Skillet’s John Cooper On Listening To Christ Over Celebrities

Released May 11, 2021 by The Babylon Bee

 

On The Babylon Bee Interview Show, Kyle and Ethan talk to John Cooper of Skillet. They talk about CCM fame, discovering Petra, and weird band names. John Cooper is the lead singer, bassist, and producer for Skillet. Skillet has become one of the best-selling bands with two Grammy award nominations and has gone platinum twelve times.  He has recently written a book titled Awake and Alive to Truth, where he dives into the most asked questions in modern culture. Be sure to check out The Babylon Bee YouTube Channel for more podcasts, podcast shorts, animation, and more. To watch or listen to the full podcast, become a subscriber at https://babylonbee.com/plans 

Topics Discussed  Journey to CCM fame Viral Facebook post  Being convicted with faith  Awake and Alive To Truth Book  Becoming famous young Celebrity Christians  Growing up without Rock music  MTV and Beat It Michael W. Smith  Seeing Petra live Stryper story Comparing Skillet to other bands Secret to weird band names  Korn  Googling Skillet Iron Maiden  Duets  Raising kids with the Skillet voice Touring with kids Subscriber Portion  Pyrotechnic story Props John Cooper’s gymnastics skills Band’s feeling entitled Creed story  Positive lyrics  Almost becoming Bono Women in the band  10 questions