Kyo

Kyo is a French rock band.

Biography

Since attending collège in Yvelines, the two brothers, Fabien and Florian Dubos, and two friends Nicolas Chassagne and Benoît Poher, discovered they had the same passion for bands such as Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Rage Against the Machine and Soundgarden. In 1997, they met their manager, who convinced them of their potential, and obtained a contract with Sony for the group. They have since released three albums and one DVD entitled Kyosphere. After the recent success of their album Le Chemin selling 1.5 million copies, the group went to a house in Brittany, where they worked on their new album 300 Lésions which went Gold in 4 days with sales reaching upwards of 500,000 copies. "Le Chemin" was used as the ending of the second episode of the anime OVA Strait Jacket. The song "Contact" from 300 Lésions was used in the soundtrack for the video game FIFA 06.^[1]

Members

• Benoît Poher - vocals
• Florian Dubos - Guitar / Backing Vocals
• Nicolas Chassagne - Guitar
• Fabien Dubos - drums

Discography

Albums

• Kyo (2000)
• Le Chemin (2003)
• 300 Lésions (2004)
• Best of (2007)

Singles

• "Il est temps"
• "Je n'veux pas oublier"
• "Le Chemin" (2003) #12 FR, #14 SWI
• "Dernière danse" (2003) #6 FR, #14 SWI
• "Je cours" (2003) #20 FR, #41 SWI
• "Je saigne encore" (version 1) (2004) #13 FR (both combined), #39 SWI
• "Je saigne encore" (version 2) (2004)
• "Contact" (2004) #8 FR, #37 SWI
• "Sarah" (2005) #33 FR, #65 SWI
• "L'or de nos vies" (2006) with other French artists of Fight Aids

Filmography

• Kyosphère (2004)

Awards

• NRJ Music Awards
  • Best French Song (2004)
  • Best French Album (2004)
  • Best French Band (2004)
  • Best Musical Site (2004)

• MTV Europe Music Awards
  • French Band of the Year (2003)

References

External links

• (French) kyomusic.com The band's official website
• Biography of Kyo, from Radio France Internationale
• (French) Kyosphere Site of the official fanclub
• Kyo at BandoftheDay.com