On Friday, Nov. 1, Christian rock band Skillet will release its 12th studio album, titled “Revolution.”
For nearly 30 years, Skillet has been a household name when it comes to Christian rock music. They have been nominated for two Grammy Awards, have received a Billboard Music Award, and have taken home nine Dove Awards.
Skillet has sold over 22 million units worldwide with over 24 billion global streams and over 10 million monthly Spotify listeners.
Skillet recently concluded a co-headlining North American tour with Seether and is gearing up to start a tour in the Middle East on Nov. 4, a first for the band.
In the last decade, Skillet’s music has been widely accepted by secular rock fans, which has allowed band members John Cooper, Korey Cooper, Jen Ledger, and Seth Morrison the opportunity to proclaim the truth of Jesus outside the walls of Christian music radio and concerts.
John Cooper Discusses Skillet’s New Album
The band’s lead singer, John Cooper, discussed Skillet’s new album with ChurchLeaders at Louder Than Life in Louisville, Kentucky, one of the nation’s largest rock festivals. Skillet played on one of the main stages on a day that included bands P.O.D., Chevelle, Filter, Mötley Crüe, Disturbed, Sevendust, Sleeping With Sirens, and Till Lindermann.
Discussing what inspired the name of the album, “Revolution,” Cooper said that he isn’t talking about “a militaristic revolution” or a “political revolution” because “politics can’t save us.” He said the name has to do “with a spiritual revolution. A revolution of love. A revolution of going back to the things that used to hold us steady, things we used to put our feet in concrete to keep us from wavering all the time, things you could trust in.”
“Those things are things like faith, family, freedom,” Cooper added. “American values, absolute truth—there is right and wrong. You treat your neighbor the way you want to be treated. Golden Rule type stuff, which is the words of our Lord found in the book of Matthew.”
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Cooper continued, “Things like community and church, valuing church as a good thing for society instead of closing them like we did during the pandemic but allowed strip clubs to remain open.” He shared that is “something I will never get over in my whole life. I’m gonna keep saying it. People accuse me of cherry-picking that, but it’s worth cherry-picking. That’s the craziest thing I ever saw.”
To make sure fans understand Skillet’s meaning of the type of “Revolution” the album is meant to evoke, the band included the Scripture reference of 1 Corinthians 13:13 on the album cover. The verse reads, “So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.”
