Skillets John Cooper On Listening To Christ Over Celebrities

Published: May 11, 2021, 2 p.m.

On The Babylon Bee Interview Show, Kyle and Ethan talk to John Cooper of Skillet. They talk about CCM fame, discovering Petra, and weird band names. John Cooper is the lead singer, bassist, and producer for Skillet. Skillet has become one of the best-selling bands with two Grammy award nominations and has gone platinum twelve times.\xa0 He has recently written a book titled Awake and Alive to Truth, where he dives into the most asked questions in modern culture.

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Topics Discussed\xa0

Journey to CCM fame

Viral Facebook post\xa0

Being convicted with faith\xa0

Awake and Alive To Truth Book\xa0

Becoming famous young

Celebrity Christians\xa0

Growing up without Rock music\xa0

MTV and Beat It

Michael W. Smith\xa0

Seeing Petra live

Stryper story

Comparing Skillet to other bands

Secret to weird band names\xa0

Korn\xa0

Googling Skillet

Iron Maiden\xa0

Duets\xa0

Raising kids with the Skillet voice

Touring with kids

Subscriber Portion\xa0

Pyrotechnic story

Props

John Cooper\u2019s gymnastics skills

Band\u2019s feeling entitled

Creed story\xa0

Positive lyrics\xa0

Almost becoming Bono

Women in the band\xa0

10 questions