Artist: Skillet
Genre(s):
Rock
Rock: Hard-Rock
Discography:
Comatose
Year: 2006
Tracks: 11
Collide
Year: 2003
Tracks: 10
Alien Youth
Year: 2001
Tracks: 12
Skillet
Year: 1996
Tracks: 10
Invincible
Year:
Tracks: 12
Alternative CCM bikers Skillet formed in Memphis, TN, approximately the nucleus of wind singer and bassist John Cooper, guitar player Ken Steorts, and drummer Trey McClurkin. Debuting in 1996 with a self-titled LP, the threesome returned two days later with Hey You, I Love Your Soul. Invincible followed in early 2000, and the group contributed threesome tracks to the Ardent Worship: Skillet Live digest that same year. With a new lineup of Cooper on bass and lead vocals, his wife Korey Cooper on guitar and keyboards, Ben Kasica on guitar, and Lori Peters on drums, Skillet released Stranger Youth on Ardent Records in 2001, followed by Collide, besides on Ardent, in 2003. The latter album was then picked up by Lava/Atlantic and reissued the following year with a bonus track. Clash went on to be the band's best-selling album to date (even earning them a Grammy nominating speech), and the band supported the record on tours with bands like Saliva and Shinedown. Skillet's future elbow grease for the pronounce, Comatose, appeared in fall 2006.
