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Artist Biography For Pilate

Originally Formed As Pilate In 1999 The Toronto-Based Rock Quartet Changed Their Name To "Pilot Speed" In Mid-2006 In Order To Avoid Possible Lawsuits As Their Music Spread Internationally From Their Native Canada. Pilate Were Born In 2000 After Vocalist And New Zealand Native Todd Clark Left The Music Program At The University Of Western Ontario Where He'd Been Studying And Placed An Ad Online For Potential Bandmates. Bassist Ruby Bumrah A Graduate Of The Ontario College Of Art And Design Answered The Call Bringing With Him Fellow Alums Chris Greenough Guitar And Bill Keeley Drums . Citing Influences Like Crowded House Radiohead And U2 For Pilate's Especially Sweeping Brand Of Melodic Rock -- Not So Dissimilar To Acts Like Keane Coldplay And Snow Patrol -- They Released The Six-Song EP For All That's Given Wasted In The Summer Of 2001. It Quickly Sold Out Its Initial Pressing And Established The Guys As Players In The Canadian Music Scene. They Then Landed Opening Slots On Shows For Broken Social Scene DFA 1979 And Hot Hot Heat And Received The Honor Of Best Unsigned Band At The 2002 North By Northeast Music Conference Canada's Version Of SXSW In The U.S. . Soon After Pilate Inked A Deal With Indie MapleMusic Recordings Which Then Released Their Full-Length Debut Caught By The Window In 2003. The Album Produced Two Hits On National Radio And MuchMusic As The Guys Toured North America Australia And Japan. Their Follow-Up Sell Control For Life's Speed Appeared Back At Home In Mid-2006 After Which The Band Changed Its Name To Pilot Speed. The Quartet Had Signed With Wind-Up Earlier That Same Year Following The Completion Of Its Third Album Overall And First As Pilot Speed Into The West The Label Released The Record That September.

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