Skillet (band) was only together for a month when they received interest from major Christian record label ForeFront Records. In 1996 they released a self-titled debut "Skillet". It was well-received, and the trio continued to write new material as they toured the United States. The question behind the name of the band, 'Skillet', comes up often among fans and the band itself. John Cooper, the lead vocalist and founder, explains that the name was a joke at first. The two founding members had already been in different bands, with each band having a different sound and style to its music. Cooper tells
Cooking Mama Limited Cooking Mama Limited Cooking Mama Limited (Japanese: クッキングママ リミテッド "Kukkingumama Rimiteddo") is a Japanese developer of video games. Most of their games were unreleased outside Japan and received no particular critical or commercial attention - notable exceptions to this are "Cooking Mama" for the Nintendo DS and iOS, and "" for the Wii of the "Cooking Mama" series. Originally known as "Office Create" (Japanese: 株式会社オフィスクリエイト "Kabushiki-Gaisha Ofisu Kurieito"), the company changed their name to Cooking Mama Limited as a positive response to its unanticipated success in the series, which has sold over four million units worldwide as of May 2009.