Skillet ndi gulu lodziwika bwino lachikhristu lomwe linapangidwa mu 1996. Chifukwa cha gululi: ma Albamu 10, ma EP 4 ndi magulu angapo amoyo.
Rock Christian ndi mtundu wa nyimbo zoperekedwa kwa Yesu Khristu komanso mutu wachikhristu wonse. Magulu omwe amaimba nyimbo zamtunduwu nthawi zambiri amaimba za Mulungu, zikhulupiriro, njira ya moyo ndi chipulumutso cha moyo.
Kuti mumvetse kuti pali ma nuggets pamaso pa okonda nyimbo, ndi bwino kukumbukira nyimbo ya Collide, yomwe mu 2005 idasankhidwa kuti ikhale ya Grammy Award mu Best Rock Gospel Album.
Zaka zingapo pambuyo pake, Comatose adasankhidwa kukhala Mphotho ya Grammy ya Best Rock Gospel Album.
Mbiri ya kulengedwa ndi kapangidwe ka gulu la Skillet
Gululi lidawonekera mdziko lanyimbo mu 1996, ku Memphis. Magwero a Skillet ndi woyimba bassist komanso woimba John Cooper komanso woyimba gitala Ken Stewart.
Anyamata onsewa anali ndi chidziwitso chokhala pa siteji kumbuyo kwawo. Onse Cooper ndi Stewart adasewera m'magulu osiyanasiyana a nyimbo zachikhristu. Malo oyamba a ntchito anali magulu a Seraph ndi Urgent Cry.
Pakatikati mwa zaka za m'ma 1990, pa uphungu wa abusa, anyamatawo adagwirizana kuti achite "pa kutentha" kwa gulu la Fold Zandura. Kuphatikiza apo, adatulutsa ma demo angapo olowa.
Patapita nthawi, Trey McLarkin anagwirizana ndi John ndi Ken monga oimba ng'oma. Pafupifupi mwezi umodzi unadutsa, ndipo Fore Front Records inachita chidwi ndi oimba. Eni ma label adapereka anyamatawo kuti asaine contract yopindulitsa.
Sizinatenge nthawi kuganizira za dzina la timu yatsopano. Dzina lakuti Skillet limatanthauza "poto yowotcha" pomasulira. Lingaliro loitana gululo mwanjira imeneyo linaperekedwa ndi mbusa yemweyo amene analangiza Ken ndi John kuti agwirizane.
Limeneli ndi dzina lophiphiritsa, lomwe tingati limasonyeza kugwirizana kwa mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya nyimbo. Panthawi imodzimodziyo, oimba adabwera ndi logo yamakampani, yomwe ilipobe pazinthu zonse zotsatsa ndi ma discs a gululo.
Nyimbo yoyamba itatulutsidwa, membala wina adalowa nawo gululo. Woimba wamkulu wa gululo adasinthidwa ndi mkazi wokongola wa Cooper, Corey, yemwe ankaimba gitala lotsogolera ndi synthesizer.
Mtsikanayo anakhalabe mu gulu la Skillet mosalekeza. Izi zitachitika, Stewart adasiya timuyi. John anakhala mtsogoleri wa Skillet.
Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m’ma 2000, gululi linasinthanso. Gululi lidalandila woyimba ng'oma Laurie Peters ndi gitala Kevin Haland m'magulu awo.
Kenako Ben Kasika adalowa timuyi. Panthawiyi, John Cooper ndi mkazi wake Corey amagwira ntchito mu timuyi, komanso Jen Ledger ndi membala wakale wa 3PO ndi Wosatha Moto Seth Morrison.
Gulu lanyimbo la Skillet
Mu 1996, pafupifupi atangolengedwa gulu la nyimbo, soloists anapereka kuwonekera koyamba kugulu Album awo okonda nyimbo. Kunena kuti okonda nyimbo amakonda nyimbozi zingakhale zopanda pake.
Malemba achikhristu adatsagana ndi nyimbo za grunge. Ngakhale kuti mafani adavomereza mwansangala ntchito ya obwera kumene, palibe nyimbo imodzi yomwe idakhalapo yomwe idapanga ma chart.
Nyimbo zoimbira zolemba zoyambira ndi "cholembera" cha Stewart ndi Cooper. Baibulo linakhala magwero ouziridwa.
Pakufunsa kwawo koyambirira, oimbawo ananena kuti akufuna kuti Mulungu afikire anthu kudzera m’nyimbo zawo. Makanema a nyimbo za I Can ndi Gasoline ndi oyenera chidwi kwambiri. Oimbawo anaonekera atazunguliridwa ndi anthu opemphera.
Posakhalitsa nyimbo za gululi zidawonjezeredwanso ndi chimbale chachiwiri cha situdiyo Hey You, I Love Your Soul. Oyimbawo adagwira ntchito yabwino pakuyimba ndipo adachoka pamagitala olemetsa kupita kuukadaulo womwe umafanana ndi nyimbo zina.
Chochititsa chidwi n'chakuti, ndi kutulutsidwa kwa chimbale chawo chachiwiri, gulu la Skillet linayamba kutulutsa kanema kamodzi kokha kwa owoneka bwino kwambiri, m'malingaliro awo, ntchito. Ndizofunikiranso kuti John Cooper adasewera zida za kiyibodi komaliza.
Ulendo ndi kusintha pang'ono kwa mzere
Pothandizira nyimbo yachiwiri ya situdiyo, oimba adapita kukacheza. Paulendo mu 1998, Corey anali atakhala kale pa synthesizer.
Luso la mtsikanayo ndi kupepuka kwinakwake kunapatsa "airness" ku nyimbo za nyimbo monga Zozama, Zoyimitsidwa mwa Inu ndi Kutsika.
Mu 1999, zinadziwika kuti Ken wasankha kusiya gululo. Panalibe mikangano pakati pa Ken ndi oimba solo. Mnyamatayo ankangofuna kuti azikhala ndi nthawi yambiri ndi banja lake.
Anakonzanso zopita ku koleji. Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, Cooper anakhala mlembi wamkulu wa nyimbo za gulu. Malo a Ken adatengedwa ndi woyimba gitala Kevin Haland.
Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 2000, zojambula za gululi zidawonjezeredwanso ndi chimbale chachitatu cha studio Invincible. Ndi kutulutsidwa kwa chimbale ichi, kalembedwe ka nyimbo kakusintha.
Ubwino wa pambuyo-mafakitale mu nyimbo zakhala zodziwika bwino komanso zamakono. Zosonkhanitsazo zinali ndi zinthu za techno nyimbo ndi nyimbo zamagetsi.
Mtundu wa Invincible unakondedwa ndi okonda nyimbo komanso otsutsa nyimbo. Chimbalecho chinabweretsa gululo pamlingo watsopano wa kutchuka komanso kuchita bwino mwaukadaulo.
Chisomo cha kutchuka kwa gulu la Skillet
Pambuyo pa kutulutsidwa kwa chimbale chachitatu cha studio, Skillet frontman adaganiza zoyesa mphamvu zake mwanjira ina. Anapanga gulu lachinayi, lotchedwa Alien Youth.
Ndipo, o chozizwitsa! Chimbalecho chidafika pachimake pa nambala 141 pa Billboard 200 yotchuka ya US ndipo idafika pachimake pa nambala 16 pa chart ya Australian Christian Compilation Chart.
Nyimbo zoyimba za Alien Youth ndi Vapor ndizofunikira kwambiri. Zinali nyimbozi zomwe zidasankhidwa kukhala Gospel Music Association.
Kuyambira 2002, oimba a gululo akhala akusonkhanitsa zinthu za Album yachisanu. Nyimbo yoyamba inali Yowonjezera Pang'ono. Paul Ambersold adatha kugwira ntchito pa disc iyi.
Paul adanenanso kuti Skillet asamuke kumalo odziwika bwino a Lava. Pamene Ambersold anapereka kwa anyamata, analibe ndalama kwa situdiyo latsopano kujambula.
Koma Paulo sanali kusamala kwenikweni. Mwamunayo ankafuna "kukweza" gululo, lomwe adasirira kwa zaka zingapo.
Nyimbo ya Savior kuchokera ku chimbale chatsopanocho idakhala pamalo oyamba mu R&R's hit parade kwa pafupifupi miyezi ingapo. M'mwezi wa Meyi, chimbale cha Collide chomwe chinatulutsidwanso chinatulutsidwa makamaka kwa anthu ambiri.
Chodabwitsa chinali nyimbo yatsopano pa Album ya Open Wounds. Pambuyo pake, gulu la Skillet, pamodzi ndi gulu la Saliva, linapita kukayendera limodzi.
Pamwamba pa Album ya Pops Galamukani
Chiwonetsero chapamwamba cha nyimbo za gulu lodziwika bwino la Skillet chinali chimbale chachisanu ndi chiwiri Awake. Mu sabata yoyamba pambuyo poyambira malonda, chimbalecho chinatulutsidwa ndi kufalitsidwa kwa makope 68.
Nyimbo zoyamba za nyimboyi zinatchuka kwambiri moti zinayamba kugwiritsidwa ntchito ngati nyimbo za mafilimu, mapulogalamu a pa TV, ndi masewera a pakompyuta.
Ndipo nyimbo ya Galamukani ndi Amoyo idamveka mu blockbuster Transformers 3: The Dark Side of the Moon. Kuphatikiza apo, zosonkhanitsirazo zidalandira chiphaso chapamwamba cha RIAA komanso mayina angapo pa American GMA Dove Awards.
Posakhalitsa zinadziwika kuti oimba akukonzekera nyimbo yatsopano. Mu imodzi mwa malo ochezera a pa Intaneti, Cooper analemba kuti nyimbo za mndandanda watsopano zidzakhala ngati "wodzigudubuza".
Wotsogolera gulu Skillet adayang'ananso kuti ntchitoyi ikhala yosakanizika yanyimbo zamwano komanso zanyimbo zokhala ndi nyimbo zamtundu wina wanyimbo. Album ya Rise idapangidwa kuti itsitsidwe mu 2013.
Zosonkhanitsazo zinalandira ndemanga zabwino kwambiri kuchokera kwa otsutsa nyimbo ndi okonda nyimbo. Kuphatikiza apo, kwa nthawi yayitali chimbalecho chidakhalabe pamalo oyamba a Albums zachikhristu zaku US ndi ma chart a US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard).
Patatha chaka chimodzi, oimbawo adasangalatsa mafani ndi nyimbo zatsopano: Moto ndi Ukali komanso Osafa. Zitachitika izi, zidadziwika kuti gululi lidayamba kugwira ntchito pa chimbale chawo chachisanu ndi chinayi.
Kuti awonetse chidwi chazosonkhanitsa zatsopanozi, oimba adasindikiza nyimbo zingapo zatsopanozi patsamba lovomerezeka ndi malo ochezera a pa Intaneti ngakhale zisanachitike. Bonasiyo inali kanema wanyimbo ya Feel Invincible.
Posakhalitsa ulaliki wa chopereka Unleashed unachitika. Zinali zokwanira kuti mafani amvetsere nyimboyi kuti amvetse kuti ichi ndi chopereka chotulutsidwa ndi maestros enieni a nyimbo za rock zachikhristu.
Pakati pa nyimbo zomwe zasonkhanitsidwa, muyenera kumvera nyimbo za Feel Invincible ndi The Resistance. Kuphatikiza apo, nyimbozi zidaphatikizidwa mu buku la deluxe la Unleashed Beyond.
Zopereka mphatso zitha kugulidwa pa tsamba lovomerezeka la gulu la Skillet.
Gulu la Skillet lero
Mu 2019, oimba nyimbo adapereka nyimbo ya Legendary. Kanema wanyimbo pambuyo pake adatulutsidwa panyimboyo. Chaka chino, chiwonetsero cha Album ya khumi ya Victorious chinachitika.
“Mutu wakuti 'Wopambana' umafotokoza bwino mmene tikumvera ndi bukuli. Tsiku lililonse umadzuka, kuyang'anizana ndi ziwanda zako ndipo osagonja ... Ndiwe wogonjetsa zoipa."
Mu 2020, oimba akufuna kukonza ulendo. Mpaka pano, oimba satchula tsiku lenileni lomasulidwa la Album ya khumi ndi imodzi.
