Biography

Since attending collège in Yvelines

Yvelines

Yvelines is a French department in the region of Île-de-France.-History:Yvelines was created from the western part of the defunct department of Seine-et-Oise on 1 January 1968 in accordance with a law passed on 10 January 1964 and a décret d'application from 26 February 1965.It gained the...

, 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

Nirvana (band)

Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987...

, Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam is an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included Eddie Vedder , Jeff Ament , Stone Gossard , and Mike McCready...

, Rage Against the Machine

Rage Against the Machine

Rage Against the Machine is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1991, the group's line-up consists of vocalist Zack de la Rocha, bassist and backing vocalist Tim Commerford, guitarist Tom Morello and drummer Brad Wilk...

 and Soundgarden

Soundgarden

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. 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

FIFA 06

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Members

• Benoît Poher - vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
  
• Florian Dubos - Guitar
  Guitar
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   / Backing Vocals
• Nicolas Chassagne - Guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  
• Fabien Dubos - drums
  Drum kit
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Albums

• Kyo
  Kyo (album)
  Kyo is the self-titled debut album by French rock band Kyo and was released in 2000.- Track listing :...
  
  (2000)
• Le Chemin
  Le Chemin (album)
  Le Chemin is a 2003 album recorded by French pop-rock act Kyo. It was released on January 13, 2003, and achieved huge success in France and Belgium , where it was respectively #2 and #1. This album, entirely composed by the band, remains to date its most successful one...
  
  (2003)
• 300 Lésions
  300 Lésions
  300 Lésions is a 2004 album recorded by French pop-rock act Kyo. It was released on December 28, 2004, and achieved huge success in France, Belgium and Switzerland, where it was respectively #1, #1 and #2. This album, entirely composed by the band, is its third album overall and remains to date...
  
  (2004)
• Best of (2007)

Singles

• "Il est temps"
• "Je n'veux pas oublier"
• "Le Chemin
  Le Chemin (song)
  "Le Chemin" is a 2002 song recorded by French band Kyo in duet with Dutch pop singer Sita. It was the first single from the album Le Chemin on which it appears as the first track, and was later notably included on Kyo's 2004 compilation Best of and on NRJ Music Awards 2003...
  
  " (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

Awards

• NRJ Music Awards
  NRJ Music Awards
  The NRJ Music Awards, created in 2000 by the radio station NRJ in partnership with the television network TF1 takes place every year in mid-January at Cannes as the opening of MIDEM...
  
  
  • Best French Song (2004)
  • Best French Album (2004)
  • Best French Band (2004)
  • Best Musical Site (2004)

• MTV Europe Music Awards
  MTV Europe Music Awards
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  • French Band of the Year (2003)
• World Music Awards
  World Music Awards
  The World Music Awards is an international awards show founded in 1989 that annually honors recording artists based on worldwide sales figures provided by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry . John Martinotti is an executive producer and co-founder of the show...
  
  
  • World's Best Selling French Artist (2004)

External links

kyomusic.com The band's official website

• Biography of Kyo, from Radio France Internationale
  Radio France Internationale
  Radio France Internationale was created in 1975 as part of Radio France by the Government of France, and replaced the Poste Colonial , Paris Mondial , Radio Paris , RTF Radio Paris and ORTF Radio Paris...
  
  Kyosphere Site of the official fanclub
• Kyo at BandoftheDay.com