SKILLET: AFTER THE STORM On paper, Skillet shouldn’t work. That sounds insulting, but I mean it as one of the highest compliments I can give them. Rock bands rarely get 30-year careers, and the ones that do certainly don’t tend to chart a trajectory that keeps climbing. Thirty years into Skillet, I can turn on UFC Freedom 250 and there they are. WWE used “Legendary” to open Monday Night Raw for years. “Monster,” released more than a decade into the band’s career, has become a streaming behemoth surpassing 4 billion streams. The audience is filled with kids who were not alive when Comatose came out, now screaming those songs next…

John and Korey Cooper open up about two decades of Comatose, the pain and betrayal behind After the Storm, and why Skillet’s most compelling chapter may still be ahead. Multi-platinum rock powerhouse Skillet takes center stage as the cover story for the September issue of CCM Magazine, with the complete cover experience to be unveiled on September 1. Marking nearly 30 years since Skillet’s formation and 20 years since the release of the band’s landmark album Comatose, the deeply personal CCM cover conversation traces the group’s extraordinary journey while turning the focus toward what comes next. John and Korey Cooper speak candidly with CCM’s Logan Sekulow about Skillet’s history, the enduring influence of Comatose and the difficult experiences…