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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, Ugly Casanova) 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. 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. A self-titled EP was released on Gravity Records the following year.

3MP’s early albums were heavily inspired by the cult sci-fi computer game Star Control, as evidenced by album and song titles such as Star Control Out, Chenjesu, The Ur-Quan Destroyer, and Ilwrath.

After an unofficial break-up of sorts following their last album in 1998, Three Mile Pilot have recently reunited, signed to Touch and Go Records, and are actively writing new material for an album to be released in 2009.
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  • boardsofbelgica

    fuck i still digg this. forever i guess

    23 Apr 1:45am Reply

  • anorak_pilgrim

    slow hand <3

    11 Feb 10:02pm Reply

  • PF-Inferno

    3MP in Europe this december!!!! YES! FUCK YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    14 Oct 2012 Reply

  • PF-Inferno

    oops, you're right they're the same person... shame on me.

    23 Sep 2012 Reply

  • Bogus_Reilly

    ABSIV is credited under the name "Zach Smith" on the back of the cover.

    21 Sep 2012 Reply

  • PF-Inferno

    I have the vinyl, and no ABS indeed on Maps.

    26 Aug 2012 Reply

  • Cobla

    Is AB Smith IV even ON the new Ep? I got the iTunes version, so no liner notes. On songs like Wires not only can I not hear his voice, but the bassline is kinda dull so I have been wonderin'...

    15 Aug 2012 Reply

  • JMerrick

    New EP is awesome.

    29 Jul 2012 Reply

  • sidewinder03

    Stream the new EP at Spinner: http://music.aol.com/new-releases-full-cds/spinner#/17

    23 Jul 2012 Reply

  • alex_lego

    love this band

    17 Oct 2011 Reply

  • MalloryWeiss

    Or listen to the Threshold on repeat... that song bloody redeems the whole bloody album...

    3 Jun 2011 Reply

  • enmasse

    I was so-so on the new album at first - liked it, but missed some of the complexity and deeper lyrics of the old records...but the more I listened to it, the more I was drawn in. I am obsessed with it now. "Same Mistake" is so simple, but already one of my favorite 3mp songs of all-time - my suggestion is to listen to it on repeat and see if you don't start flipping the fuck out on how good of a song it is! And overall, Zach & Pall's interweaving vocal melodies are very memorable - awesome work!

    29 Mar 2011 Reply

  • puthegundownbud

    ridiculously underrated band..their latest album is ticklin' my hearin' holes

    24 Jan 2011 Reply

  • Algerian_Goalie

    As an "old fan" I was really pleased with this album. Of course I prefer the older album, i would do, but the new album really is good. I envy the "new fans" who will be able to hear the classic albums for the very first time!

    16 Jan 2011 Reply

  • rad_rod

    The Inevitable Past Is The Future Forgotten -> awesome album !

    6 Jan 2011 Reply

  • Kobrin

    This is brilliant!

    23 Dec 2010 Reply

  • djnonplus

    I don't like Zach's projects anywhere near as much as Rob Crow's other bands/works.

    22 Nov 2010 Reply

  • MalloryWeiss

    Follow the link http://consequenceofsound.net/2010/10/15/watch-three-mile-pilot-whats-in-the-air-cos-premiere/ to watch the video for “What’s In The Air”... If you really want to, of course.

    18 Oct 2010 Reply

  • divinours

    This is fantastic... Gotta get their older stuff now

    15 Oct 2010 Reply

  • MalloryWeiss

    @94038521 & mouton I agree with both, though majority sounds more like Zach's bands. I miss the intensity and complexity of the old 3MP, and good God, whatever happened to the lyrics? They used to soar and electrocute just like the music, and now it's all just lumbering along. But I'm sure most "new" fans are quite happy with it and will hurry to remind me that my opinion is wrong. What is supposed to be the "right" opinion, anyway?

    12 Oct 2010 Reply
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