Produced by Howard Benson, the album landed at number six on the Billboard 200 and spawned the hit singles "Alive" and "Youth of the Nation," both of which landed in the Top Five of Billboard's Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart. Also that year, the band issued its sophomore album for Atlantic, Satellite. They also contributed several songs to various soundtracks, including supplying "School of Hard Knocks" to the Adam Sandler comedy Little Nicky in 2001. joined Ozzfest 2000 and shared dates with Crazy Town and Staind for the MTV Campus Invasion tour. The group also earned top honors for 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 Music Awards.nnThe following year, P.O.D. Singles "Southtown" and "Rock the Party (Off the Hook)" charted, helping push the album to platinum status. ![]() ![]() released their major-label debut, The Fundamental Elements of Southtown. Atlantic Records took notice of the group's hard-working ethic and cross-pollinated sound, and signed them. Live - on their own Rescue Records label. toured relentlessly, and sold more than 40,000 copies of their three homemade EPs - Brown, Snuff the Punk, and P.O.D. were on the map.nn Throughout the '90s, P.O.D. With the addition of Cleveland-born bassist Traa Daniels in 1993, P.O.D. The duo were also heavily influenced by their love of jazz, reggae, Latin, and hip-hop music, sounds that took on more prominence after the addition of Wuv's hip-hop MC cousin, Sonny Sandoval, in 1992. initially began as a covers-oriented band (known at various times as Eschatos and Enoch), with guitarist Marcos Curiel and drummer Wuv Bernardo coming together to play songs by their favorite punk and metal bands, including Bad Brains, the Vandals, Slayer, and Metallica. Subsequent albums like 2003's Payable on Death, 2006's Testify, 2008's When Angels and Serpents Dance, and 2015's The Awakening found P.O.D.'s sound maturing, just as they remained dedicated to their hardcore and faith-based roots.nnHailing from the San Diego neighborhood of San Ysidro or "Southtown," a multicultural, working-class area, P.O.D. It also generated several hits including "Alive" and "Youth of a Nation," both of which earned Grammy nominations. The group's follow-up, 2001's Satellite, fared even better, landing at number six on the Billboard 200. ![]() The album spawned the hits "Southtown" and "Rock the Party (Off the Hook)," both of which gained heavy rotation on MTV and helped take the album platinum. (aka Payable on Death) rose to the top of the nu-metal/rap-rock scene with their third album and major-label debut, 1999's The Fundamental Elements of Southtown. Emerging out of Southern California in the early '90s, P.O.D. are also born-again Christians whose faith takes a central place in their music. Known for their infectious hybrid of punk, heavy metal, reggae, rap, and Latin music, San Diego four-piece P.O.D.
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