SKILLET
BAND HISTORY
Early years (1996–99).
Skillet formed in 1996 with two members: John Cooper, former vocalist for Tennessee progressive rock band Seraph, and Ken Steorts, former guitarist for Urgent Cry. The two bands met through touring together, but those bands disbanded soon after, so John and Ken's pastor encouraged them to form their own band as a side-project. [1] Coming from different styles of rock music, they decided to name the experiment Skillet. After Trey McClurkin joined the band as a permanent drummer. Skillet was only together for a month when they received interest from major Christian record label ForeFront Records. In 1996 they released a self-titled debutSkillet. It was well-received, and the trio continued to write new material as they toured the United States. One topic that comes up often among fans and the band itself, is the name 'Skillet'. John Cooper, the lead vocalist, explains that it was a joke at first. Each starting band member was already in a separate band, and all decided to start a side project. Since each other band had a different sound and style to it, the side project was said to be like putting all of those styles in a big skillet to come up with something unique. Hence the band name 'Skillet'. The band name is still somewhat of a joke between the band members, especially Cooper, who claims to still not like the title.
Skillet recorded their follow-up album throughout 1997, titled Hey You, I Love Your Soul, which was released in April 1998. Their second effort was a change in style from the band's first release. With this release, Skillet would abandon their post-grunge approach for a lighter alternative rock and a style. His wife Korey was enlisted soon after to play keyboards live in order to alleviate John's live performance duties.
Shortly before the band began recording for their third album, Invincible, Steorts left the band to be with his family, and Kevin Haaland joined the band as their new guitarist. Korey Cooper joined the band permanently and played keyboards for the recording of Invincible. Because of this change, the musical style on Invincible changed to a more electronic sound. Soon after the release of Invincible in early 2000, Trey McClurkin parted ways with Skillet, and Lori Petersfilled the drummer's position. Invincible would be Skillet's best selling record to date.
In January 2008, Skillet announced that their drummer, Lori Peters, was retiring from the band, feeling that "it's time for her to come off of the road and start a new chapter in her life."Peters' last concert with Skillet was on December 31, 2007. However, during the 2007 Christmas season, she took the time to train Skillet's next drummer, Jen Ledger.
In the middle of 2006, Korey Cooper took a break from performing, due to her pregnancy with their second child. Her back-up guitar and keyboard role was temporarily filled by two people: Andrea Winchell (who would later become the Cooper's nanny) on keys, and Chris Marvin of The Spark on guitar.
Skillet teamed up with Ron Luce & Teen Mania Ministries on their Acquire The Fire Tour across the United States & Canada in 2007. When they returned Skillet teamed up with Flyleaf to co-headline the Justice & Mercy Tour, but the tour was postponed/canceled after a number of shows due to Flyleaf's lead singer, Lacey Mosley's vocal problem. They teamed up with Luce's Global Expeditions program on a summer missions trip with teens to Mexico. In 2008 they joined up with Teen Mania Ministries and toured with Acquire the Fire.
Skillet joined Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace, and Seether on the first half of their tour in fall 2007.
Band members
Current
- John Cooper – lead vocals, bass (1996–present)
- Korey Cooper – keyboard, vocals, synthesizer, rhythm guitar (1999–present)
- Ben Kasica – lead guitar (2001–present)
- Jen Ledger – drums, vocals (2008–present)
Former
- Ken Steorts – guitar (1996–1999)
- Trey McClurkin – drums, vocals (1996–2000)
- Daniel Stiefel - guitar (1999)
- Kevin Haaland – guitar (1999–2001)
- Lori Peters – drums (2000–2007)
Touring
- Billy Dawson – guitar (2000)
- Faith Stern – keyboards, vocals (2002–2003)
- Chris Marvin – guitar, vocals (2002–2003, 2005–2006)
- Andrea Winchell – keyboard (2005–2006)
- Tate Olsen – cello (2008–present)
- Jonathan Chu – violin (2008–present)
- Scotty Rock — backing bass and band manager (2009–present)
Awards and recognition
Grammy Award nominations
- 2005 nominee, Best Rock Gospel Album: Collide.
- 2007 nominee, Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album: Comatose.
- 2008 Rock Recorded Song of the Year: "Comatose" at the 39th Annual GMA Dove Awards on April 23, 2008.
DISCOGRAPHY
1.
"I Can"
2.
"Gasoline"
3.
"Saturn"
4.
"My Beautiful Robe"
5.
"Promise Blender"
6.
"Paint"
7.
"Safe"
8.
"YouThought"
9.
"Boundaries"
10.
"Splinter"
Studio albums
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- Skillet (1996)
- Hey You, I Love Your Soul (1998)
1. | "Hey You, I Love Your Soul" |
2. | "Deeper" |
3. | "Locked in a Cage" |
4. | "Your Love (Keeps Me Alive)" |
5. | "More Faithful" |
6. | "Pour" |
7. | "Suspended In You" |
8. | "Take" |
9. | "Coming Down" |
10. | "Whirlwind" |
11. | "Dive Over In" |
12. | "Scarecrow" |
- Invincible (2000)
1. "Best Kept Secret" 2. "You Take My Rights Away" 3. "Invincible" 4. "Rest" 5. "Come On To The Future" 6. "You're Powerful" 7. "I Trust You" 8. "Each Other" 9. "The Fire Breathes" 10. "Say It Loud" 11. "The One" 12. "You're In My Brain"
- Alien Youth (2001)
- Alien Youth (2001)
1. "Alien Youth" 2. "Vapor" 3. "Earth Invasion" 4. "You Are My Hope" 5. "Eating Me Away" 6. "Kill Me, Heal Me" 7. "The Thirst Is Taking Over" 8. "One Real Thing" 9. "Stronger" 10. "Rippin' Me Off" 11. "Will You Be There (Falling Down)" 12. "Come My Way"
- Collide (2003)
| 1. | "Forsaken" |
| 2. | "Savior" |
| 3. | "Open Wounds (bonus track)" |
| 4. | "A Little More" |
| 5. | "My Obsession" |
| 6. | "Collide" |
| 7. | "Fingernails" |
| 8. | "Imperfection" |
| 9. | "Under My Skin" |
| 10. | "Energy" |
| 11. | "Cycle Down" |
In 2003, Collide was released by Ardent Records. It caught the attention of Andy Karp, the Head of A&R of Lava Records, and in 2004 the rights to Collide were bought by Lava Records, a division of Atlantic Records. On May 25, 2004, Collide was re-released under Lava Records, with an added track, "Open Wounds". Collide was yet another musical shift for the band. Citing Linkin Park and P.O.D. as inspiration for the musical shift on Collide, Cooper said "Well I’m one of these song writers, everything I hear goes through my John Cooper filter of what I like and what I don’t like... all these things... have been an influence on me.
- Comatose (2006)
| 1. | |
| 2. | |
| 3. | "Yours to Hold" |
| 4. | "Better Than Drugs" |
| 5. | "Comatose" |
| 6. | |
| 7. | "Those Nights" |
| 8. | "Falling Inside the Black" |
| 9. | "Say Goodbye" |
| 10. | |
| 11. | "Looking for Angels" |
Skillet's album Comatose was released on October 3, 2006. It features the singles "Rebirthing," "Whispers in the Dark," "Comatose," "The Older I Get," "Those Nights," and "The Last Night". The album debuted at #55 on the Billboard 200 and #4 on the US Top Christian Albums chart.
On October 21, 2008, Comatose Comes Alive was released; a CD/DVD combo featuring live recordings of the band's May 9, 2008 concert in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It was shown on the Gospel Music Channel on December 5, 2008. Skillet's Comatose Comes Alive CD also had a B-side with ("Live Free or Let Me Die") as a single, also with five acoustic tracks which purchasers could download by putting the Comatose Comes Alive CD in your computer.[9] The link to download the acoustic tracks ceased to work sometime in 2009.
The Comatose album was certified Gold in sales by the RIAA on November 3, 2009
- Awake (2009)
| 1. | "Hero" |
| 2. | "Monster" |
| 3. | "Don't Wake Me" |
| 4. | |
| 5. | "One Day Too Late" |
| 6. | "It's Not Me It's You" |
| 7. | "Should've When You Could've" |
| 8. | "Believe" |
| 9. | "Forgiven" |
| 10. | "Sometimes" |
| 11. | "Never Surrender" |
| 12. | "Lucy" |
Skillet announced that they went into the studio January 12 to finalize the new record with Grammy-nominated producer Howard Benson. They added two songs ("Hero" and "Monster") from the new record to their setlist on April 2,
Skillet's most recent studio album is Awake.[11] The album contains twelve songs and was released on August 25, 2009.[12] It charted at #2 on the Billboard top 200 selling around 68,000 units in its first week.[13] "Monster" was released as a single on July 14, 2009. Contrary to popular belief, John Cooper stated that "Hero" was not the album's lead single. It was, however, released as a single in March 2010.[14] They also released a deluxe version with the extra songs "Dead Inside" and "Would It Matter", along with the original, radio edit of "Monster" that does not have the distorted growl as in the single and in the CD. The song "Hero" was used in the publicizing of the first football game of the 2009 NFL season between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Tennessee Titans, and the song "Monster" was used in the episode "Jason: The Pretty-Boy Bully" on MTV's Bully Beatdown. "Monster" was the theme song for the WWE event WWE Hell in a Cell while the song "Hero" was the theme song for WWE Tribute to the Troops and Royal Rumble 2010, as well as both songs being included on the official soundtrack for the WWE video game WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010. It is also the opening theme song for the AHL team "The Lake Erie Monsters" in Cleveland, Ohio and serves as the opening theme of "The Fresno Monsters" of Fresno, California. "Monster" was aired at the beginning of several ACC football games on Raycom Sports during the 2009 season. In the first week of April 2010, it was released for the Rock band music store in Rock Band 2[15] It also tied the record for highest-charting Christian album on The Billboard 200 with Underoath's 2006 release Define the Great Line and Casting Crowns' 2007 release The Altar and the Door, as all three albums debuted at #2.[16]
On February 18, Skillet was nominated for 6 Dove Awards for the 41st Annual GMA Dove Awards.[17][18] Awake was certified gold July 2, 2010.[19] A remix on Monster was featured on their podcast[20] Also in 2010, Ardent released The Early Years, a collection of their songs from 1996 to 2001. On November 12, Skillet released an iTunes sessions EP consisting of songs from Comatose and Awake.[21] "Monster" was certified gold a day later.
Live albums
- Ardent Worship (2000)
- Comatose Comes Alive – (2008)
- iTunes Session - (2010).
LYRIC: HERO
I'm just a step away
I'm just a breath away
Losin' my faith today
(Fallin' off the edge today)
I am just a man
Not superhuman
(I'm not superhuman)
Someone save me from the hate
It's just another war
Just another family torn
(Falling from my faith today)
Just a step from the edge
Just another day in the world we live
[Chorus:]
I need a hero to save me now
I need a hero (save me now)
I need a hero to save my life
A hero'll save me (just in time)
I've gotta fight today
To live another day
Speakin' my mind today
(My voice will be heard today)
I've gotta make a stand
But I am just a man
(I'm not superhuman)
My voice will be heard today
It's just another war
Just another family torn
(My voice will be heard today)
It's just another kill
The countdown begins to destroy ourselves
[Chorus]
I need a hero to save my life
I need a hero just in time
Save me just in time
Save me just in time
Who's gonna fight for what's right
Who's gonna help us survive
We're in the fight of our lives
(And we're not ready to die)
Who's gonna fight for the weak
Who's gonna make '
I've
Livin' in me
I'm gonna fight for what's right
Today I'm speaking my mind
And if it kills me tonight
(I will be ready to die)
A hero's not afraid to give his life
A hero's gonna save me just in time
[Chorus]
I need a hero
Who's gonna fight for what's right
Who's gonna help us survive
I need a hero
Who's gonna fight for the weak
Who's gonna make '
I
I need a hero
A hero's gonna save me just in time
Do you want listen this song?: YouTube - Skillet- "Hero" Official Music Video
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