This guy is underrated... great singer and songwriter.

Addiction is tough. Started my addiction with alcohol at a young age (15). Never thought I had a problem until I was 31 years old. Dated a girl in 1988. We got married in 1993. In 1999 on September 20th my wife told me something that changed my life. She Sat me down and said she has a problem. I'm like all worried wondering what's up. She says she is not happy with us. I'm like what the f. She talks about my drinking every day and that she can't stay with me and watch me drink my self to death. She also tells me the reason she doesn't want kids is because of my drinking problem. That was the best day of my life. That was the last day I took drink of alcohol. Just celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary and my son just turned 17. I am a very lucky man. Thanks for the great talk about addiction.👍

Richard was at Cornell's funeral and he is speaking the truth

Hey Man Nice Talk

As a recovered mainlining H addict, 23 years sober now, this touched my soul. If you don’t face your addiction head on and fight it every. Single. Day. then there are only two places you’re gonna end up: the cell or the grave. Well before your time. It breaks my heart that one of the greatest frontmen of my generation lost that fight and took a path to the grave. Still some 8 years on since his passing, watching videos of his old live performances (especially Rolling Rock 01’, a show I was lucky enough to be at, where I witnessed Scott ascend to God like levels on that stage; brilliance like a shooting star across a night sky) brings a tear to my eye. If you never saw him live, it’s easy to overlook his genius. But he truly was just that, a brilliant artistic genius. With a voice from the heavens themselves. Gone to soon. Addiction took another great one from us. So fck addiction. If I could get through just one thing to someone, it would be never even try hard, physically addictive drugs. It will never feel as great as it did at first; like when you first stuck the needle in. It will only swallow you whole and everyone who loves you right along with it. You will chase those first highs the rest of your active addiction life. Chase it right to the fckng cell. Or far worse yet, the grave. Sadly, I’ve buried so many friends I’ve lost count. Beautiful souls, people I loved. It crushed me each and every time, and served as an excuse to go score some dope to cope. Which looking back I realize was selfish bs using their death as an excuse to use. And I just as easily could have been one of the buried, it could have been me in the pine box; lord knows I od’d enough times. But by some miracle I escaped with my life and found the grace of long lasting recovery. But I know I could still slip, even now, so I actively fight it every single day. And work hard to never let it inch back in. So I beg you, don’t start up with the shit. Just leave it alone. Hey, if it could kill the Mozart of our century Prince, it will kill you. RIP Scott Weiland. One of the last, true rock star artistic genius frontmen. You are so very missed. 😢

Thanks for the honesty Richard. You don’t shy away from being honest, genuine, caring and setting an example. I wish you a lifetime of sobriety.

Very sad addiction, I love Scott Weiland, but Richard is totally right on point. Along with so many other extremely talented people lost to this disease.

He's very insightful, for a floating head and a pair of hands.

This dude can be both serious and funny and it's comforting

This is great. Ridiculously honest and real. Gracias, amigo.

i still listen to filter's - short bus and stp- core till this day. awesome vid. r.i.p. scott

I wasn't a huge fan of Chester as a pick....BUT at one point in my youth I was a big Linkin Park fan and I remember the Meliora album with the "making of DVD". Chester kissed the "No. 4" Record display at the recording studio, I remember Chester performing with STP on the family values tour. He is a legit, die hard fan like we are. He was up there as a person who loves the band and their music, not just a singer playing another gig. That's what I appreciate about Chester being front man.

I am over 11 years sober. And its sad that not every addict gets the chance to that. Keep up the great work richard. U r a role model for the right reasons these days

damn.. I've been to numerous treatments and still suffer from alcoholism and addiction but this really warmed my heart and gave me hope. it's not to late.

Say what you want- Rich Patrick is a survivor, a winner, whatever- not cocky, just an honest guy- I respect the hell out of him and glad he still gives an album a year to fans!

Sad. This was before Chester faced the same fate as Scott. Hopefully Richard Patrick is still healthy and happy. And hopefully STP can keep making new music with Jeff Gutt. That first record they made was great.

Of the four singers who played with STP/the DeLeo brothers (Patrick, Chester, Weiland & that dude in Talk Show), only two are alive now. And that's a bummer, man. : (

Pisses me off how so many beautiful creative souls reach for substances that take them too soon.

Speaking of Army of Anyone... How about another album, buddy?

I totally agree with him about the part that the DeLeo brothers and Chester didn't deserve all the hateful messages that they got from fans. the DeLeo Brothers wanted a reliable singer and they got one and just because he wasn't as good as Scott people had to throw a fit.

he explained it perfect, you cant keep at it, you want to but you will forget you are hurting others, it isnt about you

Richard is still a awesome Singer I grew up listen to filter and Scott will be missed loved stp

This is a truly genuine honest guy my dad was an alcoholic for most of my childhood until I was 13, it took an alcohol withdrawal seizure in front of me for him to realize he has a problem. I can proudly his been sober for 25 years

Richard's work with Stp "Army of anyone" was amazing. Im sorry it took me so long to find with my bias with Scott such an epic album.

Richard u Rule, and filter is the most underrated band outta the 90s. title of record is a masterpiece and got me through a lot of shit as a kid. Glad to head 13 plus years for u!

I love Filter, one of my favorite bands. Richard must have been real bad off, he stopped in a middle of a promotional tour for "The Amalgamut". Filter was on the verge of being a huge band, but with Richard/Filter gone for nearly six years it hurt. But I'm glad he did it for his sake, and I'm glad he's still around. Filter has had four good to great albums and one fantastic Army of Anyone album since he came back.

That is as real and true as it gets kids....

I loooooove Richard Patrick

Thank you, needed that video more than you know.

God bless you, Richard. Other singers'' deaths make me sad. Scott's passing makes me mad. All these years later... Dammit, Scott!

Tremendous clarity. Always loved AoA and Filter. I am glad he seems well put together now..m bravo

Hey, thank you and Richard for putting this out

Glad I found this. Very insightful and articulate.

Great summarisation you are one of the lucky ones.

Well said, great video.

Unfortunately I know what he is saying. The truth really does hurt sometimes. I have been clean 9 years now. You have to WANT to quit, and maybe I'm way off but I don't think Scott wanted it enough. He loved drugs more than anything it seemed. Your band mates,family, friends can't force you to get clean, and it looked to me like when Scott would go to rehab or whatever it was because he doesn't want to get kicked out of the band or never see his kids again, and that just doesn't cut it when you are trying to get clean. I saw a picture of Scott about a month before he died, he looked like he had 1 for in the grave already. I almost didn't recognize him. He looked in like he was 60 years old. I feel bad for his kids, I hope that they are able to move on from all the insanity in their lives. RIP Scott

Thank you- this interview just saved me…

loved all of filters stuff

I can't believe Robert is the brother of the Evil Terminator from T2: Judgement Day

I lost a friend to alcoholism this year. I honestly think he was too far gone. There was too much pain, depression and mental health issues for him to break dependency from drinking, and he was stuck in a relationship with another alcoholic. He was in rehab for three months, left early, and then died Jimi Hendrix-style by choking on his own vomit. What's sad is that myself and other friends did the gentler approach that Richard talks about, like putting your arm around them, letting you know that you care about them, etc. I'm not knocking that approach at all, but it didn't work with my friend. I sometimes wonder if a more assertive confrontation would have set him straight.

Wow this is so pure and honest and real.

This guy is really saying something.

You cannot help those, who do not want to first help themselves.

Great interview

Thanks ,Robert for telling this story

Short Bus is one of my all time 90’s faves

A. Richard is AWESOME. B. I'm pretty sure Chester/STP would not have gotten as much hate if they would have simply changed the band name to a new one.

Never be a better group frontmen/bands than 1990-96

Nice, he actually looks fine, he understood THANK GOD; too badd Scott couldnt battle his demons R.I.P.

Love this. Lots of respect earned Richard

Bottom line : Scott Weiland was S.T.P. and Velvet Revolver.

Drinking for me as a teen was a way to deal with PTSD that I didn't get any other direction and how to cope with. Now I know what it is but you know it doesn't make it any easier and certainly Scott with multiple ND issues co-occurring. I wonder if he was diagnosed as a child.

Well fucking said brother i grew up listening to both bands. I was 10 years old in 1992 so fucking lucky i experienced all that great music. So fucking sad most of my idols have fallen. Rich is so fucking right on herd

This post changed my life.

Amazing words

yes and have followed you ever since.

You've probably saved a few with this one.✌🏻

Incredible singer. Whenever i would talk about like a “Supergroup” I would pick him as my singer.

Is Richard wearing his hoodie backwards?

If Scott Weiland would have truly received Jesus, and turned to him with a heart of repentance for sin, he would have had a powerful experience with the Holy Spirit and be delivered from drug addiction for good! That is what happened to me on April 19, 2009. Praise the Lord Jesus.

I have ADHD and all my life depression ,and came in drugs and alcohol for ten years ,now thank god i drink onely weekend and drugs ,but still i have the taste to go back in my old life and that's fuck up ! Its realy a illnis ...thanks for share

God bless Richard, I'm coming up on my 9th anniversary, September 14. One day at a time..

Richard is spot on with STP and any other band that tries to carry on with a new singer..what were the DeLeo brothers supposed to do? Hang it up? They wrote the music for STP.

He isn't lying at all.... I feel this

He is right. Shame on the ones who bashed STP for changing their singer. You can hate the music but don’t hate them. Get yourselves a life instead.

Richard is one of the singing greats

man i needed to hear that and had no idea of army of anyone

Well said, Rich. Well said.

Dave Coutts from Talk Show got a lot of hate too. He was great, and that one album was fantastic.

Seen Filter in March 2001, KC. Got Geno's sig on Ticketmaster ticket. Chevelle opened...

richard patrick is right about scott tho if people that really did care about him and knew something was wrong before he was to far gone and when he was still stable they should of talk and tried to help him if so he mabye would still been with us right now rip

love Filter

Nobody's cooler than Richard Patrick.

I heard "passion" comes from "suffering", and I think a long time ago, to do things you're passionate about, it consumes your life.

Am I the only one who thinks he looks like Tom Kinney the voice of Sponge Bob?

Seen STP least 10 times fr 1994-2010. Never have seen, nor would see STP w/o Scott. But that 2010 show was sad. All times in Kansas City. Scott was 1hr late, clearly struggling

“I found uppers” then instinctively touches his nose.

Man it sure must be nice to actually have psychiatrist available to you. My mental health has been untreated for 10+ yrs because of zero local mental health support. What a crappy world we live in….

This man is my biggest inspiration

Wonderful bloke

I know I went the fck off when they brought Chester in. They kicked me off the site😂 I still listen to STP every time I listen to music. Been a fan since the beginning..

i like patrick he understands that he had his time with drugs and alcohol and sooner or later its time to stay away from them sucks he could save scott to rip

In the beginning you take opioids to calm your brain and relieve your pain. I mean mental pain. Then towards the end. You just need it. And I mean need it. You’re not even taking it to get messed up but just out of fear of what happens when you don’t have. If you can’t get it it’s like someone telling you that you have 20 minutes of oxygen left. Good luck finding more. That’s the sheer panic you feel if you can’t get it. That’s one of the big reasons I finally stayed clean. I just never wanted to have that fear of running out again. It’s literally all consuming.

what band/singer was he talking about around the 2:00 mark?

Fucking love this guy.....amazing voice.

that is exact been there then had to grow up, still not the perfect guy but he puts it perfect, this is what it is, youhave to decide you stop or die

Is his hoody on backwards?

It makes me wonder if lead singers have the addiction issues because you need a frontman that's emotional to perform. There in it creates someone who reacts very emotionally to drugs; like their circuitry is more vulnerable to it.

I think the Delleo Brothers should've used a different name. That would've gave a bit of incentive for Scott to clean up. Would it of worked? I don't know. I do know he died feeling "betrayed" by bot VR and STP.

addiction itself is not a disease. Richard said it himself that he has ADHD and did drugs to deal with it. It is an overlying symptom of mental disorders such as ADHD, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar, etc. Mental illness is the key of addiction and we need to speak up and help others who can't/won't get the help they need instead of self-medicating

sorry Ritchie, wasn't talking about you. I was talking about all the people that say addiction is not a disease.

Short bus is amazing.

Holy shit he looks like Keith Olbermann now.

he looks like a slightly older version of my English teacher

So, where do we go from here?

and not creepy follow but musical follow lol Filter is just as important as Trent is to me.

I hate to admit it, But he is Right!

Flying hands !!! ☠️💫☠️💫

Hey Kids!! Chandler is right. Get help if u struggle with any addictions, Seriously!

He looks like beaker from the muppets