(born April 7, 1975), professionally credited as John L. Cooper, is an American musician. contact the webmaster at mcbonfire12@yahoo.com
John Cooper
(born April 7, 1975), professionally credited as John L. Cooper, is an American musician.
He has been thelead singer and bassistof the rock band Skillet since 1996.John formed Skillet in 1996 with Ken Steorts. Both had met while touring for previous bands; John as vocalist for the Tennessee progressive rock band Seraph and Ken Steorts guitarist for Urgent Cry. The bands disbanded soon after, so John and Ken's pastor encouraged them to form their own band as a side-project. Coming from different styles of rock music, they decided to name the experiment Skillet. Soon afterwards Trey McClurkin joined the band as a temporary drummer. Ken Steorts left the band in 1999 and Trey McClurkin left the band in 2000 leaving John as the only founding member of the band and primary songwriter.
John Cooper hasstated on numerous occasions that he was born and raised in a very religious family and atmosphere. "You couldn't wear black, you couldn't listen to anything with drums, anything with guitars, you couldn't have long hair, you couldn't do this and you couldn't do that. Everything was so lifeless. I know I'd read the Bible and be like...'This isn't what the Bible says. I like the idea of living for Jesus, but I hate the idea of living for you.' Ya know?" (Creation Festival 2010, YLO Interview) Cooper is married to Korey Cooper, the keyboardist, and guitarist for Skillet. Both have tattooed wedding rings on their fingers, instead of the traditional jewelry bands. They have two children: Alexandria (born in 2002), and Xavier (born in 2005). During a 2010 Creation Festival YLO Interview, John revealed that "early on, we decided we would never have kids on the road. We were not going to do it. And then God spoke to us later, just showing that God can change our minds, right? So then God starts speaking to me about kids, and I was like "Really? But we made a decision NOT to do it." and God's like "I don't care." So...that's how that happened! It was a big shock, because we were really against that, but then again we didn't know that Skillet would be going this long. I didn't know that I'd be 35 and still doing this." Cooper is a huge fan of Dr Pepper, and can often be seen drinking it in numerous Skillet podcasts. This happens so often that former Skillet guitarist Ben Kasica referred to him as a professional soda connoisseur in one podcast. He has also started to like Ted's Escondido in Oklahoma City and collects life-sized posters of Spider-Man and Batman. In one podcast he made a comment that his pet peeves are bare feet and getting wet. He said that when he goes to the beach he wears his tennis shoes because he doesn't like having sand and dirt on his feet. He hates looking at people's feet and getting into pools. His nickname, often mentioned in Skillet podcasts, is "Doggy". An interest of John's that is often talked about during touring is his love for 80's music. In 2008 he stated humorously, "Any band with spandex and really big hair was my band. Stryper all the way!" He often expresses his liking for mullets and 80's power ballads, saying "every good metal band has to have a power ballad". These interests are a common joke on tour between the fans and band members. He says he is a peanut and yells it at random times. He plays a Traben Phoenix Bass. John has stated that his height is about 5 ft 11 and his shoe size is a 9. His favorite color is purple.
Korey Cooper (born Korene Marie Pingitore; July 21, 1972) is the keyboardist, guitarist, and backing vocalist for the band Skillet . Her husband, Jonh Cooper, is the lead singerand bassist of the band, as well as one of the founding members.
Before joining Skillet, Korey was a member of the band Alkeme along with Lori Peters, other people from her church, and her sister.
Korey joined Skillet in 1999, between the albumsHey You I Love Your Soul and Invisible . Their album Comatosewas certified as Gold on November 18, 2009.
Korey and John are husband and wife. Both have tattooed wedding rings on their fingers, instead of the traditional jewelry bands. They have two children; Alexandria (born 2002) and Xavier (born 2005). Other guitarists substituted for her when the children were born. Korey has also co-written many of Skillet's songs with her husband.
Jennifer Carole "Jen" Ledger (born 8 December 1989,Coventry, England) is the English drummer and backing vocalist for the Grammy A
ward-nominated CHR rock /hard rock band Skillet. At the age of eighteen she became Skillet's drummer, when their former drummerLori Peters retired.
Ledger came to the United States at age 16 to major in drums at Living Light School of Worship inKenosha, Wisconsin.
She toured as Skillet's drummer on the "Comatose Tour", where she sang a vocal solo in "Yours to Hold".
Ledger sang on the tracks "Hero" and "Awake and Alive", from the album Awake . She also sang back up on "Monster" in the remix EP
Seth's touring life started at the age of 13 in a band called 3PO, sharing the stage with many well known artists such 
as Disciple , Kutless,Sanctus Real,Tait,Audio Adrenaline,Relient K,TobyMac,Kirk Franklin and many more. In 2004, at the age of 16, he had the opportunity to tour Europe with the band Justifide and also did several one-offs and week runs with them in the U.S. until they eventually disbanded. Other touring acts include Haley McGuire,Our Heart's Hero,The Crabb Family,Crabb Revival & local project Everlasting Fire. He was also in a band called At the Well, but left around 2009-2010 to further his career. Currently, Morrison is the lead guitarist for Skillet, replacing Ben Kasica.
