• • • • • • Website Members • • Korey Cooper • Jen Ledger • Seth Morrison Past members • • Kevin Haaland • Ben Kasica • Jonathan Salas • Trey McClurkin • Lori Peters Skillet is an American band formed in in 1996. The band currently consists of husband (lead vocals, bass) and wife Korey Cooper (rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing vocals) along with Jen Ledger (drums, vocals) and Seth Morrison (lead guitar).

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The band has released nine albums, two receiving nominations: and. Two of their albums, Comatose and, are certified Platinum and Double Platinum respectively by the RIAA while, is certified Gold as of November 10, 2017. Skillet went through several line-up changes early in their career, leaving founder John Cooper as the only original member remaining in the band. They are known for a relentless touring schedule, which garnered them a top five ranking in the Hardest Working Bands of 2010 by Songkick.com. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Band history [ ] Self-titled and Hey You, I Love Your Soul (1996–99) [ ] Skillet formed in 1996 with two members:, former vocalist for Tennessee progressive rock band Seraph, and, 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. Coming from different styles of rock music, they decided to name the experiment Skillet.

After, Trey McClurkin joined the band as a temporary drummer. Skillet was only together for a month when they received interest from major Christian record label. In 1996 they released a self-titled debut. 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, 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 style. Wedding Order Of Service Scroll Template For Kids. His wife Korey was enlisted soon after to play keyboards live in order to alleviate John's live performance duties. Invincible, Ardent Worship, and Alien Youth (2000–02) [ ] Shortly before the band began recording for their third album,, Steorts left the band to be with his family and launch, a modern music ministry college located in Memphis, 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 Peters filled the drummer's position. The band released their first worship album, and fourth album overall, in late 2000. The band kept much of their sound from Invincible on their next album.

With little time between touring and recording, Skillet released Alien Youth on August 28, 2001, which was the first album that John Cooper took on production duties. Before the release of Alien Youth, Haaland left the band, and Ben Kasica took over on guitar. Collide (2003–05) [ ] In 2003,, the band's sixth studio album, was released by and contained the singles 'Savior' and 'Collide'. In 2004, the rights to Collide were bought by, an imprint of. On May 25, 2004, Collide was re-released by Lava Records, with 'Open Wounds' as an added track.

The album was nominated for 'Best Rock Gospel Album' in 2005. Citing 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 (2006–08) [ ] Skillet's album was released on October 3, 2006. It features the singles ',' ',' ',' ',' 'Those Nights,' ', and 'Better Than Drugs'.