Legend has it that a band named Skillet once released accomplished albums like Collide and Comatose in the mid-200s. Before they tried to court specifically a mainstream rock audience, this was a band that was regularly releasing songs that preached to the misfits and those struggling with mental health problems and addiction. Then in 2009,…
He has some books to grift onto his sizable audience, so it’s not all that surprising, but Skillet’s John Cooper is back with his latest opinion on the Paris Olympics opening ceremonies. At this point, he might as well have replaced Trapt’s Chris Taylor Brown as (arguably) rock’s biggest pariah – except this time, a…
Believe it or not, there was actually a time where Skillet used to write songs about Jesus Christ (presumably, but also could be applied to a person) being “better than drugs”, or even an anti-suicide // pro-mental health message in “The Last Night”. Both of these songs could be found on their 2006 album Comatose,…
Barely two years ago (it seems like a fever dream at this point), Trapt vocalist Chris Taylor Brown further sullied his band’s legacy by going on racist and anti-science rants, targeting any bands, musicians, and even media publications (including yours truly) that dated to question the validity (there wasn’t any) of the things he was…
