John Landrum Cooper (born April 7, 1975) is an American musician.

He is the lead vocalist, bassist and a founding member of the Christian rock band Skillet.

Cooper has stated on numerous occasions that he was born and raised in a very religious family and atmosphere, and listening to rock music was not allowed in his parents' household.

Coming from different styles of rock music, they decided to name the experiment Skillet.

[5] He sang on the title track of TobyMac's album, Tonight, which peaked at No.

[8] Cooper started a side project, Fight the Fury, in September 2018.

The band released an EP on Atlantic Records later in 2018 and then went on tour in Russia in December.

"[15][16][17] His favorite bass guitar players are Chris Squire and Doug Pinnick.