Katholicus (pronounced: Ka-thÓ-li-kus) provides a guitar-dominated commercially oriented rock sound of both Catholic- Christian rock-praise music and music to edify and motivate, and features catchy power-pop melodies over-top strong power chords, ripping guitar solos and lots of double guitar leads. The songs feature uncompromising Christian lyrics, often praise-style.      

Katholicus is Adam Miller and friends. The guitarist, singer, and songwriter for Katholicus, Adam Miller, was formerly the lead guitarist and song writer for numerous unsigned bands including: Iron Cross (1975), Wanted (1976-78), Atom (1978-79), Wysh (1980-82), Shockwave (1985, 1986-1990), Both Worlds (1985-86), RPM (1991-94), Second Adam (1996-2002), and now Katholicus (2005-). Miller studied guitar formally (both classical and jazz-fusion) for five years. In the past he has recorded in a number of studios along the East Coast, and has toured from the Atlantic to the Rockies.    

Miller has been influenced by such guitar greats as Phil Keaggy, Michael Schenker (Scorpions, UFO), Uli Jon Roth (Scorpions), Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple, Rainbow), Vinnie Moore, and Steve Morse (Dixie Dregs, Kansas), but his music sounds like none of them. It is in his solos where you can hear such influences. He also has been told that in two of his songs his guitar solos sound like those of Stratovarius guitarist, Timmi Tolkki. In the solos of other songs you can hear the influence of the other guitarists mentioned. This means that those who may not be inclined to listen to the Catholic/Christian rock genre, but appreciate these and other guitar greats, will also enjoy this CD by Katholicus.    

Miller’s hard rock group of the 1980’s, Shockwave, was offered an opportunity to sign by a Geffen A & R rep back in 1987, but they turned it down. Says Adam, "We would have been 'raped,' both financially and of our honor, had we accepted and submitted to their conditions… We decided to keep our souls." Miller has written hundreds of songs and has recorded more than seventy in various studios on the East Coast. 
 

Miller used to jam with former Danzig lead guitarist, John Christ, when they were teenagers in the late seventies and early eighties. Says Miller, "Yes, I taught John Christ a few guitar riffs. He is younger than I, and back then looked up to me as a guitarist."    

The music of Katholicus has been described “like a kick back to the 80's big rock sound, yet with a modern twist. Good stuff.” -Christian Rockers Online (March, 2006) Miller calls it the melodic hard rock/pop-metal sounds of the 80s and early 90s.  

Back in 1993, Miller released the “Lift Him Higher” cassette tape and song book as part of the Rock Praise Ministry (RPM) outreach of the Mother of God Community near Washington, D.C. This project was possibly the earliest to use actual original rock music compositions as prayer and praise music to help Catholic youth come to know Christ more deeply and know that a person’s relationship with the Lord should be the most exciting one.