creatures of your greed
Just let me feel some ease from me
I'm not so glad I met you
It makes me want to go away
Till you think it's over
I just?yeah yeah yeah
Where do we go from here
You know I'm not the only one
Where do we go from here
You know I'm not your only son
Where do we go from here
Stop dreaming 'bout the shiny gun
Where do we go from here
No, I'm not the only one
These broken dreams are screams to me
The difference I can't see
The way you look and talk to me
Your cross at me I freeze
The combination of lost control
The loss of soul, I wheeze
Just give some ease to me
I'm not so glad I met you
It makes me want to go away
Till you think it's over
I just?yeah yeah yeah
Where do we go from here
You know I'm not the guilty one
Where do we go from here
You know I'm not your only son
Where do we go from here
Stop dreaming 'bout the shiny gun
Where do we go from here
No, I'm not the only one
@cardeologist5426
Huge fan of Filter since the 90's, and still cranking great tunes today. This band deserves more recognition for sure.
@BeyondXS
Amen¡
@Nikki_Beerus_69
Indeed they do 😎🐲🤘💜
@PlushNVelvet
I’m 33 years old and I often have this song in my head. It makes me really nostalgic and missing the time before social media, when people weren’t obsessed in what others were doing, in stalking, in luring IG models lol. I can go on many days without even interacting physically with someone, it’s all about texts and liking each other pictures...
@raisavelasco5808
Totally! Let's go back to those times 😢
@alexearnshaw1468
Tell me about it I was only 8 years old when this came out I wish I was a teenager back then life seemed simple
@josenaranjo8025
I feel the same...
@thefurbeastunderyourbed5012
I'm turning 32 in a week and can totally relate to that.
@etherealfoxproductions
As someone who is now 38 years old, I completely concur with you.
@SuicideSeason009
Filter was such a unique band. They mixed so many genres into their music, Nu Metal(a little bit), alt Metal, post-grunge. Man, those were the times