<\/p>\n
I refuse to accept this information.<\/p>\n
Somewhere in my brain, SKILLET\u2019s Comatose is still one of their \u201cnew\u201d records.<\/p>\n
Then SKILLET goes and announces the Comatose: 20 Years, Still Screaming Tour, and suddenly I\u2019m doing math this 40 year old never asked to do.<\/p>\n
What do you mean 2006 was twenty years ago?<\/p>\n
I\u2019m only 25.<\/p>\n
To celebrate the anniversary, SKILLET has announced a major fall headline run produced by Live Nation, along with the arrival of brand-new music. The band\u2019s new single, \u201cScream,\u201d arrives July 10 and serves as the first taste of a new chapter that John Cooper says reaches back to the band\u2019s roots while pushing forward into some of their heaviest material yet.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe went back to Memphis and worked with a producer who knew the band before we\u2019d made our first record,\u201d Cooper says. \u201cLife has taken some great turns, but it\u2019s also taken some painful turns. Now we\u2019re here, and we still have more of a story to tell. The music kept getting heavier, and I said, \u2018We\u2019ve got to go all-in.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
That intensity is reflected in the new single, which Cooper says was born out of the emotional exhaustion many people are feeling in today\u2019s culture.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019m the only one who\u2019s noticing the volatility of the world and how social media is a cesspool where people are constantly yelling at each other,\u201d Cooper explains. \u201cIt\u2019s not helping anyone\u2019s mental health. In this landscape, it\u2019s easy to feel like nothing matters. \u2018Scream\u2019 is about wanting your life to matter when the world feels chaotic and overwhelming.\u201d<\/p>\n
If the new music looks ahead, the tour takes time to look back.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we released our 2006 album, COMATOSE, we all had a feeling that we were making something special,\u201d Cooper recalls. \u201cWhat we didn\u2019t know is that the album would change the trajectory of the band\u2019s career.\u201d<\/p>\n
That\u2019s probably an understatement.<\/p>\n
The record helped establish the sound that would carry SKILLET into arenas around the world. It laid the foundation for a catalog that would eventually produce massive crossover hits like \u201cMonster,\u201d which recently surpassed four billion global streams and became the only song by a Christian artist to exceed one billion streams on Spotify.<\/p>\n
But for Cooper, the legacy of Comatose isn\u2019t measured by streaming numbers.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt every show, someone tells me that this record helped them through the darkest times of their life,\u201d he says. \u201cThat is why we wanted to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Comatose by doing something we have never done\u2014commemorating the album by dedicating a large portion of the show to these songs that are so meaningful to the band and so many others.\u201d<\/p>\n
That means fans can expect more than just the usual hits. According to Cooper, some of the songs have been played thousands of times. Others have never been performed live.<\/p>\n
For longtime fans, that\u2019s reason enough to be excited.<\/p>\n
For the rest of us, it\u2019s also a reminder that the soundtrack of our youth somehow became classic rock while we weren\u2019t paying attention.<\/p>\n
And frankly, I\u2019m still not ready to process that.<\/p>\n
SKILLET\u2019s new single \u201cScream\u201d arrives July 10, with additional new music expected later this year. The Comatose: 20 Years, Still Screaming Tour launches September 30 and runs through November, including a Florida stop at one of my favorite venues. Orlando\u2019s House of Blues on November 10 at Disney Springs.<\/p>\n
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