P.O.D.

:This article is about the Californian rock band. For other acronyms using the letters P.O.D. see the disambiguation page.

Overview

P.O.D.'s music is closer to hardcore or rapmetal; and contains reggae influences.

Related Topics:
Hardcore - Rap - Metal - Reggae

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While the exact date of formation remains unknown, Marcos Curiel, Traa Daniels and Wuv Bernardo had been going through jam sessions without a vocalist. After his mother's fatal illness, Sonny Sandoval shifted to Christianity after seeing God in her eyes as she died; and after his mother's death, he joined P.O.D in 1992.

Related Topics:
Jam sessions - Sonny Sandoval - Christianity - 1992

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P.O.D. released two auto-produced albums between 1992 and 1999. "Snuff the Punk" (1992) and "Brown" (1996). Their main activity was focused on building a strong fan base first in the San Diego area and then in the rest of America. In 1999 they signed with Atlantic Records allowing them to gain mass-media coverage that auto-production wouldn't allow.

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P.O.D.'s 1999 mainstream debut album, Fundamental Elements Of Southtown, spawned the hits "Southtown", "School Of Hard Knocks" (on the soundtrack for Little Nicky) and the TRL favorite "Rock The Party". All three videos enjoyed heavy play on MTV2, and the songs were rock radio hits.

Related Topics:
1999 - Album - TRL - MTV2 - Radio

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In 2001, just days before the September 11, 2001 attacks, P.O.D. released the music video for their second album, Satellite. The album's first single, "Alive," already a rock radio hit, went on to become one of MTV and MTV2's most played videos of the year. The popular video, as well as the song's positive messages to be grateful for life, helped the song become a huge pop radio hit. Alive also appears to have religious undertones and is played in C tuning.

Related Topics:
2001 - September 11, 2001 attacks - Music video - MTV - Life - Song - Pop - C tuning

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The album's second single, "Youth Of The Nation", which was inspired by the Santana High School shooting. The 2002 singles, "Boom" and "Satellite," were not hits on the level that the first two singles were.

Related Topics:
Santana High School shooting - 2002

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In 2003, guitarist Marcos Curiel left the band due to his side projects and their spiritual differences. Curiel was replaced by Jason Truby (formerly of hardcore band Living Sacrifice).

Related Topics:
2003 - Marcos Curiel - Jason Truby - Living Sacrifice

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In the same year they released their fifth album "Payable on Death", taken from the name of the group.

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Their sixth album entitled "Testify" was slated for a December 2005 release, but has been pushed back to January 2006.

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