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While they play around with the infectious grooves of reggae and Latin music as well as the heavy deliverance of hip-hop and rock, San Diego'shard rock four-piece P.O.D. have defined a universal message. They're born-again Christians and their faith takes a central place in their music.Formed in 1992 in the SoCal neighborhood of San Ysidro, Marcos (guitar) and Wuv (drums) relished the music they grew up on. San Ysidro or"Southtown" was a multicultural area and working class. While Marcos and Wuv were fond of their jazz and reggae roots, they were young punksin the making. Both loved the gnarl ...read more
While they play around with the infectious grooves of reggae and Latin music as well as the heavy deliverance of hip-hop and rock, San Diego'shard rock four-piece P.O.D. have defined a universal message. They're born-again Christians and their faith takes a central place in their music.Formed in 1992 in the SoCal neighborhood of San Ysidro, Marcos (guitar) and Wuv (drums) relished the music they grew up on. San Ysidro or"Southtown" was a multicultural area and working class. While Marcos and Wuv were fond of their jazz and reggae roots, they were young punksin the making. Both loved the gnarl of grunge and took a liking to Green Day, Pennywise, Bad Brains, and the Vandals. They got a band together,P.O.D. (short for "Payable on Death"), with Wuv's hip-hop MC cousin, Sonny, and aimed for something real. Cleveland native Traa joined in 1993and P.O.D. were on the map.Throughout the '90s, P.O.D. played countless shows across the nation and sold more than 40,000 copies of their three homemade EPs -- Brown,Snuff the Punk, and P.O.D. Live -- on their own Rescue Records. Atlantic Records was intrigued by the group's hard-working ethic and passion formusic, inking a deal with P.O.D. in 1998. The Warriors EP preceded the major-label debut of P.O.D.'s 1999 release, The Fundamental Elements ofSouthtown. "Southtown" and "Rock the Party (Off the Hook)" were powerful singles, pushing the album to go platinum. P.O.D. earned top honorsfor Best Hard Rock or Metal Group, Album of the Year, and Song of the Year for "Rock the Party (Off the Hook)" at the 1999 San Diego MusicAwards as well.A year later and with the buzz still going, P.O.D. hit the road with Ozzfest 2000 and shared dates with Crazy Town and Staind for the MTVCampus Invasion tour. They also ventured into films, contributing several songs to various soundtracks. "School of Hard Knocks" proved successfulin the Adam Sandler comedy Little Nicky in 2001, whereas additional tracks featured in the Al Pacino sports thriller Any Given Sunday and Ready toRumble maintained P.O.D.'s growing status. A second album for Atlantic, Satellite, was recorded with Howard Benson in spring 2001. Bensoncaptured the magic once again, and P.O.D.'s stature exploded later that year, hot on the heels of the spiritual chaos of debut single "Alive.""Youth of the Nation" scored again for P.O.D., as its positive mix of hip-hop, reggae, and hardcore punk defined a different kind of rock next to thelikes of Kid Rock, Limp Bizkit, and Korn.Controversy hit the P.O.D. camp in 2003 when founding guitarist Marcos left the band. However, P.O.D. were soon back on track, tapping ex-Living Sacrifice guitarist Jason Truby as a replacement and recording the Satellite follow-up Payable on Death. Heavy touring followed, andstretched all the way into late 2004. Early the next year, P.O.D. reconvened in the studio, this time with Glen Ballard behind the board, and theTop Ten hit Testify appeared in early 2006.2006 proved to be another transitional year for P.O.D. as the band announced they were leaving longtime record label Atlantic. Soon after, theyreleased the Rhino compilation Greatest Hits: The Atlantic Years. Also that year, guitarist Jason Truby left the band -- purportedly on the sameday that original guitarist Marcos Curiel asked to rejoin. The band's seventh studio album, When Angels and Serpents Dance, followed in 2008. In2012, P.O.D. released its eighth studio album, Murdered Love, featuring production from Howard Benson, who had worked with the band onSatellite. « hide |
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