Filter
Short Bus

THE REVIEW

I hope claustrophobia isn't one of your flaws, and doesn't make you scream because no one will ever scream better than this man: Richard Patrick, who, for those who don't know, is a former member of the first NIN live group and played guitar in Broken, so he's a veteran. But the NIN have little to do with his current and future band, Filter, who with extreme originality create an amazing, so sought-after and creative sound that it must be included in the masterpieces of the 90s, formed in Los Angeles in 1995, this is their first album. It's practically impossible to find in Italy and it's out of production, so if you order it, they won't send it to you. I wisely stole it from one of the HMVs in London after asking the guy where this CD was, so I snagged the last copy!!! Stimulated by the creativity of electronic music applied to Grunge, Richard Patrick exorcizes the evils caused by the closeness to Trent Reznor & Marilyn Manson and talks about his intro-extroverted character of his personality and his way of doing things: an album defined as a colossal masterpiece.

"Hey Man, Nice Shot" starts with the bass and is one of the best tracks, has a chorus sung at the top of your lungs that nails you to the chair making you think about how awesome these Filter are. "Dose" is my favorite track, it's practically a stunning post-grunge song. "Under" and "Spent" are the two most experimental because they contain many instrumental parts with stopped electronic drums and changes in rhythm, oh I forgot the counterpoint that reigns throughout this work. "Take Another" is intense with guitars that send the best Helmet to make pasta and peas in front of a baseball game. "Stuck in Here": acoustic song with typically Californian rhythms, imagine the beach in the evening. "It's Over" continues with the hammering of toms and bass drum that mark the time of the song. The rhythm is reminiscent of Abe in the latest Deftones. "Gerbil," "White Like That," "Consider This" are the last three post-grunge gems. "So Cool" closes the album. This is certainly among the most innovative masterpieces of the last 10 years, it's a must of a disappeared genre or at least never existed, Grunge or Alternative Rock, call it what you will but I assure you that for how this CD sounds it's the avant-garde of Post-Modern Industrial (1995).