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Skillet Group. The history of the musical group.

Группа Skillet была основана в 1996 году Джоном Cooper. The team promotes the Christian faith and the gospel position. The group’s discography includes 9 successful albums. During their career, the musicians were nominated for two dozen different awards.

Creating a team

Group founder John Cooper always dreamed ofteam in which he could be the frontman. In the mid-90s, people's musical preferences changed a lot. Heavy and pop metal are gone, they were replaced by grunge. This musical direction was to the liking of John. The dream to create your own team could come true. Because of his Christian preferences and the influence of different musical styles, John called the Skillet band. The band’s biography begins in Memphis, Tennessee. Here were the first performances of the musical group.

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The pastor has always admired the talent of the musician.Once he proposed to create his own band together with Fold Zandura singer Ken Sturt. After the joint performance, the pastor decided to become a producer of the group and create a Christian music group. Later they were joined by Trey McLarkin. He was not a rock fan and decided to help the guys until they found a real fanatical drummer. At the same time, John began to train his voice to the vocals of grunge. But due to the strong influence of Christian music, the result was a voice hybrid. The vocals resembled the music of Kurt Cobain from Nirvana. The name Skillet (“pan”) meant an admixture of different musical styles.

Label Ardent records and recording the first albums

Skillet group quickly became famous and wonhearts of the first fans. A month later, Ardent records offered the band collaboration and recording of the first album. Paul Ambersold helped them to record their debut album. In November 1996, the group released their debut album with the same name "Skillet". The songs “Saturn”, “Gasoline” and “I Can” gained particular popularity. After the decline of popularity for the grunge band decided to change the style of performance. They added electronic sound to their new songs. Skillet began to compare with Nine Inch nails.

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During the recording of the second compilation "Hey You, I LoveYour Soul ”the band's team represented the rhythm and genre of the performance they needed to write songs. After that, the musicians tried to work with a major label. They worked with all firms, but because of the Christian content of their tracks, the Skillet group could not sign a contract. The hit "Locked in a Cage" won the hearts of many fans. But as soon as the labels learned that the Skillet team was a Christian, they immediately refused to cooperate. As a result, the next release of the group was released on Ardent records.

Fundamental changes and first glory

In 1998 the wife joined the team.John Cooper - Corey Cooper. She invited the team to go on tour to Europe. Participants supported this risky idea. And the risk was justified - the concerts were a great success. At the end of the tour, John and Cooper continued their services in the Memphis church. In 1999, dramatic changes took place in the team. Ken left the band and Kevin Huland took his place. Later, the musician admitted that he devoted too little time to his beloved wife and two children, so he left the team and found less busy work.

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Already together in Kevin the musicians set aboutRecords of the third collection. In early 2000, Skillet released the third album, Invincible. In this collection, post-industrial sounding has become the most pronounced and modern. The song "Rest with Invincible" entered the top five tracks of the year, according to CHR. The musical composition “Best kept secret” received a rotation on MTV. This song is called the most important hit of the collective.

After the release of this album the popularity of Skilletbegan to gain large momentum. The team noticed the media, their clips were played on channels, the tracks were played on radio stations. For the kindness and soulfulness of the songs, the group fell in love with millions of fans.

Modern Skillet Team

To date, the composition of the group Skillethas 4 members. The main are the founder John Cooper and his wife Corey Cooper. The backing vocalist and drummer is now Jen Ledger. The lead guitarist was Seth Morrison.

Group discography includes 9 successfulalbums. The team was awarded the Grammy for the best Christian albums. In 2011, Skillet received a music award for best album and best performer at the annual Billboard Music Awards. The team won the prestigious Gospel Music Association (GMA) Dove Awards award 6 times.