Since the Yvelines College where the two brothers Fabien and Florian Dubos and their two friends Nicolas Chassagne and Benoit Poher discovered they shared the same passion for Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Rage, Soundgarden... and graphic universe of the Japanese mangas, Kyo has existed. The four boys made their weapons in concerts of schools and rooms in the Paris area. In 97, at the time of a springboard rock'n'roll, where they mixed electric and acoustic formulas, they met their future manager, who, convinced of their potential as authorstype-setters, they obtained their first contract with Sony edition. The professional adventure was set in concrete with their entry as the first local signature in the Jive/repertory Zomba France.2003 was definitely KYO's year. The French pop quartet was nominated numerous times at NRJ's annual music awards, winning best French album, song, and group of the year honors. All the hubbub was over when KYO's second album, Le Chemin (The Way), and its title track/lead single, which dominated the European charts all year and made stars out of the four photogenic fellows from Paris. Nicolas Chassagne, Benoit Poher, and brothers Florian Dubos and Fabien Dubos had already made a splash with their self-titled debut in 2000, but it was the textured, slightly electronicized pop of "Le Chemin" -- a duet with Dutch songstress Sita -- that really established their slick, Depeche Mode-meets-BBMak sound.
