The Europeans in general are way more participatory. Richard Patrick: Germans are crazier, the Germans are definitely crazier. SFBAC: Are there any differences in the crowds across the world? The crowd that comes to see our shows are music fans and that's all they wanna do, is hang out and hear music and they're all the same all over the world and they all know the lyrics, they just wanna have a good time. Just what an amazing thing that music has given me, this ability to see the world, and that people are people, they are literally the same people. Basil's Church, and just thinking to myself "wow I'm never gonna go there" and one day I'm standing in Red Square with fans that were singing my lyrics and just thinking to myself that's probably the furthest I've ever been from home. I remember seeing Peter Jennings or whoever standing in front of the Kremlin and St. and I go "we're from America" and they kinda booed a little bit and I go "but we're here because we love music" and they were like "yay" and it was just this amazing thing. and that was when I realized that music is definitely border-less and it has no government. these are Russians who don't know any English and they're singing the words to the songs. Richard Patrick: I think Moscow is a big deal because I made the realization that literally. SFBAC: So of the places you've toured in the past what cities stand out? teaching us newcomers a thing or two about rock venues and what they should be like and all the different things that promoters can do for us musicians. Only 20 years after Woodstock and, you know, kind of seeing this living legend bigger, larger than life personality. He would take us around to all the different little areas and there was a tent set up for people who were having bad trips on acid, and you know it was cool. Richard Patrick: I think those are the two, I remember meeting Bill Graham, he had this Amphitheater that he was running on the first Lollapalooza. SFBAC: Any venues you haven't played that you want to? I played here with Army of Anyone, at a place called Slim's. It was a nice place and we had a good time. Richard Patrick: We played that place, the Warfield Theater. SFBAC: You've played a number of times through the Bay Area, do you have any favorite memories? With any luck, we'll see more of Filter in 2012! The full interview is below and be sure to check our our prior coverage here. We had a chance to spend some time with Patrick before the show to talk about Bay Area memories, leaving Nine Inch Nails, his side project Army of Anyone, and the current state of the music industry. Richard Patrick (Filter) Credit: Kevin Keatingįilter, fronted by signer and guitarist Richard Patrick, swung through the Bay Area this past weekend when they rocked the Avalon in Santa Clara to support their 2010 album 'The Trouble with Angels'.
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