![]() ![]() ![]() I think you'd be better off if you were dead *Rich considers this song to be an expression of music as a loud noise which turns to "a disintegration into the quietest little sound on a guitar." He expands on this thought revealing his "discovery" that music doesn't have to be all hard rock to be meaningful and good.* *Rich says this was one of Filter's first songs. *It's Over was inspired by a mutual friend of Rich and Brian, Jeff Ward, who committed suicide.* *John Cook directed the Stuck in Here video.* *This song was one of Rich's first Filter songs created in his mother's basement.* I think it's best just to take it and go under *Rich has described this song as one about "a maladjusted young male in the subculture of the USofA."* *Rich has said this song reflects his attitude towards organized religion. The song can also be heard in episode 52 "D.P.O." (season 3) of the X-Files television show when Darren Peter Oswald (Giovanni Ribisi) kills his friend (Jack Black) with lightning.*Īnd let you smell what they consider wrong. Hey Man Nice Shot appears on the Demon Knight soundtrack and is featured in The Cable Guy during Jim Carrey's insane basketball scene. Rich says Hey Man Nice Shot was created in a rehearsal hall he rented so he could play his Marshall amp really, really loud. Bud Dwyer who shot himself during a television press conference. Richard says the song is based on the 1987 suicide of Pennsylvania State Treasurer R. *This song was written long-before Kurt Cobain's suicide for all you you conspiracy theorists, although it is about suicide. The title points out the differences and uniquenesses that are found inside these children.* The title of the album, Short Bus, refers to the short buses mentally and physically challenged children take to school. Rich also explains the source of the anger of the album as coming from an attitude of self-destruction and the "mid-20's-I-wanna-fucking-kill-the-world" scenario. *Rich and Brian regarded Short Bus as a record to "disassociate ourselves from the past" (aka nin), which is why it is such a "stark, simple" album featuring only guitars, bass, keyboards, and drums. ![]()
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