Three Mile Pilot

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jump to: navigation, search
 This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. Please improve this article if you can. (August 2009)


Three Mile Pilot is an indie rock band from San Diego, California formed by Armistead Burwell Smith IV (a.k.a. Zach Smith from Pinback, Systems Officer, Neighborhood Watch) on bass and vocals, Pall Jenkins (The Black Heart Procession, Dark Sarcasm, Mr. Tube) on vocals and guitar, and Tom Zinser on drums.

The group released their first album, Nà Vuccà Dò Lupù, in 1992 (before Pall could play guitar) on Cargo/Headhunter. Their next record, Chief Assassin to the Sinister, came out (also on Cargo/Headhunter) in 1994, with a vinyl version being released by Negative Records and then later by Goldenrod Records. Geffen Records took an interest in them and reissued the album but because of internal strife between the band and the label, 3MP left Geffen and returned to Headhunter. They added Tobias Nathaniel (The Black Heart Procession, The Young Destroyers, A Day Called Zero) on piano/keyboard and released Another Desert, Another Sea in 1997. Several 7" releases followed on various labels, as well as a self-titled EP released on Gravity Records the following year. Songs from the 7" releases and other unreleased tracks were gathered in a 2-CD compilation titled Songs From an Old Town We Once Knew, released on Cargo/Headhunter in 1999.

3MP's early work often referenced the cult sci-fi computer game series Star Control, as evidenced by album and song titles such as Star Control Out, "Chenjesu," "The Ur-Quan Destroyer," "Androsyn Guardian," and "Ilwrath."

After an unofficial break-up of sorts following their last album in 1998, Three Mile Pilot have recently reunited, signed to indie major Touch and Go Records, and are actively writing new material for an album to be released in 2009.[1] In 2009 the band switched record labels and is now signed to Temporary Residence Limited with a new album expected in 2010. Armistead Burwell Smith IV's other band, Pinback, also recently made the switch from Touch and Go Records to Temporary Residence Limited.

Three Mile Pilot played three sold-out shows at The Casbah on January 18, 19, and 20th of 2009 as part of the venue's 20th anniversary celebration. The line-up included the three original members, Pall Jenkins, Armistead Burwell Smith IV, Tom Zinser, as well as Kenseth Thibideau (Sleeping People) on keyboards, and Brad Lee (Mr. Tube, Comfortable for You) on Bass and Guitar.

The band toured the west coast in July 2009, it was their first tour in over ten years, and re-released their earlier work as a handmade six CD box set titled, "Three Mile Pilot: 1991 - 1999". In September 2009, they annouced that a new album was finished and that in October 2009, a 7" with two new songs ("Planets/Grey Clouds") would be available.

[edit] Albums

[edit] Nà Vuccà Dò Lupù (1992)

  • Track listing on Nà Vuccà Dò Lupù
  1. "One Step Ladder" - 5:33
  2. "Sore Loser" - 5:51
  3. "Slow Hand" - 5:52
  4. "Pinhut" - 6:11
  5. "Walking With Your Mother" - 4:33
  6. "Illwrath" - 4:24
  7. "Unicycle Silencer" - 9:22
  8. "Horse Sweat" - 4:18
  9. "Paralyzed (Dressing the Kill)" - 7:32
  10. "Feeling Bald" - 4:38
  11. "Huvakraft" - 3:10
  12. "Dirt on the Flag Mud on the Wheel" - 9:25

[edit] Chief Assassin to the Sinister (Cargo/Headhunter 1994)

  • Track listing on Chief Assassin to the Sinister
  1. "Shang vs. Hanger"
  2. "Circumcised"
  3. "Aqua-Magnetic"
  4. "The Chief Assassin to the Sinister"
  5. "97-MT"
  6. "X-Miner"
  7. "Vux Intruder"
  8. "Androsyn"

[edit] Chief Assassin to the Sinister (Geffen 1995)

  • Track listing on Chief Assassin to the Sinister
  1. "Shang vs. Hanger"
  2. "Circumcised"
  3. "Inner Bishop"
  4. "Aqua-Magnetic"
  5. "The Chief Assassin to the Sinister"
  6. "97-MT"
  7. "X-Miner"
  8. "Chenjesu"
  9. "Midgaard Serpent"
  10. "Androsyn Guardian"

[edit] Another Desert, Another Sea (1997)

  • Track listing on Another Desert, Another Sea
  1. "Way of the Ocean" - 3:09
  2. "If You Cross" - 3:23
  3. "The Year of No Light" - 4:27
  4. "Bolivia" - 4:13
  5. "Kill the Race Horse" - 5:21
  6. "Eastern Wave" - 3:23
  7. "Ruin" - 4:11
  8. "Mending King" - 4:40
  9. "City of Bones" - 4:07
  10. "South" - 5:50
  11. "Glitter Wave" - 3:36
  12. "Longest Day" - 4:16
  13. "One False Eye" - 7:18

[edit] Three Mile Pilot (Gravity EP) (1998)

  • Track listing on Three Mile Pilot EP
  1. "Wahn" - 6:28
  2. "Tokyo Static (Son #8 Inc.)" - 4:26
  3. "On A Ship To Bangladesh" - 3:42
  4. "By This River (Brian Eno cover)" - 3:49
  5. "Worry" - 4:57

[edit] Songs From an Old Town We Once Knew (1999, compilation)

  • Track listing on Songs From an Old Town We Once Knew, disc 1
  1. "Nussun" (released as a picture disc, 1993)
  2. "The Silver Monkey Syndicate" (released on a 7" by Paralogy Records, 1998)
  3. "The House Is Loss" (released on a 7" by Paralogy Records, 1998)
  4. "Piano Plus" (released by Penny Farthing Records)
  5. "Piano Minus" (released by Penny Farthing Records)
  6. "Red Sensing" (recorded in 1996)
  7. "Sewn To Our Side" (recorded in 1996)
  8. "In This Town I Awaken" (recorded in 1998, released on a split 7" by Slowdance Records)
  9. "The Approach" (recorded in 1996, released on a split 7" by Chrysanthemum Records)
  10. "Tripoli" (recorded in 1998, unreleased)
  • Track listing on Songs From an Old Town We Once Knew, disc 2
  1. "Jadulastan Requiem" (recorded in 1996, released on a 7" by Move Sounds)
  2. "A Very Old Bass" (recorded in 1996, unreleased demo)
  3. "This Divine Crown" (recorded in 1996, released on a 7" by Goldenrod Records)
  4. "The Open Sided" (recorded in 1996, released on a 7" by Goldenrod Records)
  5. "Terry D." (recorded in 1996, unreleased)
  6. "Cyrus" (recorded in 1998, unreleased)
  7. "Everything" (recorded in 1998, released on a 7" by Move Sounds)
  8. "As All the Fish Go On Parade" (recorded in 1996)
  9. "The Trail" (recorded in 1998, unreleased)
  10. "Piano Titanic" (recorded in 1995, released on a compilation for Smile X Records)
  11. "The Urquan Destroyer" (recorded live at The Old Casbah in 1993, released on a Casbah Music compilation)

[edit] External links

[edit] References


Stub icon This article on a United States indie rock band is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Mile_Pilot"
Languages