Pilot Speed | |
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Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Genres |
Alternative rock Indie rock |
Years active | 1999–2010 |
Labels |
MapleMusic Recordings (Canada) Wind-up Records (U.S.) |
Members | Todd Clark Chris Greenough Ruby Bumrah Bill Keeley |
Pilot Speed (formerly known as Pilate) was a Canadian rock band, who were active in the early 2000s. [1]
Based in Toronto, Ontario, the band consisted of vocalist and pianist Todd Clark, guitarist Chris Greenough, bassist Ruby Bumrah and drummer Bill Keeley. [2] Clark was a graduate of the music program at the University of Western Ontario, while all of the other three members were alumni of OCAD University. [3]
They released their debut EP, For All That's Given, Wasted, independently in 2001 before signing to MapleMusic Recordings, [1] which released their full-length debut album Caught by the Window in 2003. [4] The album was most noted for the single "Into Your Hideout"; [5] the song's music video, directed by Maxime Giroux, won the MuchMusic Video Award for Best Independent Video at the 2004 MuchMusic Video Awards, [6] and was a Juno Award nominee for Video of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2004. [7]
The band followed up in 2006 with the album Sell Control for Life's Speed. [8] Just a few weeks after the album's Canadian release, the band opted to change their name to Pilot Speed after securing an American deal with Wind-up Records, due to the risk of being sued by other American bands named Pilate; they had briefly considered keeping the name Pilate in Canada while using a different name only in the United States, but ruled that option out. [9] The album was released in the United States under the title Into the West. [10]
The band's third and final album, Wooden Bones, was released in 2009. [11]