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Winter Jam 2012 At Toyota Center In Houston, TX

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on March 27, 2012 - 12:35pm

"Things heated up when alt-metal headliners Skillet took the stage. If you never thought you would see a lead singer/bassist John Cooper dressed in a tux gone slightly goth, his wife Kerry Cooper dressed like Amy Lee in addition to pyrotechnics and fireworks at a christian rock concert, you are dead wrong. They rocked like "heroes," to paraphrase one of their song titles."

- Christina Lynn (Houston Press)

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Skillet's John Cooper Talks About "Panheads" Loyalty and Winter Jam Tour

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on March 6, 2012 - 12:30pm

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Because of their loyalty to the group, Cooper said they give their fans, who refer to themselves as “Panheads,” a lot of access to the group. “Whether it’s virally on the Internet or meet and greets, we treat our fans good because we appreciate them and they have kept us in business for a long time,” he said. Before there were any “Panheads” or nation-wide tours, Skillet began as a dream of one little boy who always enjoyed music. “My mom was a piano teacher so I grew up playing classical piano for quite a long time,” Cooper said.

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Skillet’s John Cooper Professes His Love for ’80s Music

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on February 28, 2012 - 11:28am

Frontman John Cooper says he treats all of the Skillet’s tours the same, and he has always found good company in the band’s tour mates, no matter the type of tour. “We toured with Papa Roach on a co-headlining tour. They didn’t come up to us and say ‘Hey, you can’t talk about Jesus when you’re on stage,’ and we didn’t say to them ‘Hey, you guys can’t cuss during the show,’” Cooper told GoUpstate.com. “We could do whatever we wanted and they could do whatever they wanted. It’s a mutual respect.”

Cooper also professed his love for ‘80s metal and rock– real-deal guys like Metallica, Bon Jovi

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The Song "Hero" Is On Sale On iTunes For $0.69 Thru 3/6!

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on February 16, 2012 - 10:28am

That's right guys. Skillet's song "Hero" is on sale at iTunes for 0.69 until 3/6!

Click here to purchase the track.

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Skillet says success hasn't changed rockers' approach

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on February 9, 2012 - 2:54pm

"So many rock bands feel like they have a reputation they have to uphold," said John Cooper, the band's lead singer and bassist. "They have the ‘sex, drugs and rock ‘n' roll' image and they think that if they tour with a Christian band, it may make them look bad or hurt their image. But some bands don't care if you believe differently from them, they just want to hear people who enjoy making music. We are still able to sing about what we feel passionate about and be true to ourselves, and at the same time we aren't turning audiences off. We don't come across as judgmental."

"We toured with

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