Three Mile Pilot

Three Mile Pilot
Origin	San Diego, California, United States
Genres	Indie rock Noise rock Alternative rock
Years active	1991–present
Members	Armistead Burwell Smith IV Pall Jenkins Tom Zinser

Three Mile Pilot (often shortened to 3MP) 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 (Chula Vista)) on bass and vocals, Pall Jenkins (The Black Heart Procession, Dark Sarcasm, Mr. Tube) on vocals and guitar, and Tom Zinser (Neighborhood Watch (CV), Pinback) on drums.

The group released their first album, Nà Vuccà Dò Lupù in 1991. It was recorded and mixed in 3 days, composed only of bass, vocals, and drums, and released on Cargo/Headhunter. Their next record, The Chief Assassin to the Sinister, came out (also on Cargo/Headhunter) in 1993, with a vinyl version released by Negative Records and then later by Goldenrod Records. It was significantly darker and introduced Jenkins on guitar. Geffen Records took an interest in them, re-issued Chief with 3 new tracks produced by Tchad Blake, backed 3 months of touring and set them up at Seattle's Bear Creek Studios to produce a new cd with Steve Fisk. Because of internal strife over the belabored new cd Another Desert, Another Sea, Geffen dropped 3MP, fortunately allowing them to keep their masters which were later released by Headhunter. They added Tobias Nathaniel (The Black Heart Procession, The Young Destroyers, A Day Called Zero, Struggle) on piano/keyboard and released Another Desert, Another Sea in 1997. Several 7" releases followed on various labels, as well as a self-titled EP released on Gravity Records the following year. Songs from the 7" releases and other unreleased tracks were gathered in a 2-CD compilation titled Songs From an Old Town We Once Knew, released on Cargo/Headhunter in 1999.

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