Two of their albums, Comatose and Awake, are certified Platinum and Double Platinum respectively by the RIAA, while Rise and Unleashed are certified Gold as of June 29, 2020. For a complete list of Skillet's tours, Click the chart to see full-sized chart of Skillet's band membersThis is a list of major releases only. However, during the 2007 Christmas season, she took the time to train Skillet's next drummer, Jen Ledger.The Comatose album was certified Gold in sales by the RIAA on November 3, 2009.Skillet announced that they went into the studio January 12 to finalize the new record with Grammy-nominated producer Skillet was nominated for six Dove Awards for the 41st Annual GMA Dove Awards.On February 14, 2011, Skillet officially announced that longtime lead guitarist Ben Kasica would be leaving the band.
"The Comatose album was certified Gold and Platinum in sales by the Skillet was nominated for six Dove Awards for the 41st Annual GMA Dove Awards.On February 14, 2011, Skillet officially announced that longtime lead guitarist Ben Kasica would be leaving the band. On November 17, 2017, The album was re-released under the title, "Unleashed Beyond" with a couple new tracks in the album.
Kasica was with the band for 10 years, contributing to the albums Skillet announced the release of "Awake" was nominated for and won the "Top Christian Album" Award at the Billboard Music Awards 2011, and the song "On June 21, 2011, John posted to his Twitter account that the band rehearsed new music for the first time and that they are getting ready for a new album.In an interview on January 26, 2013, in Beaumont, Texas, John Cooper announced that the new album, The band performed the title track off Skillet was nominated and won a Dove Award for Rock Song of the Year for their song "Sick of It".On February 16, 2015, Skillet announced they were writing material for a new album with recording to begin in June with a potential release in the late half of 2015 or early 2016.On September 20, 2019, "Legendary" was debuted as a theme song of The band's style has been described as In the middle of 2005, Korey Cooper took a break from performing, due to her pregnancy with their second child. 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.Skillet recorded their follow-up album throughout 1997, titled The band released their first worship album, and fourth album overall, Skillet released Alien Youth on August 28, 2001, which was the first album that John Cooper took on production duties.
The pastor of Covenant Community Church in Memphis–where the band was formed as a worship band side project–gave them their name as he felt they were like "southern cooking, where you just toss a bunch of different things into a big ol' skillet and see what it turns out like. Awake has been certified Platinum and debuted on No. They have sold over 2 million albums in the U.S. alone and are known for a relentless touring schedule, which garnered them a top five ranking in the Hardest Working Bands of 2011 by Songkick.com.Skillet with Korey, Trey, John, and KevinThe original members of Skillet: Trey, John, and KenSkillet formed in 1996 with two members: John Cooper, former vocalist for Tennessee progressive rock band Seraph, and Ken Steorts, former guitarist for Urgent Cry.
Skillet went through several line-up changes early in their career, leaving founder John Cooper as the only original member remaining in the band. The band has released eight albums, two receiving Grammy nominations: Collide and Comatose.