Hypnopilot

Through a Musician's Wanted ad posted by Matthew Simmons (guitar/vox) in FFWD magazine the members of Hypnopilot were brought together in the Summer of 2002. Matthew's ad caught the attention of Garwin Poff (drums) and Cory Pierce (bass) with his list of influential bands consisting of Black Sabbath, Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age, and Tool. The three hit it off right away and began by playing covers of said bands. After about 6 months the band decided to find a vocalist. A few vocalists were tried, but the band eventually carried on as they were. Matthew had done vocals up until this point, and decided to carry on, despite wanting to just be the guitarist.
The band spent the Summer and Fall of 2003 writing and rehearsing original music and in November began gigging under the name Prescribed Burn. With the money saved after 10 months of gigging the band spent a weekend at Orbit A Studios in Calgary and recorded their first nine songs. It was at this time that the band also changed its name to Hypnopilot, which is a song title by Norwegian rock band Honcho. After another year of gigging the band had enough money to get 500 copies of its first recording pressed and in December 2005 the self titled debut album was complete. Summer of 2006 saw the band create a demo of 4 new songs with rented equipment in Garwin's basement which could be downloaded free on http://www.download.com/Hypnopilot. Though this link is now to last.fm Hypnopilot released their second album "Evergreen" on April 20, 2008, recorded in November 2007 at the same studio that gave birth to their self titled debut.
Self titled (2006)
Evergreen(2008)
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Hypnopilot split up in August of 2009.