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Ben Kasica
Kasica in concert
Background information
Birth name	Benjamin Judah Kasica
Born	(1984-04-15) April 15, 1984 (age 40) St. Louis, Missouri
Genres	Hard rock, Christian rock, alternative metal, nu metal, post-grunge
Occupation(s)	Guitarist, producer, graphic designer, audio engineer, designer
Instrument	Guitar

Benjamin Judah Kasica (born April 15, 1984) was the former lead guitarist for the Christian rock band Skillet. He joined the band in 2001 at the age of sixteen, and recorded the albums Alien Youth, Collide, Comatose (which went Gold on November 18, 2009) and Awake (which went Platinum) with them. On April 16, 2011, Seth Morrison replaced Kasica as the lead guitarist.

Career

He began playing guitar at age eleven, beginning with a more classical style, but he switched to playing electric guitar about two years later. However, his classical influence can be heard in his solos.

Kasica played GMP Guitars exclusively when he first joined the band. However, he and his fellow Skillet guitarist Korey Cooper later switched to PRS Guitars, most notably the PRS SC 250, and the Mira. For "Awake" Kasica recorded with Gibson Guitars, mostly Gibson Les Pauls. Kasica is known for his many tricks while playing the guitar live on stage. These range from his solos to playing his guitar behind the back of his head.

During shows, Kasica would often wander around his side of the stage, and former drummer Lori Peters had said that he would do things such as make faces at her or rock out on the drum riser. Kasica has started including a guitar solo in the set list for the 'Awake and Alive' tour.

John Cooper said in the YouTube interview that he enjoyed having Kasica in the band "for his integrity; someone who wants to be honest about things."

On February 14, 2011, Kasica announced he was leaving Skillet to pursue other interests. He was asked to return on a temporary basis on April 11, when Jonathan Salas left. On April 14, he played his next final show, as Seth Morrison played the show the following day.

Other work

Kasica is one of the owners of the clothing brand "LifeLoveMusic," a Christian organization that encourages Christians to "be the light of the world" by "loving the unlovable and sacrificing our lives for others."

Kasica is also the co-owner of Skies Fall Media Group, which offers artists many services; from their website: "Along with the record company, artist development/management and recording studio, Skies Fall Media Group also contains a full service graphic design and professional photography division, model and actor management, and live music production division with more to come."

Kasica is currently recording and producing Skyhawk Drive's first full length album as well as Silverline's third album.

Kasica was the director/producer of Cellofourte: A String Tribute to Skillet which is an album by Tate Olsen, the cellist for Skillet, doing four-part cello covers of popular Skillet songs.

References

1. "Skillet's "Comatose" Goes Gold, "Awake" Passes 200K In Sales". Ardent Records. 2009-11-18. Retrieved 2011-10-04.
2. "The JfH Concert Reviews and Dates: Awake and Alive Tour Tour 2009, Skillet, Hawk Nelson, Decyfer Down, The Letter Black". Jesusfreakhideout.com. Retrieved 2011-10-04.
3. Publicada por Nuno Ribeiro (2011-02-14). "Skillet - "Ben Kasica" leaves the band". HeavyHardMetalmania. Retrieved 2011-10-04.
4. "LLM Clothing: Buy a shirt. Change the world". Lifelovemusic.com. Retrieved 2011-10-04.
5. "Skies Fall Media Group". Skiesfall.com. Retrieved 2011-10-04.
6. "Skies Fall Records". Retrieved 2012-07-06.

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• American performers of Christian music
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