Biography: ​Benjamin Judah Kasica (born April 15, 1984) is 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 Collide, Comatose (which went Gold on November 18, 2009) and Awake (which went gold as well) with them. While he didn't join the band until five years into its existence, he was only twelve when the band was first formed.