P.O.D.

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P.O.D. is a rock band from San Diego, California. The band's name is an acronym for "Payable on Death," which refers to the banking term, and can also be identified as the Crucifixion of Jesus as believed by Christians. P.O.D.'s music is influenced by alternative metal, rap and reggae.

Overview

P.O.D.'s career

While the exact date of formation remains unknown, friends Marcos Curiel and Wuv Bernardo engaged in jam sessions without a vocalist. After his mother's fatal illness, Sonny Sandoval converted to Christianity, believing that he saw God in her eyes as she died; he joined P.O.D. in 1991. Traa Daniels joined the band in 1994 when they needed a bassist for a concert. Before this time, their bassist was Gabe Portillo, who appeared in the original demo tape of 1991.

P.O.D. signed with a relatively unknown Christian label, Rescue Records, and released albums under the label between 1994 and 1999, Snuff the Punk (1994) and Brown (1996). In 1997, they released an album of live recordings from the Tomfest festival. In 1998, they signed with Atlantic Records, which brought the mass-media coverage that self-production would not bring.

Prior to the release of their first major album The Fundamental Elements of Southtown, P.O.D. released The Warriors EP, a tribute EP to their loyal fans. This limited edition CD has only 30,000 copies in print and was licensed by Atlantic Records and distributed by Tooth & Nail Records.

P.O.D.'s 1999 mainstream debut album, The Fundamental Elements of Southtown, spawned the hits "Southtown," and Total Request Live favorite "Rock the Party." At a time after the album, "School of Hard Knocks" was featured on the soundtrack for Little Nicky. All three music videos enjoyed heavy play on MTV2 and the songs were rock radio hits. The album went on to become RIAA certified platinum.

In 2001, on the same day as the September 11, 2001 attacks, P.O.D. released the video for their fourth studio 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 video's popularity, as well as the song's positive messages to be grateful for life, helped the song become a huge pop radio hit.

The album's second single, "Youth of the Nation," was influenced in part by the school shootings at Santana High School and Granite Hills High School. The 2002 singles "Boom" and "Satellite" also became very popular. Also, the concluding track of the album, "Portrait" received a number of awards including a Grammy nomination for Best Metal Performance in 2002. The album went on to become RIAA-certified triple platinum.

In 2003, guitarist Marcos Curiel left the band due to his side project, The Accident Experiment, and spiritual differences. However, Marcos claims that he was actually kicked out of the band (see his article). Curiel was replaced by Jason Truby, former member of Christian thrash/death metal band Living Sacrifice. In the same year they released their third mainstream album, Payable on Death. This album went on to sell over 1,000,000 copies worldwide. It featured the hits "Will You" and "Change the World".

On November 15, 2005, P.O.D. released The Warriors EP, Volume 2 as a tribute to their many fans. It features some demos from their sixth album Testify, as well as two live tracks, two b-sides, and a cover version of the 1980s Payolas reggae hit "Eyes of a Stranger."

Testify was slated for a December 2005 release, but was pushed back to January 24, 2006. The first single released from the album was "Goodbye for Now," with another new song called "Lights Out" being featured as the "official theme song" to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)'s Survivor Series pay-per-view event in November 2005. Their album was also available in the "Testify Limited Edition" version with a bonus CD featuring commentary by the band on every song on the album including 4 bonus songs, that didn't make the album. The album's first single, "Goodbye For Now," went on to become the #1 video on MTV's TRL and became P.O.D.'s unprecedented 4th #1 video. The song also enjoyed heavy play on the radio. The album became the #1 selling Christian Album on Billboard for weeks and as of May 2006 had been in the Top 25 for a total of 16 weeks.

In another contribution to WWE, the band's single, "Boom", was used as the opening theme for WWE's return show of Saturday Night Main Event and at WrestleMania 22 they performed fellow San Diego native Rey Mysterio's theme song "Booyaka 619". Mysterio debuted the studio recording of this song as his entrance theme on the May 5 edition of "SmackDown!".

P.O.D.'s hits, "Alive" and "Boom" have also been sports anthems used by ESPN and other sporting events. P.O.D. performed live on national network television for the 2006 New Year celebration in Times Square.

P.O.D. have wrapped up their American Tour called the "Warriors Tour 2: Guilty by Association" which began in April, to promote their latest album. Bands on the bill included Christian rockers Pillar, metalcore band The Chariot (led by Joshua Scogin, former vocalist of Norma Jean), and Southern metalers Maylene and the Sons of Disaster (fronted by Dallas Taylor who, former vocalist of underøath, and who named the band based on the story of Ma Barker).

On August 11th, 2006, P.O.D. announced in their online newsletter that they have left Atlantic Records. The newsletter reads: "P.O.D. have left Atlantic Records. We've been proud to be Atlantic Recording Artists, but it's not the same place anymore. For most of our stay, we were blessed by a staff that was gracious towards our vision, faith, and love of music.... resulting in more than 7-million records sold. It's time to dream again with a new staff and we leave with grateful hearts.

by the people, FOR the people -P.O.D. - Aug. 2006"

Members

Current

* Jason Truby (formerly of Living Sacrifice, joined in 2003), Guitar
* Wuv Bernardo, Drums
* Traa Daniels (joined in 1994), Bass
* Sonny Sandoval, vocals

Former

* Marcos Curiel (left in 2003), Guitar
* Gabe Portillo (left in 1994), Bass

Other

* Tim Pacheco (only in concert), BGVs
* ODZ (only in concert), Guitar

Discography

P.O.D. Discography

Albums

* Snuff the Punk (1994)
* Brown (1996)
* Payable on Death Live (1997)
* The Warriors EP (1999)
* Limited Edition Bonus EP (1999)
* The Fundamental Elements of Southtown (1999) (RIAA certification: Platinum)
* Satellite (2001) #6 US (RIAA certification: 3x Platinum) , #16 UK
* Payable on Death (2003) #9 US (RIAA certification: Gold)
* The Warriors EP, Volume 2 (2005)
* Testify #9 US (2006)

Official Documentaries

Still Payin' Dues (2002)

Bootlegs

* Rockin' Youth: Live at Rock Am Ring (2002)

Singles

Year	Song	US Hot 100	US Modern Rock	US Main- stream Rock	UK singles	Album
2000	"Rock the Party (Off the Hook)"	-	#27	#25	-	The Fundamental Elements of Southtown
2000	"Southtown"	-	#28	#31	-	The Fundamental Elements of Southtown
2000	"School of Hard Knocks"	-	#38	-	-	Little Nicky OST
2001	"Alive"	#41	#2	#4	#19	Satellite
2002	"Youth Of The Nation"	#28	#1	#6	#36	Satellite
2002	"Boom"	-	#13	#21	-	Satellite
2002	"Satellite"	-	#21	#15	-	Satellite
2003	"Sleeping Awake"	-	#14	#20	#42	The Matrix Reloaded OST
2003	"Will You"	-	#12	#12	#68	Payable on Death
2004	"Change the World"	-	#38	#32	-	Payable on Death
2006	"Goodbye for Now"	#47	#25	#17	-	Testify
2006	"Lights Out"	-	-	#30	-	Testify

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currently active on charts.

Rare tracks

* "Forever in Our Hearts" the song for tsunami relief, available exclusively on iTunes
* "Bless Me, Father" from the movie Any Given Sunday, not available on the soundtrack
* "Whatever it Takes" from the Any Given Sunday Soundtrack.
* "Electric Wire Hustle Flower" from the album Electric Circus by Common
* "Rock Rock" from the album Audio Visual by E-Roc/Rockstar
* "Destiny" from the album Take 2 by Ill Harmonics
* "Far Away" from the album As it Is Written by Unity Clan
* "Quality Junk" from the album Fashion Expo: Round One by various artists
* "Awnaw [Rock Remix]" from the album Watermellon, Chicken, & Gritz by Nappy Roots
* "Right Now" from the soundtrack for Daredevil (with Nappy Roots)
* "Christmas in Cali" from the album Swallow My Eggnog
* "Freestyle [Knock 'Em Out the Box Remix]" from the soundtrack for Ready to Rumble
* "Let it Go" from the album Hero by Kirk Franklin
* "The Payback" from the soundtrack for
* "Truly Amazing" from the album The Passion Of The Christ Songs
* "America" from the album Shaman by Santana
* "I Do" from the album Anastacia by Anastacia
* "Six Sirens" from the album Project 86 by Project 86
* "Booyaka 619" from the album ''WWE Wreckless Intent
* "Set It Off [Tweaker Remix]" from the Scorpion King Official Soundtrack
* "Cain" from the imported album [Will You-Single]
* "Your Eyes" exclusive Wal-mart Online purchase [Testify]
* "Not Your Kind" from the Japanese import album [Testify]

Collaborations

* "Ridiculous" with Eek-A-Mouse from the album "Satellite"
* "Anything Right" with Christian of Blindside from the album "Satellite" (The Members of P.O.D. and Blindside are good friends and Blindside is included in the music video for "Boom" as the ping-pong team from Sweden [in reality, Blindside is from Sweden])
* "Without Jah, Nothin'" with H.R. from the album "Satellite"
* "America" with Carlos Santana from the album "Shaman"
* "Roots In Stereo" and "Strength of My Life" with Matisyahu from the album "Testify"
* "On The Grind" with Psycho Realm and Booyaa T.R.I.B.E. from the album "Testify"
* "Six Sirens" with Project 86 from the album "Project 86"

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