Templar (band)

Canadian alternative rock band

Templar

Origin| Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genres| Alternative rock, electronica
Years active| 1998-2001
Labels| EMI Records
Past members| Murray Yates
Will C.
Scott Switzer
Nik Pesut

Templar were a Canadian alternative rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia,[1] most noted for garnering a Juno Award nomination for Best New Group at the Juno Awards of 2001.[2]

The band was formed in 1998 by vocalist Murray Yates and guitarist Will C., and fused hard rock and electronica influences in a manner commonly compared by critics to Econoline Crush.[3] The band took its name from Simon Templar, the lead character in the crime novel and film series The Saint.[4] They released their debut album, Under the Sun, on EMI Records in 2000;[3] the album featured the singles "The Need" and "Here We Go" the latter of which was featured in NHL 2001.[5] The band performed in Toronto in October that year with Limblifter and Edwin.[6]

Due to creative tensions, the band broke up in late 2001 while working on their second album.[7] Yates went on to form Forty Foot Echo.[8]

## References

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1. ^ "Musical Templar tantrum". canoe.ca, July 5, 2001.
2. ^ "Top Juno nominations". Victoria Times-Colonist, January 25, 2001.
3. ^ a b "Templar ready for takeoff: Templar's debut CD, Under The Sun, is in stores Sept. 26". Calgary Herald, September 23, 2000.
4. ^ "Hard-rocking Templar sticks with the program". Kingston Whig-Standard, November 1, 2000.
5. ^ "Music: Murray Yates". Vancouver Sun, April 5, 2001.
6. ^ Leah Herrera, "LIVE: Edwin w/ Limblifter and Templar Monday October 30, 2000 @ 03:30 PM"[usurped]. Chart Attack, October 27, 2000.
7. ^ "From Five to Forty for Peter Thorn". Edmonton Journal, May 11, 2003.
8. ^ "Yates endured 'dark time'". The Province, April 15, 2003.

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