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.
The band 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] which peaked at #3 on Canada's rock radio chart.
[9] 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.