Marcos Curiel
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Marcos Curiel, former guitarist of P.O.D. during the filming of a video. |
Marcos Curiel (born
1974) is a
guitarist and a former member of
P.O.D. He currently plays with a band called
The Accident Experiment.
Curiel was born in
California in
1974. He graduated from high school in
1992 and started
P.O.D. the same year, along with friend
Wuv Bernardo. The band started building a strong local fanbase, releasing several albums independently. In
1998 they were signed to a record deal and released their hit albums
The Fundamental Elements of Southtown (
1999) and
Satellite (
2001). Curiel was fired after the supporting tour in the midst of a bitter controversy with his longtime friends.
In
2003 Curiel started another band called
The Accident Experiment with
Pete Stewart (
Grammatrain,
Tait).
The Accident Experiment was signed to Rock Ridge Music and is preparing to tour behind their first full length L.P.
United We Fear.
In an e-mail sent to fans,
P.O.D singer
Sonny Sandoval said Curiel left "to pursue his own vision apart from P.O.D." However, Curiel insisted in a phone call from his
San Diego home that he was kicked out.
"Because of your loyalty and respect, it saddens me to say that Marcos is no longer with P.O.D.," Sandoval wrote. "Never have we imagined P.O.D. without him, but we now know this vision is bigger than the four of us."
Curiel, who was always an outspoken member of P.O.D., was particularly upset because apparently management, not his fellow bandmates, called to fire him. He said the group met a few weeks before his removal and everyone acted enthusiastic about his projects. He has been quoted as saying;
"As soon as I left, they started talking stuff behind my back," he said. "It's very, very shady. I have friends defending me on the Web site, and every time they put something up in defense of me, it gets deleted. I'm like, 'What? This is not fair, dude.' ... Then I found out they had another guitar player already. I was like, 'Whoa.' They've been plotting this for a long time.
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P.O.D. in Spanish
