Templar were a Canadian alternative rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia,"Musical Templar tantrum". canoe.ca, July 5, 2001. most noted for garnering a Juno Award nomination for Best New Group at the Juno Awards of 2001."Top Juno nominations". Victoria Times-Colonist, January 25, 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."Templar ready for takeoff: Templar's debut CD, Under The Sun, is in stores Sept. 26". Calgary Herald, September 23, 2000. The band took its name from Simon Templar, the lead character in the crime novel and film series The Saint."Hard-rocking Templar sticks with the program". Kingston Whig-Standard, November 1, 2000. They released their debut album, Under the Sun, on EMI Records in 2000; the album featured the singles "The Need" and "Here We Go" the latter of which was featured in NHL 2001."Music: Murray Yates". Vancouver Sun, April 5, 2001. The band performed in Toronto in October that year with Limblifter and Edwin.Leah Herrera, . Chart Attack, October 27, 2000.
Due to creative tensions, the band broke up in late 2001 while working on their second album."From Five to Forty for Peter Thorn". Edmonton Journal, May 11, 2003. Yates went on to form Forty Foot Echo."Yates endured 'dark time'". The Province, April 15, 2003.
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