Templar (band)

Templar
Origin	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genres	alternative rock electronica
Years active	1998-2001
Labels	EMI Records
Associated acts	Forty Foot Echo
Past members	Murray Yates Will C. Scott Switzer Nik Pesut

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

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. The band took its name from Simon Templar, the lead character in the crime novel and film series The Saint. They released their debut album, Under the Sun, on EMI Records in 2000; the album featured the singles "The Need" and "Here We Go".

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

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