From Tune Ups section of Guitar World September 1995

BIG MAC ATTACK

  Within weeks of it's release, Filter's dark 'n' catchy "Hey Man Nice Shot"
had radio station request lines flooded and the internet's music pundits
debating the song's possible connection to Kurt Cobain's self inflicted 
shot heard 'round the world. Filter's Richard Patrick and Brian Liesgang 
insist the song was written pre-Cobain, adding that the computer assisted
debate over the single's lyrics ironically detracts from what they thought 
would be the real intrigue factor surrounding their debut, Short Bus 
(Reprise)-that it was composed almost entirely on a Macintosh computer.
  "The Mac gives us a whole new palette and way of manipulating sound
which you can't get in real time," Liesegang says. "If we stumble across
something, like a happy accident, we can focus on it, and just repeat it 
a couple of times rather than try to recreate it with multiple takes."
  All those Mac-manipulated first-takes help make Short Bus a surprisingly
loose collection of sloppy, semi-industrial noise with the type of carefully 
arranged bells and whistles mix that you might expect from a pair of Nine 
Inch Nails refugees (Patrick played guitar, Leisegang did tour programming
on NIN's last campaign). Patrick credits his own penchant for loud Marshalls,
Leisegang's ability to sample, reverse and transpose feedback, and a few 
words of Trent Reznor wisdom for a collective guitar sound that never 
succumbs to the murky synthesized rhythm.
   "Trent taught me that two little notes like B and C# can be approached
as "Fuck you, Fuck you," says Patrick, "and that any guitar part, no matter,
how small, can convey attitude. As long as you're playing with conviction,
it's legitimate." 
      -ANDY LANGER