SKILLET’S  COMATOSE CERTIFIED GOLD BY THE RIAA AS  “AWAKE”  SURPASSES

200K IN 12 WEEKS

Mainstream Active Rock Single “Monster” Hits Top 10 as Music Video Triumphs
on MTV2 and FUSE

Band to Hit the Road in Early Œ10 with mainstream rockers SHINEDOWN AND
PUDDLE OF MUDD

NASHVILLE, TN…11/18/09…..As their ³AWAKE & ALIVE² tour packs houses across the U.S., Atlantic/Ardent/INO rockers SKILLET¹s 2006 release, ³COMATOSE,² has been certified GOLD by the RIAA, while their latest effort, ³AWAKE,² which debuted on the Billboard Top 200 at No. 2, has surpassed 200,000 units in just 12 weeks. Likewise, ³AWAKE² remains a top-ten charting Christian project, best-selling CD overall on Billboard¹s Top 200, a top 30 best-seller on iTunes® Rock album chart, and boasts the No. 2 and No. 8 top Christian digital singles with ³Monster² and ³Hero² respectively.

**ACTIVE ROCK RADIO TOP 10, MTV2 and FUSE**

-Along with album sales, mainstream Active Rock radio and video channels like MTV2 and FUSE are also propelling SKILLET:

**Active Rock radio has given Skillet a top 10 single with ³Monster,² hitting No. 9 with a bullet on BDS this week and No. 10 with a bullet at MediaBase.

**MTV2: As their music video for ³Monster² recently
moved into MTV2¹s ELITE 8, the band also hosted the network¹s Rock the Deuce show and talked about their favorite videos and more. Rock the Deuce calls itself ³the heaviest rock show
in American history.² Catch clips from the show at: http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/446208/skillet-on-what-band-theyd-love-to-tour-with.jhtml#id=1623864

**FUSE ³Monster² is a hit on both the network¹s Number One Rock Countdown show and Viewers Choice.**

**TOUR SELLING OUT AND PACKING HOUSES COAST TO COAST:

**As their ³Awake & Alive² Tour rolls across the U.S., the band has rocked sold out and capacity crowds in Chicago, Tulsa, Columbus, Boston, Phoenix, Portland, Seattle, Boise, Denver, Minneapolis, Des Moines and more.

**Skillet recently announced they will be touring with SHINEDOWN and PUDDLE OF MUDD in January and February 2010. For tour dates and updates go to: http://www.skillet.com or http://myspace.com/skilletmusic.

**HOT TOPIC stores nationwide will be carrying Skillet merchandise in time for the holiday season.

** Along with NBC¹s use of ³Hero² for Sunday Night Football and NFL Weekend Kickoff promos, an exclusive video performance of ³Monster² opening each week¹s ACC College Football games with Raycom Sports, and WWE¹s use of the song for NBC¹s nationally televised 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania special and WWE¹s new ³Smackdown vs. Raw 2010² video, FOX recently picked up ³Hero² to open the third game of the World Series. In addition, the popular soap opera ³One Life To Live² has been using ³Awake & Alive² in promos for the month of November.

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Skillet¹s latest, AWAKE, continues to propel the incredible momentum the rock outfit has going for them with a blockbuster debut at No. 2 on Billboard¹s Top 200, selling over 67,000 units and peaking at No. 1 on iTune¹s ³Top Albums² chart and ³Top Rock² chart within 24 hours of its release. Since 2006¹s breakthrough RIAA Gold certified project ³Comatose,² Skillet has toured with the likes of mainstream megastars Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace, Seether and Flyleaf, and headlined a slew of major Christian festivals, all followed by solo tours that ranked within Pollstar¹s Concert Pulse Top 50 Tours. Along the way, the two-time Grammy®-nominated alternative rockers also scored seven consecutive number one Christian radio singles, a 2008 GMA Dove Award for ³Rock Song of the Year,² and a 2009 nomination for Artist of the Year. Along with a trio of singles on Billboard¹s Mainstream Rock charts, a pair of BMI Songwriting Awards, and being chosen as Reader¹s Poll favorites on several top ccm websites, they also released their first ever concert CD/DVD combo pack ³Comatose Comes Alive.² For more information on Skillet, go to: www.skillet.com and/or www.myspace.com/skilletmusic