Autopilot Off was a punk rock band from Orange County, New York from 1996 to 2005. The band originally formed under the name . In 2000 the band was involved in a bitter lawsuit with the Mississippi punk rock band , who own the trademark to the name Cooter. The New York band settled out of court in 2002, and changed their name to Autopilot Off. However, Autopilot Off's record label , took the lawsuit all the way to Federal Court and lost to the Mississippi band. Autopilot Off then signed with their major label, shortly afterwards. After this they released their eponymous debut EP in the spring of 2002. In 2004, under their new name Autopilot Off, they released their major debut album, Make a Sound.
Game appearances
"Make a Sound" was featured on Burnout 3: Takedown.
"Clockwork" featured on both SSX3 and NHL 2004.
"Chromatic Fades" featured in NASCAR Thunder 2004.
"What I Want" featured in Cars based on the film.
"Long Way to Fall" and "Indebted" featured in Project Gotham Racing 2.
"What I Want" featured in Test Drive: Eve of Destruction.
"Missing the Innocence" featured in Whirl Tour.
Video appearances
"The 12th Day" was featured in NoA: The Two Continents
"Nothing Frequency" was featured in the film Stealing Harvard
Compilation appearances
"Something for Everyone" was track No. 8 on the Orange County's New Punk compilation.
"Mrs Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter" (Herman's Hermits cover) was track No. 1 on the Oldies But Goodies cover compilation.
"Raise Your Rifles" was included on the Daredevil soundtrack, Daredevil: The Album.
"I'm Thinking" was released with many other punk bands on the Rock Against Bush compilation.
"Clockwork" was included in the Projekt Revolution Sample CD that was received for joining LPU 4.0.
"Long Way to Fall" was featured on the first Atticus: ...dragging the lake compilation.
"Nothing Frequency" was included on the 2002 Warped Tour Compilation and also appeared on the Stealing Harvard soundtrack.
A demo version of "Indebted" was included in the track No. 25 on the 2001 Warped Tour Compilation
"Long Way to Fall" was included on the Osiris Shoes Aftermath Tour 2002 Sampler.
"Full House" was included on the Serial Killer Compilation (Fearless Records) listed under the band's prior name of "Cooter".
Name Vars
- Autopilot Off [Cooter]
- Cooter
Members
- Rob Kucharek
- Phil Robinson
- Chris Johnson
- Chris Hughes