Skillet---what do you say they are?

mysterypower · Number of posts: 37 Age: 14 Registration date: 2009-06-27

Uncle NecRo wrote:

BAH!

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so skillet is a "pop" band by philosophy??

...in this case, the word "pop" used is in conjunction with the word "poser"; in Skillet's case, a very popular and well-executed bunch of posers...you tend to find them a lot in the CCM industry...

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In the first interview I ever read with Skillet
in HM magazine they talked about how they weren't really into the rock
music they played (they're classically trained); rather, they just
tried to play music well that would appeal to a big audience (i.e.
grunge at the time they started). As musical artists, that makes them
pop artists.

...now, you see, there's a difference between music experimentation, and that...in one fell swoop, my respect for Skillet as musicians just dropped quite a few points...

I good idea for reaching non believers to Christ......but if they actually did do something exactly like that, wouldn't they do more pop (in terms of the music style) if they wanted to reach the most people? And who quoted that anyway?

strangerhoncho · Number of posts: 330 Registration date: 2007-04-20

I don't know what issue it was in, just the first interview I read with them in HM. Would have been around the time of their first album, I suppose. The only reason I remember it is because I thought it was kinda lame and I was surprised they were proud of being posers. But I don't judge their motivations -- to be Christian musicans and spread the gospel. That's more important in the long run than artistic integrity, I suppose.

Since I don't listen to music to get saved, though, I lost interest in them around that time.

strangerhoncho · Number of posts: 330 Registration date: 2007-04-20

mysterypower wrote:

good idea for reaching non believers to Christ......but if they actually did do something exactly like that, wouldn't they do more pop (in terms of the music style) if they wanted to reach the most people? And who quoted that anyway?

When they started in the mid-90s, pop as a musical style wasn't that popular. Post-grunge bands like Creed, Stone Temple Pilots, and the like ruled the airwaves. Alternative music was just transitioning to nu metal, and Skillet jumped on that whole post-grunge, post-alternative, light nu metal, pseudo-industrial rock bandwagon. Hey, it worked for them. They were smart kids.

BackFromTheDawn · Number of posts: 4574 Age: 23 Registration date: 2007-05-19

They don't strike me as posers. I think they've always liked rock...they were just trying to put their best spin on something popular.

I think I'd notice if it was insincere.

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strangerhoncho · Number of posts: 330 Registration date: 2007-04-20

I don't think they're insincere -- I think they really do try to play their brand of music as well as they possibly can. It just wasn't what kind of music they were into at the beginning. Maybe it is now, I dunno. Somebody should ask them in an interview.

GODSWIZARD · Subject: Re: Skillet---what do you say they are? Mon Jun 29, 2009 3:49 am

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1. Mysterypower said:

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im a bit confused.........

so skillet is a "pop" band by philosophy??
so basically "pop" by philosophy means mainstream?

SKILLET is a band I don't listen to. Evil or Very Mad

2. My 20 year old son in college and still at home likes them a lot.

KISS

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BackFromTheDawn · Number of posts: 4574 Age: 23 Registration date: 2007-05-19

strangerhoncho wrote:

I don't think they're insincere -- I think they really do try to play their brand of music as well as they possibly can. It just wasn't what kind of music they were into at the beginning. Maybe it is now, I dunno. Somebody should ask them in an interview.

I think that, because their music bears the same spirit of composition, they manage to find an appreciation for many styles and try to put their spin on them. They're still going and with great passion for what they play, so I think they like what they play.

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mysterypower · Number of posts: 37 Age: 14 Registration date: 2009-06-27

GODSWIZARD wrote:

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1. Mysterypower said:

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im a bit confused.........

so skillet is a "pop" band by philosophy??
so basically "pop" by philosophy means mainstream?

SKILLET is a band I don't listen to. Evil or Very Mad

2. My 20 year old son in college and still at home likes them a lot.

KISS

ok, lol.....if you dont listen to them i dont need your opinion....xD.....
is that how you got your post count so high?