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02/27/2007
SKILLET REMAINS STRONG: EXCLUSIVE ITUNES EP NOW AVAILABLE PLUS MSN VIDEO MAIN PAGE EXPOSURE
February 27, 2007SKILLET REMAINS STRONG WITH POWERFUL RELEASE “COMATOSE”

EXCLUSIVE ITUNES EP NOW AVAILABLE PLUS MSN VIDEO MAIN PAGE EXPOSURE

With an incredible response from fans, media, and radio listeners alike, it is no surprise that the rock band Skillet continues to pave the way to the top with their current release COMATOSE. Here is just a sampling of what continues to build with Skillet:

* Today, fans can download radio mixes of “The Older I Get,” in addition to exclusive behind the scene footage on the iTunes EP. This release is featured on the top of the rock page on iTunes. ( http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=215652858 &s=143441 &s=143441)

* MSN.com features Skillet’s “The Older I Get” video on the “Music Videos” and “Video” main pages today. MSN Music receives more than 13 million total visits monthly. (http://entertainment.msn.com/video and http://music.msn.com/musicvideos/ ). Attached is an image of the homepage.

* Heating up at Christian CHR and Rock radio is the new single “The Last Night,” receiving the most adds for the past two weeks and charting this week at No. 22 on R&R and No. 13 at CRW. Recognizing that this song will soon be at the top of the charts, WayFM Nashville music director Stace Whitmire shares, “Skillet’s ‘The Last Night’ is No. 1 with both demos. It’s a hit for us!”

* Their newest mainstream single, “The Older I Get,” was just released to the mainstream rock formats three weeks ago and is already being played in the top markets including Detroit, Charlotte, Nashville, Houston, Memphis, Richmond, and Philadelphia. In total, the powerful single is spinning on 42 Active Rock and Modern Rock stations.

* Last week the 38th Annual GMA Dove Awards’ nominations were announced and COMATOSE was nominated for “Rock Album of the Year” as well as their song “Rebirthing” for “Rock Recorded Song of the Year,” which remained at No.1 on Christian Rock for more than eight weeks. Echoing the nominations, fans have been voting Skillet at the top in multiple readers’ polls most recently on JesusFreakHideout.com as “Album of the Year,” “Hard Rock Album of the Year,” and “Song of the Year” (”Rebirthing”). Skillet closed out 2006 as one of the most lauded groups in the industry with COMATOSE garnering “best of” results with ChristianityToday/ChristianMusicToday.com, CBNMusic.com, MusicFaith.com, About.com, and ConcertLivewire.com, as well as lead singer John Cooper being named favorite bassist by HM Magazine and CCM magazine, with the remaining band members being named favorite guitarist, drummer and keyboardist by CCM readers.

Skillet’s explosive, critically-acclaimed and best-selling new Lava/Atlantic/INO/Ardent Records release, COMATOSE, follows the band’s 2004 Lava/Atlantic/INO/Ardent Records top-selling debut, Collide, which launched the group into the public eye with the single “Savior” and garnered the quartet a prestigious Grammy Award nomination. COMATOSE’s first Christian Rock and radio single, “Rebirthing” was a smash hit, spending eight consecutive weeks at No. 1 on Rock. Their first single at Mainstream Active Rock radio, “Whispers In the Dark,” was the second most added single two weeks in a row. Skillet and COMATOSE have also received critical acclaim from mainstream outlets such as Billboard, Metal Edge and The New York Times.

02/13/2007
KLTY & INO Partner Together!
KLTY AND INO ARTISTS PARTNER TO HOST “CELEBRATE FAMILY” A BENEFIT CONCERT FOR EDUCATION IN DALLAS/FORT WORTH DOVE AWARD-WINNING WORSHIP LEADER AND HILLSONG’S OWN DARLENE ZSCHECH TO HEADLINE BENEFIT IN RARE U.S APPEARANCENashville,TN.February 13, 2007.INO Records and Dallas Christian Radio Station KLTY are partnering together to host “Celebrate Family,” a benefit concert for Dallas/Fort Worth education programs, the Dallas Can and Texas Can Academies. “Celebrate Family” will take place on Sunday, March 4 at The Special Events Center Arena in Garland, Texas with Hillsong’s renowned singer/songwriter Darlene Zschech headlining the event. Other INO artists scheduled to join Zschech for “Celebrate Family” are Todd Agnew, Anthony Evans, Chris Rice, Sara Groves, Echoing Angels, 33Miles, and making their label debut, Addison Road. A surprise appearance will be announced closer to the date.

KLTY’s Vice President and General Manager John L. Peroyea comments, “94.9 KLTY is delighted to be a part of this fantastic event. Darlene Zschech is an extraordinary talent in the Contemporary Christian genre; a first rate artist! We are very pleased that homegrown talents [Todd Agnew and Anthony Evans] will also be entertaining attendees.”

The Dallas Can and Texas Can Academy give underprivileged individuals a second chance to go back to school and earn their diplomas. Both programs have helped thousands get their lives back on track. Admission to the concert is free to the public. A love offering will be taken and contributions will be given to both Dallas Can and Texas Can Academy.

INO’s V.P of Promotions, Dan Michaels says, “Working with KLTY is always a remarkable experience and connecting our artists with their listeners is a real privilege. To team up with them on an event so substantial is a thrilling opportunity for INO and our artist partners.”

The concert is scheduled to begin at 2 P.M and end at 8 P.M. For more information on this benefit concert, go to http://www.klty.com/celebrate_family_2007.htm or www.specialeventscenter.com . For headshots of the INO artists performing, log onto www.inorecords/media and then click on artwork.

02/09/2007
WINNER ANNOUNCED FOR INO/ARDENT RECORDS & GOSPEL MUSIC CHANNEL
WINNER ANNOUNCED FOR INO/ARDENT RECORDS & GOSPEL MUSIC CHANNEL SKILLET VIDEO CONTEST NASHVILLE, TN…February 9, 2007…INO/Ardent Records along with Gospel Music Channel are eager to announce the winner for the Skillet “Rebirthing Video Contest, which included amateur video submissions of Skillet songs from their dedicated fanbase—the Panheads. Hailing from Lapeer, Michigan, 20-year-old youth pastor Andrew Kluck has been awarded the grand prize winner for the video contest featuring “The Thirst is Taking Over from the album Alien Youth.“I learned about the contest only five days before the deadline, so my band and I immediately went to work on our video, shares winner Andrew Kluck. “I spent more than 50 hours over the course of three days putting the video together to make it for the deadline. I submitted the video for fun, and it has been awesome to watch God open these doors of opportunity for our band.

Andrew will receive a trip to Memphis as well as the opportunity to record at the world famous Ardent Studios, which is celebrating their 40th anniversary. Fulfilling a Skillet fan’s desire, Andrew will also receive a personal call from John and Korey Cooper, and a full library of autographed Skillet CDs. The runner-up, Adam Philpott of Indiana, will receive an autographed guitar as well as a complete autographed Skillet collection.

“We are looking forward to a great time with Andrew and his group here in Memphis, states John Fry, President of Ardent Records. “We’ll give him the personally guided tours of Graceland, Sun Studios, Stax Museum of American Soul Music, Smithsonian Rock and Soul Museum, Beale Street, Gibson Guitars, and all the other cool music stuff Memphis has to offer. “

“Seeing the outpouring response of Panheads submitting their videos was so rad, states Skillet’s John Cooper. “We were honored to have this contest with Gospel Music Channel and to see the songs that our fans covered.

The Skillet “Rebirthing promotional contest ran on GospelMusicChannel.com from November through December promoting the new critically acclaimed studio release, Comatose, from Skillet. Panheads were asked to submit their music video of themselves covering their favorite Skillet song online. The Gospel Music Channel staff judged the videos.

“Providing the loyal Skillet fans with this rare opportunity to simultaneously showcase their creativity and devotion to the group on a popular destination like GospelMusicChannel.com generated an overwhelming, and impressive response, commented Justin Williams, Senior Director for Internet and New Media, Gospel Music Channel. “These fan videos are very well done, entertaining and worthy of repeated viewing.

Skillet’s explosive, critically-acclaimed and best-selling new Lava/Atlantic Records release, COMATOSE, follows the band’s 2004 Lava/Atlantic top-selling debut, Collide, which launched the group into the public eye with the single “Savior and garnered the quartet a prestigious Grammy Award nomination. COMATOSE’s first Christian Rock and radio single, “Rebirthing” was a smash hit, spending eight consecutive weeks at No. 1 on Rock, and currently at No. 4 and still climbing at CHR. Their first single at Mainstream Active Rock radio, “Whispers In the Dark,” was the second most added single two weeks in a row, and their newest single, “The Older I Get,” was just released to the Mainstream, Active and Alternative Rock formats this week and is already being spun on top market stations in Nashville, Houston, Memphis, Sarasota, Richmond, and Philadelphia. This week alone they received 29 adds (including early adds) on the formats. Skillet closed out 2006 as one of the most lauded groups in the industry with COMATOSE garnering “best of” reader’s poll results with ChristianityToday/ChristianMusicToday.com, CBN Music.com, MusicFaith.com, About.com, and ConcertLivewire.com, as well as lead singer John Cooper being named favorite bassist by HM Magazine and CCM magazine, with the remaining band members being named favorite guitarist, drummer and keyboardist by CCM readers. Skillet and COMATOSE have also received critical acclaim from mainstream outlets such as Billboard, Metal Edge and The New York Times.