Skillet

Skillet is the debut studio album by American Christian rock band Skillet. Released on October 29, 1996 as an enhanced CD and audio cassette on ForeFront Records and Ardent Records, it showcases Christian lyrics with a grunge sound. Recording Skillet was recorded in Memphis, Tennessee at Ardent Studios in 1996. Skillet, at the time, was a three-piece band consisting of John Cooper on vocals, bass guitar and piano, Ken Steorts on guitar, backing vocals and guitar synth, and Trey McClurkin on drums and backing vocals. Prior to releasing their eponymous debut album, the band recorded Right Upside Your Head, a six-song demo on cassette tape, earlier that same year. The songs "Shovel" and "Darn Great Day" were exclusive to the demo while "Gasoline", "Promise Blender" and "Boundaries" would be re-recorded for Skillet. The demo version of "Boundaries" features Ken Steorts on vocals. The demo track "Safe With Me" was re-recorded as "Safe With You" on the band's debut album. According to Steorts in a 1997 interview, the band's name came from Rick Miller, a pastor at Covenant Community Church. In 2022, Cooper said his desired name for Skillet's debut album was Right Upside Yo Head, though the record label disagreed with using it. Track listing