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| Skillet originally had three members: John Cooper (vocals, bass), Trey McClurkin (drums), and Ken Steorts (guitar).These original members also recorded their second CD, Hey You, I Love Your Soul, together.Soon after the release of Invincible, Trey McClurkin also left, and Lori Peters became Skillet's new drummer.The current lineup is John Cooper on lead vocals and bass guitar; Korey Cooper on background vocals, keyboards, and backup guitar; Ben Kasica on lead guitar; and Lori Peters as drummer.Skillet started as a Christian band in 1996 through the encouragement of John and Ken's pastor.When their bands broke up their pastor suggested that they start a new one.Ken was an older rocker, and John was into newer music, so their pastor suggested that they name the new band Skillet, since they were going to "throw it all in and see what you come up with".They did and Skillet was born.Skillet had only been together a month before they got interest from Forefront, a major Christian label.The album did well and Skillet continued to tour and write new material.Skillet morphed into a lighter rock that was more dependent on John's keyboarding.This was a problem when they performed live, since all of the members already had an instrument to play.Skillet continued to hone their sound and expand their fanbase for the next couple of years before they released Invincible in 2000.Because of this, Invincible completely changed from Skillet's trademark electric rock to full blown industrial rock remniscent of Marylin Manson or Nine Inch Nails.With barely enough time to breathe between touring and recording, Skillet released Alien Youth in 2001, which, to add to the already crazy schedule, was the first release that was produced by John.The first single Alien Youth made a big splash in the Christian market and drove Skillet into their first headlining shows.The music was compelling enough to attract Lee Trink, the general manager of Lava Records, to looking into giving Skillet a deal.In 2005 they were head liners for the edge fest in Albuquerque New Mexico.At the 2006 Ichthus Festival in Kentucky, it was announced onstage that their new record would be titled Comatose.As Cooper said on their official website "As soon as my feet hit the stage, I know no matter how many people are there I'm going to give it everything I've got.I'm going to do the best show I can do; the wildest show.Cooper spoke at Rock the Universe 2007 about how their guitarist Ben Kasica had been very sick and almost missed the show, and he went into detail on the subject of Kasica and Rock the Universe in an interview.Jesus Freak Hideout reported on this, saying, "A serious illness set back a member of Skillet recently."The biggest bummer was that we would have to miss "Rock the Universe" at Universal Studios, which is one of my all time favorite shows we have ever played.So, we sat up all night and taught our guitar tech Sean some guitar parts so we could do the shows.We slept for a total of ZERO hours and then drove to the airport to fly to Miami!Nothing can stop Skillet from the rock show baby!Then something happened that I hope never happens again: I had to play guitar for 4 songs because we did not have time to teach them to Sean.But, it wasn't too bad because the show was rockin'!!Then, amazingly enough, the doctor postponed Ben's surgery a day because Ben was too weak to have it.Tours
In the tour of 2006, Korey Cooper took a break from performing, due to her pregnancy with their second child.They will team up with Luce in his Global Expeditions program on a missions trip with teenage missionaries this summer on a trip to Mexico.Decyfer Down joined Skillet for a March 31 through May 20 tour.Skillet will join Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace, and Seether on the first half of their tour in fall 2007.Panheads
Panheads are fans of the rock band Skillet.You see, there are three levels in "Skillethood".Those who don't know, those who become "Skilletfanz" through hearing our music, and then "Panheads", those who come to three or four shows traveling up to 10 hours, bringing skillets, banners, writing on their cars, and so forth.Of course, we love them all, but we have a special place in our hearts for "Panheads".Hey You, I Love Your Soul
1998
Locked In A Cage (Christian Formats)
ChristianRock.Invincible
2000
Best Kept Secret (Christian Formats)
ChristianRock.Invincible
2000
Invincible (Christian Formats)
ChristianRock.Alien Youth
2001
Alien Youth (Christian Formats)
ChristianRock.Alien Youth
2001
You Are My Hope (Christian Formats)
ChristianRock.Alien Youth
2002
Vapor (Christian Formats)
ChristianRock.Alien Youth
2003
The Thirst Is Taking Over (Christian Formats)
ChristianRock.Collide
2005
Collide (Christian Formats)
ChristianRock."Come On to the Future"
Veggie Tales: Veggie Rocks!Skillet albums at billboard.This article needs additional citations for verification.This page was last modified 05:55, 8 January 2008.Skillet may refer to:
Frying pan, a cooking utensil.Skillet (band), a Christian rock band.Piping skillet, an industrial material.This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title.This page was last modified 18:30, 22 November 2007."Are you sure you want to block this user?SKILLET will release COMATOSE on October 3rd, already a critics fave featuring the massive hit Rebirthing, catapulting to No.Most Added track at Active Rock radio outlets nationwide.The band has also proven an online sensation, with their MySpace page www.Skillets latest is right on target.Comatose just might be the most accessible album yet from Skillet, a band that shows no sign of slowing after ten years.Comatose is looking to be a strong and adventurous addition to Skillet's catalog.Skillet has over the years been able to maintain an energy to their music that is there regardless of whether its source is from a keyboard, guitar, or a typical Cooper scream.Comatose has plenty of experimenting and changes, which beings out more originality and uniqueness, which most bands will never have.Skillet takes a step forward and delivers a truly exciting, rocking and energetic album worth going out and picking up."The album is solid and lives up to the expectations the band have previously set."Skillet plays fabulous rock tunes and Cooper is a phenomenal writer but what the songs Those Nights, Rebirthing, (the first single released) and Looking For Angels, do is allow you for a brief moment to step into his life.They are life experiences and they are his life experiences.This is going to be known as one of Skillet's most popular and mature albums ever.In agreement with the medias assessment of COMATOSE, Ardent Records President John Fry commented, This is a superb band with a solid and consistent ministry.John Coopers songwriting spans a vast range of topical territories, some of which follow socially conscious ideals, while others reflect his own life and personal struggles.COLLIDE, which included the Top 20 Active Rock and No.Christian Rock radio smash, Savior.Skillet also established themselves as one of the hardest working bands in modern rock, playing more than 200 dates a year, including both headline shows and tour dates with the likes of Shinedown, Three Days Grace, Saliva, and Finger Eleven.Skillet will herald the coming of COMATOSE with a series of live dates throughout the fall, including appearances on the annual SHOUTfest tour (see the bands official website, www.FANS GO CRAZY OVER SINGLE WITH MORE THAN 100,000 PLAYS on MYSPACE PAGE in less than 3 WEEKS!SRE), the band's first single at Christian Rock radio
is heating up, making the highest debut this week at No.R's Christian rock chart and causing their fan message boards to go crazy.Since putting a clip of "Rebirthing" on their MySpace (myspace.Whenever I spin this song I'm sent into spastic fits of air guitar bliss!Add this song and you will be too, if not check your pulse, you might be Comatose.""Once again Skillet has done it."This is a song you search for..."Can't wait for the new album, guys!Love your music, always have."Man there are no words to describe the sound of this song.Its been so long since you last
album came out."What an incredible sound!You guys really know how to
make hard yet moving and intelligent rock!"Collide, which launched SKILLET into
the mainstream with the hit single "Savior," touring with Three Days Grace,
Salvia, Shinedown, and 12 Stones, plus a nomination at the 47th Annual
Grammy Awards, COMATOSE hits stores on October 3rd, 2006.Click Here for Skillet Ringtones!Winter Jam Tour
St.Come Rock with Skillet on the Winter Jam Tour!!!"Are you sure you want to delete this comment?"Well i wish I could have gone to one of your concerts this year but im headed to the USAF!Fish here in Wisconsin though.Somebody told me Lori was leaving the band!Im a bit confused and was curious if you could answer me this!Rock the Sound card thing and it says that the sweetest band ever put together (that would be you guys) and Thousand Foot Krutch were playin together in NYC in Spring!HEY YOU GUYS ROCK TO THE BEAT JUST LETIN YOU GUYS KNOW YOU HAVE A GREAT FAN AND HOPE YOU GUYS COME NEAR MY AREA SO I CAN CHECK IT OUTGOD BLESS YOU GUYS.AND with 3 days grace and company i would love you even more than i do if its possible..Keep up the work for God and keep spreading the Good News!Hey, When you guys coming back to North Dakota for another concert?Thanks for adding The Music Movement.We hope you will check back with us regularly for our Artist of the Month, contests, blogs, and anything else we may have going on.Florida more often that concert at centerpoint rocked.Keep rocking out for the Big man above!!!You guys need to come to Canada!!Great CD, you guys rock!It is such an amazing album, and you guys are an amazing band.Cincinnati for Winter Jam!!Dec 29th at Xtreme was the BEST EVER!!!We Christians need to rock too.Hey Guys I Love the music you guys make i have like mainly all your albums.This could be an attempt to steal your username and password.This is not a MySpace login page, please do not enter your MySpace login information (email address or password).Do you wish to continue your form submission?"Id + " Link: " + targetLink.Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Macromedia's Flash Player.DID I SAY HARLEYS OH AND WOMEN ARE NICE!Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Macromedia's Flash Player.IN THE GRANT AREA ON US HWY 1 THE GRAND OPENING WILL BE IN FEBUARY OF 2008!Haven't heard from you in a bit.Hope everything is going good.Business picking up fast.Thanks for the hott ass Ink!!!MySpace GraphicsHave a nice weenkend!!Man you should of been with us tonight.Oh wll I'll get it soon.Tell everyone I said hello!Sorry, Stanley is no longer getting a tattoo.He is going into the navy soon and they dont allow tattoos until he is done with training or whatever.By the way, how was your grandsons bday?Although dealing with teenagers is enough to make me pull my hair out as I am sure you understand!It's difficult to get in.LOL I hope you like it.They aren't very big of course.WIll you post some pics??We are blessed to have found each other!So ya u need to teach me man.It has only been two hours and I already miss you baby!!!!!!!!Id + " Link: " + targetLink.Id + " Text: " + targetLink.Classic rock riffs, swirling drums, monstrous hooks, and undeniably catchy choruses hints of old school progressive rock mixed in with modern alternative flourishes touches of classical influence as swelling strings intersect with sonic adrenaline rushes.Atlantic Records release, Comatose.Three Days Grace, Saliva, Shinedown, and 12 Stones in the process becoming one of the hardest working, heaviest rocking, boldly witnessing, and most broadly appealing acts of its generation.Recorded at Chicago Recording Company (Smashing Pumpkins, Michael Jackson, R.Alge (Green Day, Hoobastank, Bon Jovi, P.There are so many different influences that it wont just be about rock audiences or metal audiences, notes Cooper.The Last Night takes a more delicate twist, merging Johns vocals with his wife Korey Coopers keyboard cadences.There really arent a lot of labels that have that kind of pedigree for rock acts, and Skillet is yet another in a long line of great bands.Cooper and company can certainly relate, citing several from the labels lineage as influencers since its infancy.Its funny because every once in a while there was a touch of that on Collide, but until recently, I didnt see what that background had to do with rock music.Aside from Skillets musical strides, Coopers songwriting has expanded to cover a vast range of topical territories, some of which follow spiritual and socially conscious ideals, while others vulnerably mirror his personal life and struggles.Take, for instance, the aforementioned The Last Night, which talks about someone considering suicide after living life in despair and not having support from their parents.But a lot has mended since then and weve been able to move on.Skillet has managed to hit all of those three exactly on target, raising its game to yet another level of excellence.But more than composing a disc with killer compositions, Cooper hopes the albums deeper meaning of awakening will strike a chord on all levels with listeners.If we do that, maybe on a grand scheme we can help someone out in a city somewhere that weve never even met.In traveling around so much, especially in the last couple of years, were aware of people needing and hurting more than ever before.Happy Holidays from John Cooper
Hey everybody what's up!Skillet here wishing everybody a happy holiday!Not including tour rehearsals for next year of course.Speaking of, a fan in Indiana last Saturday night told me after the show that he was still trying to find his face and put it back on cause we ROCKED HIS FACE OFF BABY.So what has Skillet been up to?Included in all of the business, we are announcing the release of the "Skillet Comatose Deluxe Edition."This release has extra music, videos, making of the record footage, and most importantly to me, a NEW rock song that I produced myself that has never been released before!There can be no Skillet without that."Cops" when we were passing through South Carolina.Then I would proceed in my mind with flexing my arms Hulk Hogan style.Note to self: bad jokes are even less funny when you are being questioned in a robbery.Cool things: We have had a lot of award nominations and accolades given to us.Some have been nominated by people involved in the music industry and some have been from fans like you guys voting for us.We keep playing music that we hope you guys will like and we will NEVER stop giving back to you who have helped bring us here!Included in the "awards" I mentioned, we have been nominated for a Grammy for "Gospel Rock Album of the Year!"My daughter is legendarily cute, and she has left me speechless with some truth that I feel the world needs to know.Knowing that I have taught my daughter to keep her secret identity safe so that she may change the world is something I am very proud of.Remember that and keep it in your heart during the holidays...Posted on Dec 12, 2007
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Turkey Day.Skillet hasn't posted any shows yet.This user has either cancelled their membership, or their account has been deleted.Id + " Text: " + targetLink.Sign in to get personalized recommendations.Minutes() * 60 + newCurrentTime.Hours() * 3600 + currentTime.See all 88 customer reviews...Ships from and sold by Amazon.Want it delivered Thursday, January 10?See all 88 customer reviews...Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?Try our music sampler to hear song samples from this album.FSCommands are received by VBScript in IE.Of("To view this content") !Track states defined in AlbumSampler.Images representing the various track states."Embedding code will be displayed here."No one has tagged this product for Amazon search yet.The easiest way to shoot video reviews.Things like "I'm going to drown you in maddening forgiveness..."After six albums, one would think that there's not much life left."Comatose" opens up with their first single: "Rebirthing," a beautiful mix of power and emotion, which sets the pace for the rest of the album.The orchestral elements prove the musical genius that Skillet was capable of.Skillet has, once again, raised the bar for themselves and their contemporaries.Skillet's sound in "Comatose" is much more complete and mature.Now, it's about much more than the crunchy music.I've been a Skillet fan for years, and they just keep impressing me more with each album."Comatose" is a great blend of driving, hard rock with quick (though constant) infusions of synth rhythms.Songs like "The Last Night" and "Yours to Hold" contain some beautiful lyrics of love, but they're couched in the midst of the screaming guitars and driving rhythms."Rebirthing" and "Whispers in the Dark" show off the band's hard rock edge, while "Say Goodbye" and "Looking for Angels" are excellent ballads.Overall, another winner from this incredible band.Where's the POWER, Skillet?!!When I heard "REBIRTHING" on the radio, I thought, "AWESOME, Skillet is back in force!"So, I waited with eagerness the release of the full album, refamiliarizing myself with the great ALIEN YOUTH and COLLIDE in the mean time.How disappointing, then, when I heard the rest of the disc!Sadly, the rock edge is just missing this time.Skillet started with grunge, then segued into industrial a bit before landing firmly in hard rock with ALIEN YOUTH and COLLIDE, their best works to date.I've always liked them before.But when its track after track, it just gets disappointing!REBIRTHING, which is one of their best tracks of all time.But the rest of the album is sorely lacking!Was this review helpful to you?See all 88 customer reviews...Why do almost all the songs sound the same?But let's face it, after the first 2 songs it all just starts to sound cloned.This was on her Christmas list of gift ideas to her.Feast of the Senses
I'm actually new to Skillet, and I think that previously they showed promise with some excellent songs, and some almost there songs.Well, Skillet is really cooking now!Published 28 days ago by K.This album was on sale at my local christian book store and was available to listen to samples via the barcode.I'll admit, we own this cd because my kids absolutely love it.Skillet is no new band to the music scene, and yet this CD got them more exposure that they deserve.When SKILLET's first album came out, I was instantly a fan."Ooo, something slightly harder, less generic in a generally softened and generic christian genre!Well, it took Skillet a decade (and I don't know how many albums later) to produce a truly great album.CD is awesome, all the songs are great and with different messages.Published 3 months ago by V.This is one of my favorite CDs.See all 88 customer reviews...The BEST Skillet album yet!!!!!!See all 3 discussions...Music You Should Hear: Artists' PicksWant to know what Norah Jones, Sting, and Il Divo are listening to?Find out in Music You Should Hear, where these and other artists tell you about the music they love.Greats from the Greatest
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Skillet is busy wrapping up the recording of their seventh album, Comatose, but front man John Cooper took time out in the studio to discuss the recording process.Comatose just might be the most accessible album yet from Skillet, though some of the pop tendencies are a bit too soft and generic.SRE Records release, Comatose.Atlantic debut Collide, which launched the group into the mainstream with the single "Savior," and garnered the quartet a prestigious nomination at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards in the "Best Rock Gospel Album" category.Alge (Green Day, Hoobastank, Bon Jovi, P.David Bottrill (Tool, Staind)."Rebirthing," a complex but accessible amalgamation of piercing strings and humongous power chords calling all to come alive in Christ."Whispers" unveils nods to the current prog crop via the channels of Yes, while "Better Than Drugs" (focusing on an eternal destiny rather than earthly gain) is a delightfully schizophrenic barnburner that is one of the disc's most aggressive displays."The Last Night" takes a more delicate twist, merging John's vocals with his wife Korey Cooper's keyboard cadences."It's the first record where we've really been one on one with the band, and it's the latest step in our unique journey together.I've been at the label seventeen years and we're known for having so many great rock n' roll bands: Led Zeppelin, Genesis, Yes, Bad Company.There really aren't a lot of labels that have that kind of pedigree for rock acts, and Skillet is yet another in a long line of great bands."Cooper and company can certainly relate, citing several from the label's lineage as influencers since its infancy.It's funny because every once in a while there was a touch of that on Collide, but until recently, I didn't see what that background had to do with rock music.Aside from Skillet's musical strides, Cooper's songwriting has expanded to cover a vast range of topical territories, some of which follow spiritual and socially conscious ideals, while others vulnerably mirror his personal life and struggles.Take, for instance, the aforementioned "The Last Night," which talks about someone considering suicide after living life in despair and not having support from their parents.Rather than calling it quits, a supportive friend reminds of God's unconditional love and they're eventually talked down from that ledge.Even closer to home for Cooper is "The Older I Get," which picks up after his mom passed away, tracing the rocky relationship he had with his dad and the eventual forgiveness they reached."It was a really bizarre situation and they didn't get along, which was also the point when my dad and I started fighting.From the time I was fourteen or fifteen, I don't remember having a single conversation with him for about four years that didn't have to do with fighting.But a lot has mended since then and we've been able to move on."The funny thing about Jesus is that He wasn't just all talk, but as much or more about relationships and communicating to people in a relatable way, as He was solely preaching to them," he observes."The way we tend to evangelize in today's Christian society is actually often times much different than the way Jesus reached out.As I was writing for this record, I realized bands like Linkin Park and Staind and Korn were being more relevant to people than I was.We prayed about these sessions, and we knew this is the direction God was leading us.It allows us to reach out to people who've maybe been turned off by what they think is 'Christian music,' which may get them out to a concert to hear even more of our message.I'm very passionate about evangelism, but love begets evangelism and we want people to know we care about their needs in a practical way."Skillet has managed to hit all of those three exactly on target, raising its game to yet another level of excellence."If we do that, maybe on a grand scheme we can help someone out in a city somewhere that we've never even met.In traveling around so much, especially in the last couple of years, we're aware of people needing and hurting more than ever before.No credit card required.Click here for International orders.The trial issue is yours to keep, regardless.Give Today's Christian as a gift
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