First, I would like to thank everyone who entered the Skillet CD/poster giveaway, and congratulate Chris for winning the prizes!
Fans of Skillet can now win the ultimate concert experience, but you’ve got to work for it! By helping promote Skillet’s “Awake and Alive Tour”, one winner plus a guest will receive free tickets to the show, a meet and greet with the band and the chance to make an appearance in Skillet’s video footage, which will be posted online along with a personal shout-out. Visit the contest website to enter the sweepstakes and to get suggestions on how to …read more

Grammy-nominated rockers Skillet released their newest album, Awake, on August 25th, 2009. Over the past 13 years, Skillet has helped to redefine Christian rock with their genre busting albums and constant touring. Awake is the follow up to their 2006 hit album Comatose, which was nominated for a Grammy (their second nomination).
In 2008, longtime drummer Lori Peters announced her retirement after training her replacement, current drummer and backup vocalist Jen Ledger. With Jen’s influence, Awake came alive. Skillet’s eighth album may very well be their best. Vocalist/bassist John Cooper had the following to say about Awake:
“It’s a turning of the …read more

Grammy-nominated alternative outfit, SKILLET, prepare to release AWAKE, the follow up to their 2006 breakthrough project, Comatose. The band, John Cooper (singer/bassist), Korey Cooper (keyboardist/vocalist), Ben Kasica (guitarist), and Jen Ledger (drummer/vocalist) teamed up with all-star producer Howard Benson (Daughtry, My Chemical Romance, The All-American Rejects), to deliver an album that is sure to have plenty of anthems, smash singles, and concert sing-a-longs. “Monster,” the first single off the upcoming album, is loaded with towering riffs and unbridled rock n’ roll abandon. The band is scheduled to play a couple festivals around the US before joining the Alive & Awake …read more