The album debuted at No. 55 on the Billboard 200 and No. 4 on the US Top Christian Albums chart. It features the singles " Rebirthing," " Whispers in the Dark," " Comatose," " The Older I Get," " Those Nights," " The Last Night", and " Better Than Drugs". Skillet's album Comatose was released on October 3, 2006. All these things have been an influence on me." Comatose (2006–08) Citing P.O.D. as inspiration for the musical shift on Collide, Cooper said, "Well I’m one of these song writers, everything I hear goes through my John Cooper filter of what I like and what I don’t like. Collide was yet another musical shift for the band. On May 25, 2004, Collide was re-released under Lava Records, with an added track, "Open Wounds". It caught the attention of Andy Karp, the Head of A&R of Lava Records, and in 2004 the rights to Collide were bought by Lava Records, a division of Atlantic Records. John Cooper wanted to release it in early 2004 but Ardent Records pushed it back to fall of 2003. In 2003, Collide was released by Ardent Records. The first single, the title track, was a major hit in the Christian market and drove Skillet into their first headlining shows Collide (2003–05) Before the release of Alien Youth, Haaland left the band, and Ben Kasica took over on guitar. Skillet released Alien Youth on August 28, 2001, which was the first album that John Cooper took on production duties. The band kept much of their sound from Invincible on their next album Alien Youth. With little time between touring and recording. The band released their first worship album, and fourth album overall, Ardent Worship in late 2000. Soon after the release of Invincible in early 2000, Trey McClurkin parted ways with Skillet, and Lori Peters filled the drummer's position. Because of this change, the musical style on Invincible changed to a more electronic sound. Korey Cooper joined the band permanently and played keyboards for the recording of Invincible. Steorts left the band to be with his family and launch Visible Music College, a modern music ministry college located in Memphis, and Kevin Haaland joined the band as their new guitarist. Shortly before the band began recording for their third album, Invincible, Which John was originally planning on releasing it in fall of 1999, but got pushed back into 2000. His wife Korey was enlisted soon after to play keyboards live in order to alleviate John's live performance. With this release, Skillet would abandon their post-grunge approach for a lighter alternative rock and style. Their second effort was a change in style from the band's first release. Skillet recorded their follow-up album throughout 1997, titled Hey You, I Love Your Soul, which was released in April 1998. Hey You, I Love Your Soul, Invincible, Ardent Worship and Alien Youth (1998–2003) The band name is still somewhat of a joke between the band members, especially Cooper, who claims to still not like the title. Since each other band had a different sound and style to it, the side project was said to be like putting all of those styles in a big skillet to come up with something unique. Each starting band member was already in a separate band, and all decided to start a side project. John Cooper, the lead vocalist, explains that it was a joke at first. One topic that comes up often among fans and the band itself, is the name 'Skillet'. It was well-received, and the trio continued to write new material as they toured the United States. In 1996 they released a self-titled debut Skillet. Skillet was only together for a month when they received interest from major Christian record label ForeFront Records. After Trey McClurkin joined the band as a temporary drummer. Coming from different styles of rock music, they decided to name the experiment Skillet. The two bands met through touring together, but those bands disbanded soon after, so John and Ken's pastor encouraged them to form their own band as a side-project. Skillet formed in 1996 with two members: John Cooper, former vocalist for Tennessee progressive rock band Seraph, and Ken Steorts, former guitarist for Urgent Cry. The original members of Skillet: Trey, John, and Ken Band History Self-titled (1996–97) Skillet with Korey, Trey, John, and Kevin alone and are known for a relentless touring schedule, which garnered them a top five ranking in the Hardest Working Bands of 2011 by. They have sold over 2 million albums in the U.S. Skillet went through several line-up changes early in their career, leaving founder John Cooper as the only original member remaining in the band. 2.2 Hey You, I Love Your Soul, Invincible, Ardent Worship and Alien Youth (1998–2003).
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