JOSH STURM FEATURED IN GUITAR WORLD (SEPT) AND GUITAR PLAYER (AUG)

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Bon Jovi, Head Automatica, Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, Flyleaf,
Ill Nino, Dillinger Escape Plan, Rusted Root, 40 Below Summer, Luna Halo,
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Seattle supplied Nirvana; Minneapolis produced Prince; Detroit delivered Eminem, Chicago churned out Fall Out Boy.
When will it be Pittsburgh's turn? When will a "Burgh band rise from the local music scene and soar into superstardom,
swelling our civic pride and sending label reps and talent scouts scurrying to western Pennsylvania to find similar acts?
By winning an XM Satellite Radio contest, Kairos got to warm up a Mellon Arena crowd for Bon Jovi. Packing a heavier,
more prog-metal-ish punch, Kariso also opened a Scranton show for national act Ill Nino. Many '06 shows are planned
and the band promises they'll be hanging out on the South Side passing out free cd's. -Scott Tady

Kairos' self-released disc builds on burgeoning statewide fan base
Dennis Fallon, Center Daily Times
Artist: Kairos
Album: "Rethink: Reshape"

It is to the sound of screeching guitars and drums like cannons that I announce the presence of a new and formidable band
on the Pennsylvania music scene. With its second album, "Rethink: Reshape," hard rock wunderkinds Kairos have created a
regional musical masterpiece. Cutting their teeth as a young band for several years in State College, Kairos recently relocated
to Pittsburgh, which may bring a much needed shot in the arm to the city's dying music scene. Sounding like Tool with a healthy
dose of Pink Floyd, Radiohead, The Deftones and a little Coldplay, Kairos takes the best of their influences and polishes them
up for a 60-minute collection of emotionally driven, hard-rocking, ambient tunes that are truly hypnotic.

Made up of brothers Jason and Josh Sturm, Jason's wife Shar, and drummer Drew Rodaniche, Kairos has a knack for focus and
musical direction. "Rethink: Reshape" has a razor-sharp sense of style and continuity; from the opening chords to the last fading
drum, the album launches into what could only be described as a hard-rock symphony -- each track sounds like a specific orchestral
movement placed within context.

The opening track, "Loss of Supplication," is a gut-wrenching tribute to Christ propelled by wonderful, sludgy guitars. Songs such as
"Saturate" and "Shine" show the Sturms' songwriting at its most melodic, though these songs still simmer with aggression and angst.
The album ends with the 13-minute opus "Ronzer," which showcases all of Kairos' strengths. The song ebbs and flows through psychotic
highs and brooding lows, ending with strange and distorted voices replaying over and over -- it's truly a haunting and creepy way
to end a record. Lyrically, the album is rife with self-deprecation, depression, sorrow and frustration. But through it all, Kairos' uplifting
message of salvation, redemption and hope can't be crushed, in spite of the bone-breaking guitar riffs and thunderous drums and bass.
In a twisted sort of way, "Rethink: Reshape" is a positive and uplifting album for the disillusioned, metal loving, head-banging masses.

"Rethink: Reshape" is an album that shows us one thing: Kairos could be huge. This is a band that begs, borrows and steals from some
of rock's greatest bands, and does it without sounding like crass imitators, but rather by creating a reverent homage. Kairos takes a tricky
style of music -- the epic hard rock song -- and executes it successfully and with originality. Though the album can be a bit cerebral and
builds momentum very slowly, it is a rewarding prog-rock odyssey: moody, melancholy, and maddening, yet magnificent.

Kairos will headline a concert featuring Audiblethread, Feliz Sarco and Cloverleaf at 9 p.m. Monday at Crowbar, 420 E. College Ave.,
State College. Visit www.crowbarlivemusic.com for more information.

Home Opener
Tribune-Review
By Regis Behe
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Monday, December 5, 2005

The word kairos in Greek has a few meanings. The one that fits best for the rock band Kairos is "appropriate time." "Certain things happen
at a certain time," says guitarist and vocalist Josh Strum, "and there's always a right time for everything to happen."

In their wildest dreams, however, the band members, from the Level Green area in Westmoreland County, never could have envisioned
that this would be the right time for them. That they would be playing Mellon Arena.Only a few months after they solidified their lineup.
For Bon Jovi, no less. "It's crazy," Sturm says. "Way down the road, you'd like to be able to say, yeah, we opened for Bon Jovi." Instead,
Kairos is ostensibly launching its career with the opening slot for Tuesday's concert. The band was selected as the winners of the Have a
Nice Gig contest, sponsored by Bon Jovi and XM Satellite Radio.

"Kairos is a band that stood out during the review process," says Billy Zero, a programming director at XM and host of The Radar Report,
a weekly show highlighting unsigned bands. "The quality of the production and songwriting were key to the band's win. All of us who listened
to the submissions felt Kairos was the clear choice to open for Bon Jovi."Sturm and his brother, Jason, Penn-Trafford High School and Penn
State graduates, started writing music for the band four years ago. At Penn State, they recruited drummer Andrew Rodaniche, and earlier in
the year they added Jason's wife, Shar, on bass. Musically, the band takes it cues from groups such as Metallica, Tool and Pantera. But Kairos
differs from those bands with intricate, melodic guitar and songs that are more than angry bursts of aggression.

"It's really weird, because a lot of guitarists out there, on the radio, they can play guitar a million times better than I can, but they're not writing
stuff like that," Sturm says. "And the reason is it's not as popular for radio hit songs. (Radio) wants a barebones formula with a catchy chorus.
Our motto has always been to stick to our guns and write what we play in the studio rather than water it down to fit what the media wants."
Kairos has played a few high-profile gigs, notably at Station Square and on the local stop of the Vans Warped Tour. But Tuesday's show dwarfs
those appearances, and Sturm realizes this is a chance to reach and convert 17,000 new fans. To that end, the band has been working constantly;
for the past week or so, from noon to 9 p.m., they've been making copies of a CD to hand out to fans after the show. From 9 to midnight,
they've been rehearsing. Beyond that, Kairos' goal is to revitalize rock music in Pittsburgh.

"When I was in high school, there was music everywhere," Sturm says. "There were tons of clubs and lots stuff going on. Sadly, that kind of stuff
has been depleted, and a lot of people are leaving to go to bigger cities. Our goal, our dream right now, is to revive the arts in Pittsburgh, music
and art. We want people to get excited about art, because we believe strongly that art brings commerce. Look at Seattle and the grunge era:
Kurt Cobain and Alice and Chains and those bands, they revived the city. That's what we're hoping for here."