{"id":4831,"date":"2024-12-14T22:13:19","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T22:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=4831"},"modified":"2024-12-14T22:13:19","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T22:13:19","slug":"john-cooper-without-stryper-thered-no-skillet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=4831","title":{"rendered":"JOHN COOPER: &#8216;Without STRYPER, There&#8217;d Be No SKILLET&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4832\" src=\"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/johncoopermichaelsweetdec2024_638-300x204.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/johncoopermichaelsweetdec2024_638-300x204.webp 300w, https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/johncoopermichaelsweetdec2024_638.webp 638w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>In a new interview with Hudson and Aly from &#8220;The Hudson Show&#8221; on RadioU, John Cooper, the frontman and bassist for the Grammy-nominated Christian rock band SKILLET, was asked to name his favorite 1980s Christian metal band. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): &#8220;Oh, man. Well, I&#8217;m a huge PETRA fan. And I don&#8217;t think you&#8217;d call PETRA metal exactly \u2014 I call them rock \u2014 but PETRA is, to me, the all-time greatest Christian rock band. And so if I was gonna say my favorite Christian metal band\u2026 I was a big fan of a band called BARREN CROSS. I don&#8217;t know how many people know who BARREN CROSS was. But BARREN CROSS was sort of IRON MAIDEN-ish, and they had an amazing vocalist. And I loved BARREN CROSS.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cooper continued: &#8220;The truth is I just loved all of it. I mean, I loved WHITECROSS. STRYPER, of course \u2014 you have to love STRYPER. Without STRYPER, there&#8217;d be no SKILLET. There&#8217;d probably be hardly any Christian metal about STRYPER. And so I love all of that stuff. It&#8217;s tough to\u2026 I was just a fan of Christian metal. And when you&#8217;re a fan of Christian music, you just kind of jump there with both feet, and then you end up loving everything. So, I don&#8217;t know. That&#8217;s my story. DELIVERANCE. DELIVERANCE was a great Christian thrash band.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a new interview with Hudson and Aly from &#8220;The Hudson Show&#8221; on RadioU, John Cooper, the frontman and bassist for the Grammy-nominated Christian rock band SKILLET, was asked to name his favorite 1980s Christian metal band. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): &#8220;Oh, man. Well, I&#8217;m a huge PETRA fan. 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