You have more employees, you have to sell tickets, you have to get on radio, all of these things are really important, and before you know it, you’re not just writing music the way that you want to write it, but you have five or six people going, “I don’t know if I like that chorus, or it doesn’t speak to me, I don’t like that lyric, it doesn’t connect, it sounds too angry or it doesn’t sound angry enough, or it just sounds too repetitive, or you’ve already done that in the past” or “it’s too this or too that, it’s too black or it’s too white”, and before you know it, you feel like that you have too many cooks in the kitchen and thinking that this isn’t fun.
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John: Sure, well first I’m going to say that I love Skillet, and some people are saying that Skillet is not going to be around, we’re actually almost finished with our new record, we’re about 80% done recording that album currently, and it’s going to come out next year, and I love my job with Skillet, I wouldn’t change it and I wouldn’t give it up because I love it, but with a certain measure of success, it just becomes about different things. Are there times where you feel like you’re creative freedom is in a box with the success of Skillet in your career? Madness To Creation: I have to say that “Load” is my favorite Metallica record just because it was so unexpected and unconventional, kind of like what you’re accomplishing with Fight The Fury. John: For years and years, “The Black Album” has considered to be my top two or top three favorite Metallica records of all time, but about two or three years ago, I rediscovered “Ride The Lightning”, and it took the mantle, I don’t know why or what happened, but I just fell in love with that record again, I would have to say now that “Ride The Lightning” is my favorite. Madness To Creation: That sounds really cool, you brought up Metallica a few seconds ago, tell me your favorite Metallica record. You never knew what Metallica was going to do, where they were going to go, and where the time signature was going to change, and it felt like such an adventure, and that’s what I kind of wanted to do with Fight The Fury, and that’s things that I’ve never done with Skillet. Then, if you’re lucky enough to have a business doing music like I’ve been, then all of a sudden you’re talking about other things that have radio songs, then you’re writing songs that are four minutes or three minutes long, everything that you do has to be hyperconventional, and I just wanted to make a project where I didn’t have to be conventional and didn’t have to consider it being too heavy or too scream-y or too angry, or too many guitar solos, or if that time signature feels too strange, and it was very fun getting to write that kind of music, and it reminded me of why I loved music and why I fell in love with metal, and listening to Metallica records. John: Getting my rage out! *laughs*, What’s fun about the project for me, what spurned this on, is when you first start playing music or starting your first band, you’re just writing stuff that you think is cool, you’re writing about things that you want to say, you want to try this and you want to try that. Madness To Creation: October 26th, you released “Still Breathing”, and I love the project, and it sounded like you had to get some rage out, what are some ways that you get your rage out? John: I have a bunch that I’m working on, this past week, I just built a chair, I built a coffee table for my sister-in-law, they just moved into a new house and they needed a new coffee table. Madness To Creation: What’s the last woodworking project that you have made?
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John: I like spending time with my family and my bandmates, live the so-called normal life! *laughs* Some hobbies include woodworking, at home, I like to build stuff and build furniture, that’s a really good creative release for me, family time, going to my favorite burger place down the street, all of that stuff!
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Madness To Creation: What do you like to do on a day off or at home?
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John: What’s going on my man? Just enjoying the day off and doing interviews! Madness To Creation: Hey John, how’s it going today?
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Fans can find Fight The Fury at the following locations:įans can download “Still Breathing” by Fight The Fury via Spotify and Apple Store here.įans can find Skillet at the following locations: Fight The Fury recently released their EP entitled “Still Breathing”, and we learn about his love for metal and how we need to be discussing difficult topics such as addictions and mental health that a lot of us fight on a daily basis.
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In this, we learned about how free he felt making music for Fight The Fury, while feeling like he has certain expectations to meet when he’s fronting Skillet. Editor’s Note: We received the absolute pleasure of conversing with John Cooper of Skillet about his new project Fight The Fury.