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]

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.^[6] The song's music video, directed by Maxime Giroux, won the MuchMusic Video Award for Best Independent Video at the 2004 MuchMusic Video Awards,^[7] and was a Juno Award nominee for Video of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2004.^[8]

The band followed up in 2006 with the album Sell Control for Life's Speed.^[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.^[10] The album was released in the United States under the title Into the West.^[11]

The band's third and final album, Wooden Bones, was released in 2009.^[12]

• Caught by the Window (2003)
• Sell Control for Life's Speed (2006)
• Wooden Bones (2009)

• For All That's Given, Wasted (2001)
• The Window (2003)

• "Into Your Hideout"
• "Alright"
• "Melt into the Walls"
• "Overrated"
• "The Volunteer"
• "Barely Listening"
• "Ambulance"
• "Put the Phone Down"

• Maybe This Christmas Tree (2004, Nettwerk) - "Fairytale of New York"
• Northern Songs: Canada's Best and Brightest (2008, Hear Music) - "Knife-Gray Sea"