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