Talk:Skillet (band)/Archive 1

Not a Christian music band.
They have publicly stated that while they themselves are Christians, that their music is not christian music and there is no connection between the two. The page says that they are a christian music band when they are not; i have to dispute the data in the article because of this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.232.126.87 (talk) 15:30, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Can you provide evidence to back up this claim? As not only has the band released singles and albums to the Christian market they are exceptionally well known as a christian band with the vast majority of their songs especially from earlier albums (pre Awake) being about Christianity. While admittedly only about 2/3 of the songs on awake are of spirtual nature this still makes them a christian band. They also stated in a recent chat with fans that they are a christian band. (116Rebel (talk) 10:28, 21 January 2010 (UTC)).

Not true. Just because a band starts out as a christian band does not mean they never cross over. I'm not disputing the fact that they consider themselves - as people, not as a band - Christians, and I am not disputing the fact that they have in the past created music that can be considered christian, what I AM disputing is the fact that it states that because they consider themselves to be Christians on a personal level that they as a band only make christian music, or that the music itself can not be considered secular music created by people who consider themselves Christians. This is clearly false, as they are involved in a LOT of secular activities with their music and their music is promoted at the seculer level as non-christian music and is considered 'mainstream' and as a result, it would be untrue - and if your a christian would be a sin - to say they only made christian music or are a "christian" band. The lead singer even mentions this issue in an interview he did, and I quote: “There are some radio station program directors that refuse to play our song — not based on the music but on our history, and because we’ve been in the Christian market for 10 years,” says Cooper. “They don’t want anything to do with Skillet. Those are the times where it’s frustrating, where we just want to be judged as musicians. It’s like, judge me like you judge everyone else — on the songs.”.. So really if you respect skillet, you need to look at them as a band, not a christian music band. I think they have earned that, and they clearly don't want to only be in the christian music market; And since they define the type of band they are, that is the same as saying they are not a christian band. They are not a christian band, they are a secular band with members who consider themselves christian. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.232.126.87 (talk) 20:29, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Has anyone actually listened to Awake and Alive, or Comatose. Even if they don't class themselves as Christian Music, they clearly are. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.244.90.75 (talk) 10:57, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry but what you say is untrue. They are sold to both the secular and Christian markets and market themselves are a christian band. but if you want to clarify this watch this interview as John is asked during it, if the band is a christian band and he says yes The question is at 16:42. ( http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2720947 )

Unless anyone else has any more questions about this I will remove the disputed Tag within a day or two. (116Rebel (talk) 22:47, 25 January 2010 (UTC)).

Skillet is a Christian band and has proved to be so for the following reasons: While they do appeal to both secular and Christian audiences, the lyrics of over 75% of their songs do refer to God. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.121.249.93 (talk • contribs) 21:01 27 July 2012 (UTC)
 * The single, Forgiven, which has aired on Christian radio stations and has obvious Christian lyrics.
 * Youtube comments, yes maybe not the most reliable resource but at least 25% of them are obvious Christians.
 * Released albums beyond the ones most people know. Scroll down far enough and you'll see that they have recorded multiple mainstream Christian songs.
 * At least 2 of their songs have made it into Wow hits CD's, which are the top 30 Christian songs of the year.

Skillets takes you to fying pan
I noticed that if you search "Skillet on wikipedia, it brings you to the fying pan page and ask you if you meant the band up top. But because of Skillets popularity I think it would be best if it took you straight to Skillets band page. or a page that has a list of options. for example. Search, "Lifehouse" a few different ideas come up on one page, it doen't take you to the original and ask you if you meant the band. Anyone know how to change it. even if I figure out how to I won't unless some of you guys agree with me. but. tell me if thats a bad idea. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jesus4u09 (talk • contribs) 22:53, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

The band name is a reference to a skillet, a frying pan. A band should not outrank a cooking utensil they are named after in an encyclopedia. Wikipedia is enough of a pop culture encyclopedia as it is. 67.248.120.140 (talk) 23:06, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

Jay Hall
I think Jay Hall should be mentioned, he was the original drummer in Skillet. Unfortunalty, he left shortly before their first signing. Just throwing it out there... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.201.72.170 (talk) 06:46, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Can you Provide evidence, i.e a link about this? David - November 17th, 15:49 (NZT)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 116Rebel (talk • contribs) 02:50, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Collide
Is it really necessary to include Collide twice, with different pages for each release? Wouldnt Collide (2003/2004) & a note on the albums page be sufficent?
 * Not if you want to be accurate and helpful to those looking for information


 * Can we learn to sign our posts? Jabberwockgee (talk) 03:45, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
 * No

Signed Promotional (EP?) CD
I added this but wasn't able to create a page for it (think wiki was having some weird login problems) with track list. I got this cd by promoting Alien Youth on message boards, as far as I know there are only 100 copies. There are two new songs on it which are VERY good and an explaination of the song Alien Youth. Track list is as follows:

1. Explaination of Alien Youth 2. Heaven in my Veins 3. Always the Same

there was 2 collide albums: collide, and collide (enhanced version) 0(*_*)0--jesusfreek2 18:03, 7 October 2006 (UTC)


 * -P

--jesusfreek2 18:05, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

skillet in mainstream media?
do we want to have a skillet in mainstream media section? i added a note about a skillet song in a tv episode under trivia.

User:RanDawg 17:25, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

That should work.Jesusinmysock 20:06, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Grammy nomination?
Would someone like to add the fact that "Savior" was nominated for a Grammy? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 168.169.159.148 (talk) 16:28, 26 April 2007 (UTC). After further researching skillet i noticed that skillet had recieved a nomination... and i do agree that this should be added.
 * If you have a source for this information, then by all means add it. -- Shatterzer0 03:50, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

What happened to all the pictures?
The person who removed them is admin, so it isn't vandalism, but the pictures are allowed to be there as they are low-res versions of album covers. and, as the user who deleted them said, they are not flagrant copyright violations. RanDawg 15:27, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Marilyn Manson fan?
When was John Cooper ever a Marilyn Manson fan? From things I have read he once attended a Marilyn Manson concert to see what all the hype was about and found it "spirit crushing". I can't imagine him being a fan of Manson's at any point... "I agree John most likely was not a Marilyn Manson fan... but if u find citation refering to this then i guess its possible. I don't think this information would go under a Skillet article... moreless a seperate article on John cooper himslef."

I somewhat agree. John probably just went there to see what the hype was about. I highly doubt John is a fan of Marilyn Manson. But I will look this up to see if he is a fan or not. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Panhead21 (talk • contribs) 12:52, 22 March 2011 (UTC)


 * I don't know if he is a fan, but I remember reading somewhere that Mechanical Animals is one of his favorite albums. 63.248.11.9 (talk) 21:39, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

@63.248.11.9 You probably saw this:

http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/34573/john-cooper-skillet-shares-his-top-ten-monsters

Manson is listed as number 10. What isn't made exactly clear is whether the remarks are Cooper's or whoever wrote the article. Calabe1992 (talk) 01:14, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

top of the page
where it says "They span the musical genres from grunge to electro-industrial, nu metal to alternative rock." ...Where? All I see on all of their album pages is either "Christian Rock", "Hard rock" (which is obviously covered by it) and "Alternative metal." If this is true, then the genres need to be added to the page itself plus the correct albums. I only have their latest two, so I wouldn't know what goes where. -- Shatterzer0 06:26, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

The think the main intent of listing those things was to show how the different tracks can vary. The song “Whispers in the Dark” has a metal rock feel to it. The song “Say Goodbye” has a softer ballad and the guitar isn’t the prominent instrument. (172.191.101.243 (talk) 02:17, 4 February 2008 (UTC))

Though I don't know that their musical variation is that extensive, their last two CDs are certainly not representative of all of their music, for example, Alien Youth is not a "Hard Rock" album, and Hey You, I Love Your Soul is not "Alternative Metal". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.213.250.193 (talk) 07:39, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Discography section
I noticed that the discography section of this article was just too extensive for the general length of the page, so I decided to create a Skillet discography article. I trimmed down the Discography section of this article, removing the sections that are not so major ("Compilations", "Music videos", "DVDs", "EPs") and that are covered on the band's new discography page that I made. I'm still in the process of organizing the information on the discography page, and making decisions as to what to columns to add to the wikitables and how to present the info, etc. I currently don't have all the information on the Skillet discography article that's contained in this one, so that's why I left "Radio singles" and "Billboard-charting singles" sections in this article. Let me know if all my trimming down of the discography section was too BOLD. I'm planning on trying to improve and rewrite this article anyway. I'm open to any suggestions with this, and with Skillet discography page too, because it feels like Skillet's discography and singles is a lot of information that I'm not quite sure how to organize and present. :) TIA for any feedback,  Jamie  S93  23:33, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Major edit
I'm going to be giving this article a major edit for a little while (see the underconstruction tag at the top of the page). I'll be especially working on the "Band history" section; improving the tone, expanding where needed, and adding refs. Feel free to correct any formatting issues or tyops typos I might make in this process, especially in the event that I make several edits, and then leave for a few hours, oblivious to the problem. In other words, if I'm actively around editing the article, I'll probably be spotting and fixing formatting/typo problems if I accidentally make some. I'm hoping to make this a B-class article, so actually I would like collaboration from others if anyone would like to pitch in and help improve the history section with refs, or downsizing those big quotes, as well. Drop a comment here or on my talk page if you have any comments about my edits/this article in general. -- Jamie  S93  19:52, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm removing the tag from the article, because I'm basically done with major, active editing. I'll probably get some refs and info compiled together and contribute that to the article ocassionally in the future, but my major editing is done. I'm not quite sure where to go next with this article, as I don't really think it warrants a B-class rating at the moment. It definitely has potential, though, with some more band history rewriting, to be better than it currently is. -- Jamie  S93  02:19, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Violin
I'm currently sitting here at the gorge in washington state watching skillet perform and they have a violinist. I didnt see any mention of him on this page. Any idea who he is? --Kraftlos (talk) 04:44, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

May be just a live member. Rmh792 (talk) 19:54, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Jonathon Chu plays the Violin and Tate Olsen plays the Cello. They both play live shows and played for the Collide, Comatose, and Awake records. Sometimes Whispers (talk) 23:00, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

New album
Does anyone know if the new album is going to sound like the older ones (Hard rock,Alternative metal ect...) or more like Comatose (Alternative rock, Pop rock ect...)? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.29.194.188 (talk) 23:15, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

satanic...
somebody put that skillet is an american Christian rock band that started out as a satanic rock band...that is obviously not true & will probobly cause them to loose newly aquired fans who dont know much about them, so im going to fix it...Spartan 346 (talk) 20:47, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, that was a clear case of somebody adding vandalism.  Jamie ☆ S93  20:57, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank God we fixed that. What always loses the fans is an idiot posting false information on a band page.--74.4.141.169 (talk) 22:59, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

well im glad that is cleared up-AC

Hero
WHy was the Page for the single "Hero" deleted? As the lead single and a billboard charting song it more than deserves a Page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.197.32.211 (talk) 07:10, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

I agree. Why don't you make it again? hopefully on one will mess it up again. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jesus4u09 (talk • contribs) 00:36, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Sourced Genres
For all this dispute over the genre, I've provided a source for Christian Rock, after someone deleted it. I've since had to replace it twice. Please do not remove sourced genres, all it will be reported as vandalism. If the sources say they are christian rock, that's what they are. Sources outrank personal opinion. Thanks. FlipsidePro09 (talk) 19:30, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Dove Awards
Should all Dove Awards nominations be listed in the Awards and recognition section or should only the Dove awards in which the band has actually won the award be listed? If so should refferance to the 2003 Dove award nomination be moved into the Alien Youth article? Thanks. (116Rebel (talk) 22:17, 2 April 2010 (UTC)).


 * It's my understanding that it should only be awards not nominations. New sections at the bottom. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 22:36, 2 April 2010 (UTC)


 * WP:Music, item #8 states regarding bands: "Has won or been nominated for a major music award, such as a Grammy, Juno, Mercury, Choice or Grammis award." Further down the page under the heading Albums, singles and songs it says: "that have won significant awards or honors..." Petersent (talk) 05:50, 5 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Of course that is criteria for creating an article for a band. I would look at articles for other established bands. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 13:38, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Tours section
Many band articles have a tours section. No bands have a Concerts and Festivals section, particularly when those festivals and concerts are non-notable. It turns those sections into trivia and SPAM. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 13:44, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

Would it be okay if I made refferance to some of the headline acts that Skillet will perform with over the Summer at festivals such as Godsmack, Rob Zombie, Three Days Grace and Daughtry? These shows will most probably be some of the biggest Skillet has done to date (both in terms of size and acts headlining) and thus deserves some mention. (116Rebel (talk) 22:21, 9 April 2010 (UTC)).

SYMPHONIC?
Symphonic music is with ORCHESTRA,not just with a violin,so in this case YELLOCARD is symphonic pop rock,poor wikiEdit ,Nightwish this is really a symphonic band,skillet is another three days grace,the exies and this kind simples and commeercials bands —Preceding unsigned comment added by Albertopinoncerezo (talk • contribs) 03:18, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Symphonic music is. Symphonic rock doesn't have to be. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 05:14, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

Edits
OK everyone, this page has been locked per a request at WP:AIV because of a dispute for the genre for this band. The article has been locked for 1 week, please use this time on the talk page to come to a decision about what should be counted as the band's genre.--5 albert square (talk) 23:10, 19 February 2011 (UTC)


 * The discussion is ongoing at Talk:List of Christian metal bands. Feel free to participate there. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 05:28, 20 February 2011 (UTC)


 * I've asked this question here due to the notice left on the metal list discussion. I'm not trying to be nitpicky, but is the one ref for "Christian metal" out of the large number of other refs found solid enough to pass WP:UNDUE? It is after all just a passing reference, and a similar type of mention on Allmusic failed to qualify Kutless for the Christian punk list.--3family6 (talk) 13:28, 9 March 2011 (UTC)


 * I have no problems removing it. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 15:08, 9 March 2011 (UTC)


 * I WORKED HARD FOR THAT REF!!!!!!!!!! Oh well. Warn me next time. If you want I can go digging again.DCcomicslover (talk) 16:48, 15 March 2011 (UTC)DCcomicslover
 * I know you did, but I also understand the undue tag on it. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 17:01, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
 * It should definitely be mentioned in the article, I just don't think it's enough to go in infobox if we are going to follow precedent.--3family6 (talk) 17:41, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
 * If we follow the lead of anon and create a genres section, which is non-standard, it could be mentioned there. However, I don't think it's necessary to remove the genres from the infobox at all. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 17:45, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
 * From my experience with past discussions I've seen a preference that infoboxes hold only general information about genres, which seems to go along with the Manual of Style for infoboxes. I agree with you that a genres section is non-standard, but a musical style section is definitely standard, and that would be the place for genres with very few mentions in sources to be discussed, not in the infobox. Of course, we could always debate as to whether the mention of Christian metal should be considered a minority opinion, but then we end up re-opening the Kutless discussion.--3family6 (talk) 18:02, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Ok I have found a reliable ref that calls them metal. Thats 2. http://move.themaneater.com/stories/2009/9/11/skillets-back-and-pissed/ Can we re add that to the genre section now? DCcomicslover (talk) 21:25, 24 March 2011 (UTC)DCcomicslover
 * The Maneater Student Newspaper is a WP:RS? --Walter Görlitz (talk) 21:32, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
 * They have 794 "active staff" and the editorial review process isn't explained. For all we know, it could be bloggers. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 21:35, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
 * The site appears to be a legit source. The writer of the article is shown to have a sepperate section for blogs which generally means that he may be a writer and a blogger. But since it isn't taken from a blog thats why it appears semi legit to me. Idk. DCcomicslover (talk) 22:01, 24 March 2011 (UTC)DCcomicslover

http://www.columbiamissourian.com/accounts/profiles/bjkg47/ and IF this is him which I do't know. It qualifies him as a newswriter. I THINK it may be but Im not sure. DCcomicslover (talk) 22:05, 24 March 2011 (UTC)DCcomicslover
 * If we can follow up on that, it would qualify him for sure. As for the newspaper, I think student magazines could work for something like this that isn't science, but we need to know the editorial process.--3family6 (talk) 01:33, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm up to my ears busy with school now. If you get a chance PLEASE do. DCcomicslover (talk) 03:06, 25 March 2011 (UTC)DCcomicslover
 * I'm in the same situation as you right now, but I'll see what I can do.--3family6 (talk) 11:34, 25 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Okay, I checked out "The Maneater" and it appears that all of the staff are paid for their work, including those who work on MOVE. This should satisfy the professional end of things.--3family6 (talk) 11:40, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Paid for their work is not the issue. What is the editorial process. Who checks that the information is correct? --Walter Görlitz (talk) 13:57, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I'll get to work on that.--3family6 (talk) 15:47, 25 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Okay, I'm still having trouble finding the exact editorial process, but there is some oversight:, The paper has also won at least two awards from the Associate Collegiate Press, one of which includes writing and editing: , .--3family6 (talk) 16:03, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
 * So does that count them as reliable? DCcomicslover (talk) 01:24, 28 March 2011 (UTC)DCcomicslover
 * I have seen so few references that say they're metal that I doubt they should be listed as such, but as for WP:RS, I'd say ask the project group. They'lll have an opinion I'm sure. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 05:49, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Which project? I think theyre under the Christian Metal and Christian Rock one, DCcomicslover (talk) 16:57, 29 March 2011 (UTC)DCcomicslover
 * Sorry. The Reliable Sources project. Add a new entry at Wikipedia talk:Identifying reliable sources. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 17:54, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
 * http:helium.com/items/445381-christian-band-profile-skillet This may could act as a secondary source... Still no nail down on the first. DCcomicslover (talk) 16:07, 1 April 2011 (UTC)DCcomicslover

add www on the front. DCcomicslover (talk) 16:07, 1 April 2011 (UTC)DCcomicslover
 * My mom has started writing on Helium. Not reliable at all.--3family6 (talk) 16:34, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
 * What is it? http://www.roughedge.com/cdreviews/s/skillet.htm And heres another possible source. DCcomicslover (talk) 16:43, 1 April 2011 (UTC)DCcomicslover
 * http://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands/Skillet/2947/ called Nu-Metal... DCcomicslover (talk) 17:15, 1 April 2011 (UTC)DCcomicslover


 * Neither of those looks reliable. I agree with Walter that you should discuss the Maneater ref on the reliable source noticeboard.--3family6 (talk) 01:04, 2 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Done. The problm thguy has isn't the source. It's that were looking for Reliable soures fr genres. Which he says is a bad idea because everybody sees something differnt. He didn't see anything wrong with the paper itf though.. DCcomicslover (talk) 02:08, 2 April 2011 (UTC)DCcomcslover
 * I'm not sure I understand all of that, but if the source is fine, which you seem to be saying, then it's reliable, and as there is another source, it should be enough for inclusion.--3family6 (talk) 02:19, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Crappy keyboard... The source is reliable. But he doesn't think using it for genres is smart because genres are a matter of opinion to everybody. But if that is what we need to do the source is reliable. And that its a matter of weight. But we do have another so we should be good.DCcomicslover (talk) 02:34, 2 April 2011 (UTC)DCcomicslover
 * Three things.
 * Let it sit for a while longer to see if others have an opinion on it. Of course genres are a matter of opinion to some degree, but that's why we're looking for a reliable source to resolve this issue. Someone who primarily listens to WOW artists might see Skillet as metal. Someone who listens primarily to extreme metal would think they're just rockers. That's why we need a variety of opinions with references so people can see what the person who is giving the opinion thinks of other music.
 * It seems like a stretch to back this genre though. When I was looking at the references for genres, so many said the same things that it was obvious that the band were those genres. Where two or three are in agreement, it's obvious. A lone voice is a red flag.
 * John says he liked hair-metal/glam-metal bands. Maybe he's a new genre: post-glam-metal. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 03:59, 2 April 2011 (UTC)


 * I agree that we should wait for other editors to come in and give their opinions. (I listen to both WoW artist and extreme metal and think Skillet is borderline, but that's irrelevant.)--3family6 (talk) 12:33, 2 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Its not really a lone voice. There is that other ref that calls them metal though. Maybe we should sit on it for a bit. DCcomicslover (talk) 17:14, 5 April 2011 (UTC)DCcomicslover


 * Just to make future discussion easier, here is the other reference:
 * Another question that has been floating around in my head recently: Does WP:UNDUE apply for a simply minority of sources, or is it specific to sources that actually go against mainstream opinion? To use the example on WP:UNDUE, the flat-earth school of thought directly opposes mainstream opinion, and in this case mainstream opinion actually attacks this view. I guess my question is, can music genre descriptions actually contradict another description if they do not actually say they are opposing another source? What I mean is, can we say that Skillet being metal is a minority opinion, unless we have a source saying that Skillet being metal is a minority opinion?--3family6 (talk) 14:36, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Good question. I suppose if the source were to say "this band has never been metal" then there's no contradiction. However, if a reviewer were to label them as Opera, or as Uzbeki folk music, it may be a contradiction. However, some feel that a band can only represent one genre, but I disagree. To me musicians have many influences and can play a wide variety of styles. Collectors like to categorize or pigeon-hole bands for their own benefit, which is a disservice to the band. I suppose what I was thinking was that if the majority of reviewers consider them to be a specific genre, then that's probably the case. If we have to dig hard to support our own opinions of their genre, it might be providing undue weight to those selections. Skillet has changed styles since their inception so it's harder to nail them down. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 14:45, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
 * But there are 2 sources that call them that. Doesnt the weight matter aply here? DCcomicslover (talk) 14:50, 12 April 2011 (UTC)DCcomicslover http://christianmusic.about.com/od/cdreviewssz/fr/skilletawake.htm Theyre tagged as Metal and Hard Rock Here. This IS reliable by the way. DCcomicslover (talk) 14:54, 14 April 2011 (UTC)DCcomicslover
 * They're certainly hard rock so that could be why they're listed as Christian Metal and hard rock. See http://christianmusic.about.com/od/rock/f/faqmetal.htm and http://christianmusic.about.com/od/metalandhardrock/tp/besthardrockbands.htm --Walter Görlitz (talk) 15:22, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
 * So do we have a consensus on whether the two refs are enough to call Skillet metal?--3family6 (talk) 21:58, 1 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Have we ever figured out a consensus for this discussion as to whether to separate refs are good enough to call Skillet metal?--3family6 (talk) 12:27, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I think the argument Kind of died. Personally I think 2 is enough. But Im Biased cuz I found them DCcomicslover (talk) 22:00, 24 May 2011 (UTC)DCcomicslover
 * There was an earlier argument that there were already too many genres, but I can see that some people want to add this one. Two should be enough. One is enough, so pick one and add it. We may also want to create a Genres section and move the refs into that so they don't clutter the infobox. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 22:22, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I agree, there definitely needs to be a section dealing with genres.

Associated Acts - Revis
This bands page refers to the band Revis as an associated act. It doesn't explain or expand on this at all though. I've worked on the Revis band article quite a bit, so I'm interested in knowing how they are related. I figured it could be better explained in this article, and be added to the Revis article. (That is, if it's notable. If it's just they toured together once or something then it's not really important.) Thanks. Sergecross73  msg me   19:32, 21 February 2011 (UTC)


 * They're not, I can state with 100% accuracy have the bands have never performed together and have no connection whatsoever, this is clearly a case of vandalism.

(202.124.103.234 (talk) 23:00, 24 February 2011 (UTC)).
 * Seems like a strange instance of vandalism. Perhaps just a mix-up? Regardless, I'll remove it then. Re-add it if anyone can ever cite that they had been connected... Sergecross73   msg me   02:29, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

more genre wars
Now anon is coming in and making claims as to frequency of use which is WP:OR and removing sourced material from the infobox. Please find someone who actually states that Skillet is "most commonly classified" as hard rock rather than inserting your own counting which is WP:OR. The complete list of genres must be left in the infobox. Removing them is vandalism. My own WP:OR is contained on Talk:List of Christian metal bands and the most common term is rock not hard rock. If anon wants to be taken seriously, an account should be created and discussions should be done though it. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 16:59, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Edit warring / Genre Changes
The next person who reverts anything that's not vandalism, I'm going to believe is taking part in the lame edit war going on and I'll be handing out blocks and/or full-prot'ing the article itself. Please come to an agreement on this talk page about what genre additions/changes should take place, if any. Killiondude (talk) 17:00, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Past members
Past members are only members who have recorded material with the band. Those who only toured with the band are not to be shown here.

In addition, Kasica should not be shown as a current member as he is still leaving the band. Calabe1992 (talk) 21:24, 12 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Wrong on both counts. Any person who was officially a member of the band should be listed as a past member, whether they recorded or not. And until Kasica actually leaves he is still a member of the band.--3family6 (talk) 22:21, 12 April 2011 (UTC)


 * There is no policy to indicate that only those who recorded with the band are to be listed as members. I take back what I said earlier. I had requested confirmation that Salas was officially announced as a replacement by the band, but this is the closest I could find: http://www.godtunesreviews.com/2011/03/skillets-new-guitarist.html. The two string players have only recorded on the live album but are considered part of the band. If you can show me a policy that only recording members of a band are permitted on band articles, I'll relent, but I don't expect to have to since I've seen too many touring members listed as band members. For instance, which Boston album did Michael Sweet record on again? --Walter Görlitz (talk) 22:36, 12 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Kasica is a current member of the band, but you're right, he's planning on leaving. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 22:38, 12 April 2011 (UTC)


 * As for consensus, so far the majority of editors favour leaving Salas and Kasica as a former members and one editor who de-cloaked prefers it the other way. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 01:05, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I guess it would be okay for Kasica to be considered a former member, I haven't done much with this article, so I wouldn't know the consensus.--3family6 (talk) 01:12, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Changes by User:Live Light
User:Live Light removed the genres from the infobox on the article twice with the comment "no sources in infobox". Do you mind showing us the policy?

Live Light also indicates that the genres should be alphabetical, which is also not any policy I'm aware of. We have reached consensus that we want to keep it in the order most frequently used to describe the band.

Finally, Live Light is adding genres that are not sourced. We have sourced "alternative rock", and you replace that with the unsourced "alternative metal". We have sourced "Christian rock" and you replace that with "Christian metal", also without a source to back it up. You remove the sourced rock music completed and change the sourced grunge with post-grunge, which as you won't be surprised to find out is not sourced. That's what's drawing the majority of attention to be honest. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 03:02, 18 April 2011 (UTC)


 * I meant that sources are not generally encouraged in an infobox. The sources are un-notable reviews and are therefore NOT the best type of sources for this (a proper source would be Allmusic or Artistdirect). Also, as far as I'm aware, genres should be alphabetical, and I KNOW for a fact that genres should be separated with COMMAS, not line breaks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_musical_artist#genre Plus, we don't need both "rock" and "Christian rock." That's redundant and unnecessary. Live Light (talk) 14:52, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
 * They could be separated by commas and the line breaks. The latter are there to avoid wrapping. AllMusic isn't particularly useful when it comes to Christian bands. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 15:01, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
 * It doesn't matter whether AllMusic is "useful." It's a source that Wikipedia recognizes as a reliable one. And they are to be separated by commas. It specifically says that. Live Light (talk) 16:42, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you for finding that policy LiveLight, I saw it once and couldn't find it again. AllMusic is a reliable source if the actual review is cited, but the tags are not as good. But the reviews cited right now are reliable as well, HM Magazine is very reliable, and Jesus Freak Hideout was determined to be reliable on the reliable sources noticeboard (I can't find the archive for JFH though). I agree that "rock" and "Christian rock" are kind of redundant, do we really need both?--3family6 (talk) 20:15, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Commas and line breaks
It is Wikipedia's policy that genres be separated with commas, not line breaks. Read for yourself: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_musical_artist#genre

Please stop changing this. It does not matter what your own preference is. Wikipedia articles are not individually owned and you therefore do not have the right to place your own preference above Wikipedia's policies, rules, and guidelines. Live Light (talk) 13:08, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for bringing that to my attention. However your statement was that it should include commas, which it does, and it is recorded as such in the documentation. It was also that it should not include line breaks, which is not described in the documentation. Please don't make things up. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 13:55, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
 * "The genre or genres of music performed by the act. Aim for generality (e.g.  rather than  ). Genres should be separated with a comma delimiter. Genres should be wikilinked. Use piped links where needed, for example: Pop, rock . Note: most genres are not proper nouns and should not be capitalized. However, the first word in a list of multiple genres should be capitalized."
 * I'm not getting into an edit war over this, but you have 24 hours to show me where its says line breaks may not be used. If you can't, they will be restored. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 15:42, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Skillet Singles template
Could someone who's willing take some time and add the "Skillet Singles" template to all the Skillet articles; a few of them already have it. Calabe1992 (talk) 22:09, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Genres
That genre list is way too large... A good deal of that falls under a few main genres. I suggest changing the genres list to include simply 'Alternative rock', 'Alternative metal', and 'Hard rock', with possibly 'Christian rock' as well.  Toa   Nidhiki  05  21:30, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Good suggestion. What exactly would you do with "Rock", "nu metal", "symphonic metal (recent)", "industrial music (early)", and "grunge (early)". Would you include them in the article? --Walter Görlitz (talk) 21:38, 25 July 2011 (UTC)


 * I'm kind of taking a break from major Wikipedia activity (after some intense work with some DYK articles), but I agree that the infobox should be generalized and a musical style section added to the main article text.--3family6 (talk) 02:12, 26 July 2011 (UTC)


 * @Walter - I think those all fall under those generic genres above - Rock is described by all of them, all the metal ones fall under Alternative metal, industrial music falls under Alt. Rock, as does grunge. I believe the above accurately describe Skillet the best, and are supported by sources. :)  Toa   Nidhiki  05  19:53, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
 * @3family6 - Good idea - all those can be described under a musical style section in better detail, but the infobox should be the most general as possible, I think. :)  Toa   Nidhiki  05  19:53, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

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 * As soon as it was listed someone removed the notice. The image is safe for now. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 20:20, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

About the infobox genres...
Not looking to start another genre war, but is it really necessary to list "rock" when there are already several other rock sub-genres listed (alternative rock, hard rock, etc.)? Seems a little redundant to me.--Invisiboy42293 (talk) 02:58, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
 * It has its own reference: "Style: Rock", so yes. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 05:44, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Ideally, I think the infobox should basically say "Christian rock, Christian metal, grunge (early), industrial (early)," and all of the style nuances should be mentioned in a much larger style section.-- &iquest;3fam  ily6  contribs 12:33, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Simplifies the infobox, so I'm OK with that. Anyone against this change? --Walter Görlitz (talk) 14:31, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
 * It just occurred to me that "Christian rock, Christian metal, alternative rock, alternative metal, industrial (early)" would be better - grunge is a substyle of alternative rock and metal, and nu metal is substyle of alt metal.-- &iquest;3fam  ily6  contribs 14:58, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
 * A "Musical style and influences" section is a great idea, especially given how many phases Skillet has gone through. For now, though, my only point was that simply putting "rock" when several other rock genres are already listed is a little redundant. Just because there's a source doesn't mean it needs to be in the article. There's probably a lot of sources that they're a "band that plays music", but nobody's sourcing that.--Invisiboy42293 (talk) 04:12, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
 * First because "music" isn't a genre. Second, you are not offering a reasonable argument. Look at the reference and then feel free to comment on its merit. That reference is infinitely better then many of the references I've seen to include bands in list of Christian punk bands and List of Christian hardcore bands. It's perfectly clear what is meant and it's not remotely possible to misinterpret the meaning. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 04:45, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I wasn't denying the validity of the ref, it's most definitely a valid source. All I was saying was that when they're already listed as "alternative rock", "hard rock", "Christian rock", etc., there's no real point in adding "oh, by the way, they're rock". That's all I was saying.--Invisiboy42293 (talk) 05:23, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

That's why "Christian rock" and "alternative rock" should be sufficient. "Christian rock" covers all rock styles and includes the Christian side, and "alternative rock" is a more specific style, which is handy when you have a term as broad a s Christian rock, and also includes grunge. Exact same reasoning with Christian metal.-- &iquest;3fam  ily6  contribs 14:11, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

Post-Grunge should be added as a genre, because it is mentioned in the article — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.19.243.169 (talk) 19:37, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

Copyright problems!
Hi! I'm kinda new to wikipedia, and I was having tons of problems with copyright. I'd love to change the Skillet (band) photo, because the current one is extremely out of date. I'd really like some help uploading a current image with the correct copyright tags. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by SkilletIsMyLife (talk • contribs) 22:43, 19 May 2013 (UTC)


 * I've seen the copyright problems and tagged the images on the commons. Here are English Wikipedia's policies on copyrights. In short, if it's a publicity photo, it's copyrighted and can't be used. If it's a promotional photo from a radio station or similar, it's copyrighted and can't be used. If it's been published elsewhere by someone else, it's technically copyrighted and can't be used. If you've personally taken a photograph of the band or a band member and haven't uploaded it elsewhere, then it's likely safe to use. If the band or the photographer for the band uploads a photo and places it into the public domain, the claim would have to be examined and then we could likely use it. I'd love to get rid of some of the pictures too. Walter Görlitz (talk) 22:54, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

American or not
Anon from London (81.108.161.238) has been removing "an American" adjectival phrase from the lede sentence. The point is that one member of the band is non-American and so it can't be an American band. I'm about to change the lede to reflect where it was formed and remove the phrase, but if someone would like to restore the current state, feel free. I personally don't like including nationality in lede sentences, but that appears to be both what is common in other articles and has been here for a long time. Walter Görlitz (talk) 17:22, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

Metal
I have accidentally removed something that I didn't want to remove. I have recently saw an interview on TV about skillet and the lead singer (John Cooper) said that he does not like his band to be labeled as metal (Sorry, but I don't have anything to show prove). So I just wanted to remove the genre "Nu-metal" and "symphonic metal". I also think this should be done because they are not a metal band. As said under the wiki page Nu-Metal, "Nu metal also derives influences from multiple sub-genres of heavy metal including rap metal, funk metal, alternative metal and thrash metal" it is not correct that Skillet is even under this because they do not fit in any of the other categories. For example, thrash metal is "a subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized most typically by its fast tempo and aggression. (Wiki page Thrash Metal)" Instead Skillet brings no fast tempos and are not aggressive. Tempo is self-explainatory but they are not considered aggressive because vocally, thrash metal has to employ an aggressive voice, but does not have that. Instated, they have a guy singing his lycris like a pop song along with a girl singing the same way. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.101.112.214 (talk • contribs) 22:59 26 September 2013 (UTC)


 * This is in reference to this edit and my reverting it.
 * That's great that they don't want to be called metal, but it's not what they want that matters. It's what reliable sources think they sound like that matters. Since metal has a broad spectrum of sounds they are on the mellow edge of it and probably more hard rock, but the question is: what to the sources that are attached to the genre say about their sound. If they say metal, they're metal.
 * As for their impression of their own sound, if you can find a transcription of the interview or a live archive of the piece, we could add a style section and discuss that there. In fact a style section would be appropriate and then we could move the references out of the infobox and into that section.
 * Two other problems with your edit:
 * You did it without an edit summary. Other editors can't read your mind so we don't know if you're doing something constructive or not.
 * You did it without an account. While anyone can edit, when you combine the previous issue with this one, it becomes suspicious.
 * I'm sorry if I didn't assume good faith. Walter Görlitz (talk) 23:22, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

Members
I believe the list of "members" on the right-hand column is wrong. While Jonathan Chu and Tate Olsen are part of the touring band, I do not believe they are part of the "band" which makes up Skillet, and it needs to be changed, unless something has changed with the lineup I am not aware of. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.83.134.131 (talk) 16:52, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

Alien Youth: The Unplugged Invasion
Can anyone help add some reviews to this article to show it meets WP:NABLUM or WP:GNG? It's beent agged for notability for 7 years. Best wishes, Boleyn (talk) 18:02, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Since it's not an album it can't meet NALBUM.
 * I don't know that it is notable. Walter Görlitz (talk) 04:38, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

Scarlet
Why is Skillet Dressed in Scarlet in the picture? Satan dresses in that color. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:A000:DFC0:5B:C41:4A28:38FC:794F (talk) 02:02, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Well let me correct a few issues. The band are not all dressed in red in File:SkilletRTR.png. The lead guitarist is wearing red pants and the keyboard/rhythm guitarist is wearing a red skirt. The drummer has red hair. So they're not "dressed in scarlet".
 * Second, that Satan dresses in red is a caricature created by the medieval Roman Catholic church. There is no scriptural basis for that colour being associated with Satan. In scripture red symbolizes our sin (Isaiah 1:18) and blood (Exodus 12:7) and many passages in the New Testament combine the idea.
 * So your question is wrong on several fronts. Sorry for the confusion. Walter Görlitz (talk) 03:54, 22 May 2015 (UTC)

Warner Bros.
Hey buddy if you check out Skillet's videos on YouTube, you will see that the last three videos have a Warner Bros. Records symbol in the bottom corners. That is why I am changing the page. Korbin Kilbarger (talk) 08:32, 15 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Atlantic is an imprint of Warner. I'll need a reference that they are signed to the label. Walter Görlitz (talk) 13:36, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

lead vocals
Per this edit, John Cooper is the band's lead vocalist. While Ledger has sung lead on a few songs, she is not the band's lead vocalist and it is not correct to list her as such.

The band's first album lists all three members, Cooper, McClurkin and Steorts, as doing "vocals". They don't distinguish lead and background vocals on the first album. By the time of HYILYS, only Cooper is listed as doing "vocals". We should do more research before changing that content. Walter Görlitz (talk) 13:44, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

I would say you are correct. For Ledger I think: Backing Vocals and Co-Lead Vocals are the best fit. Zackmadd (talk) 22:46, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

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merge prop
The former drummer Lori Peters doent appear to meet WP:MUSIC apart from the band. She also appears to have zero independent coverage, and has not done any serious solo work or work with another notable band. So I think it would be apropriate to merge anything useful to this article, then redirect the article. -- Kraftlos  (Talk | Contrib) 01:50, 24 July 2009 (UTC

She was with the band for 6ish years and was very notable during her career with the band I think it would be a bit to hasty to merge her article for a while anyway. Especially now with a new Skillet album coming out she may make a statement about it in the media, or even make an announcement about a new project or something. I don't recall the specifics but Panhead.com had an artical up about how she was doing a while back, maybe you could look into that. 9:23, 24th August (NZT)

Skillet will need this Mcgrewkaelan98 (talk) 23:10, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

sourced styles and genres
This is the version up to today:
 * The band's style has been described as rock, Christian rock, Christian metal, alternative rock, hard rock,  nu metal, and symphonic metal. The band's eponymous debut album characterized by its grunge influences, while their follow-up album, Hey You, I Love Your Soul was noted for "its electronic elements and industrial feel."

This is the proposed change: The band's style has been described as Christian rock,  Christian metal, alternative rock, hard rock, nu metal, and symphonic metal. The band's eponymous debut album characterized by its grunge influences, while their follow-up album, Hey You, I Love Your Soul was noted for "its electronic elements and industrial feel."

The problem I have with the change is that it removes genres listed in the infobox. I don't believe either set of sources are better. Walter Görlitz (talk) 19:20, 13 February 2016 (UTC) I'm OK with you removing your edit warring notice, but be warned, you're at WP:3RR and you have not discussed changes. Walter Görlitz (talk) 19:21, 13 February 2016 (UTC)
 * "Rock" alone is not listed in the infobox (and is badly sourced) while "Christian rock" is correctly sourced (AllMusic: "Memphis Christian rockers" / "Alternative CCM rockers"). MOVE Magazine supports nu metal/Christian metal ("Tennessee nu-metal quartet" then "their usual positive Christian undertones" and "Christian themes") and symphonic metal ("They have evolved into a symphonic metal hybrid sound on this release") Billboard supports Christian rock, alternative rock and hard rock with "Christian alternative/hard rock band". Finally HitFix mentions "Christian hard rock". Other sources didn't support these genres for the band. Synthwave.94 (talk) 19:35, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

Yes this will work Mcgrewkaelan98 (talk) 23:10, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

Sold records/timeline
I'm missing more sales volumes. The timeline graphic is nice (should become a WP standard!), but please use SVG graphics format for better maintainance!--Mideal (talk) 05:50, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Additional sales figures would be helpful.
 * The timeline is not nice. With the lack of changes, it's not really needed. Prose are better in this case. If you want the graphic changed, you'll have to talk to the creators of the timeline template not us. Walter Görlitz (talk) 06:32, 23 September 2016 (UTC)

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Genre change in lead
I was wondering, can we make it say "Skillet is an American Christian rock and hard rock band...?" They are the one of the biggest crossover bands as of right now. Eli Sellers (talk) 02:25, 12 May 2018 (UTC)
 * We could, but they're primarily a Christian rock band. All but one of the awards they've received are for Christian music, either awarded by mainstream groups (one Billboard Music Award and five nominations, two Grammy award nominations) or the Dove Awards and the HM Awards. The one exception is the Loudwire award in 2013. The lede is designed to reflect their primary nature, not the image they're trying to project. Walter Görlitz (talk) 02:53, 12 May 2018 (UTC)

Recent Photo
thumb Recent Skillet to use as Wikipedia:Image

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Reply 26-JUL-2019
Regards, Spintendo  20:29, 26 July 2019 (UTC)
 * The uploaded file is undergoing a proposed deletion action in the Commons. The file should not be added to the article until this action is concluded.
 * It does not appear to be the subject of a deletion request. Walter Görlitz (talk) 01:44, 27 July 2019 (UTC)