Pilotcan

Pilotcan were a Scottish alternative rock band formed Edinburgh in by friends Joe Herbert and Keiron Mellotte after a lot of drunken talk, only to have their bluff called by Boss Hog's Jon Spencer, who offered them a gig supporting his band in The Venue, Edinburgh. Problem was this gig was 6 weeks away and they didn't have any songs. Worse, Keiron had never played the guitar before... They recruited friend Stuart Nicol from The Zephyrs to play drums. (Interestingly he'd never played the drums before) and a bass player called Kev and play the show they did. It was awful. 
Never the less the two friends were bitten by the bug and Pilotcan was born. Tours with Brainiac, Rocket From The Crypt followed and Pilotcan were joined by dance drummer Stephen Murgatroyd. A 7" single was released by Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite on his Rock Action Records. It was called "Rusty Barker Learns To Fly" and it sold out in 6 days. "sounds like Stereolab's estranged cousin giving it tongues with The Jesus And Marychain. Feels like a Class venture on all fronts" NME 
A second Rock Action single "Five Minutes on a Tuesday Night" similarly garnished rave reviews before Pilotcan decided after being a band for 6 months that things weren't happening fast enough. So in 6 days they recorded the 14 track debut "Socially Inept Disco" with legendary producer Jamie Watson (The Vaselines, Long Fin Killie). It came out on Keiron's own EVOL Records and went on to sell 12,000 and Picked up favourable reviews in Japan, USA, Germany and Spain.
==Links to Peel==
Peel first played a track by Pilotcan via their debut single in 1996. He would play further material from the band on his radio programmes including a session they recorded for his show in 1999.
==Sessions==
1. Recorded: 1999-04-04. First Broadcast: 23 June 1999
*Hannah Must Die (Monkey Wrench To Jeep) / Red Brick Crayola / Slave One / Western A/R (Alternate)
==Other Shows Played==
;1996
*30 November 1996: 'Five Minutes On A Tuesday Night (7 inch )' Rock Action Records
*19 December 1996 (BBC World Service): Five Minutes On A Tuesday Night (7") Rock Action
;thumb|220x220px1997
*26 June 1997: Anakin (album - Socially Inept Disco) Evol
*01 July 1997: Greenie Beanie (CD - Socially Inept Disco) Evol
*10 July 1997: 'Losing More Than My Fingers' (LP 'Socially Inept Disco') Evol
*10 July 1997 (BFBS): 'Anakin (LP-Socially Inept Disco)' (Evol)
;1999
*18 March 1999: The World Turns Without You (single) Evol 
*March 1999 (FSK): The World Turns Without You (single) Evol 
*24 March 1999: A Blue Print For Milton (album - The Boy Who Knew Maps) Evol 
*30 March 1999: Circuit Breaker Or Catalyst (album - The Boy Who Knew Maps) Evol
*01 April 1999 (Radio Eins): A Blueprint From Milton (CD - The Boy Who Knew Maps) Evol
*08 April 1999: The World Turns Without You (EP) Evol
*08 April 1999 (Radio Eins): Circuit Breaker Or Catalyst? (album - The Boy Who Knew Maps) Evol
*09 April 1999 (BBC World Service): Lipstuck (CD - The Boy Who Knew Maps) Evol
*15 April 1999 (Radio Eins): Lipstuck (album - The Boy Who Knew Maps) Evol 
*25 April 1999 (BFBS): 'Phone Machine (CD-The Boy Who Knew Maps)' (Evol)
;2003
*24 June 2003: 'Hannah Must Die (LP- Eventually, All Your Friends Will Let You Down, Eventually)' (Evol)
*26 June 2003 (Radio Eins): 'Hannah Must Die (LP- Eventually, All Your Friends Will Let You Down, Eventually)' (Evol)
*10 July 2003: Passion Gap (LP - Eventually, All Your Friends Will Let You Down, Eventually) Evol 
*10 July 2003 (Radio Eins): Passion Gap (LP - Eventually, All Your Friends Will Let You Down, Eventually) Evol 
*15 July 2003: 'Bridge Is The Chorus (LP- Eventually, All Your Friends Will Let You Down, Eventually)' (Evol)
*16 July 2003 (Radio Mafia): Passion Gap (album - Eventually Everybody Lets You Down) Evol
*08 August 2003 (BBC World Service): 'Bridge Is The Chorus (LP- Eventually, All Your Friends Will Let You Down, Eventually)' (Evol)
==External Links==
*Instagram
*Bandcamp
*Discogs
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