P.O.D. Biography

Biography

of Cypress Hill, H.R., Pennywise, and The Vandals, but this early success sadly was tainted by a crack in its lineup upon Gabe's departure in the same year. Fortunately, Mark Traa Daniels came in to take the vacant seat offered by the rest members after they saw his performance at The Whisky in Los Angeles.

Continued their journey, P.O.D. afterwards soared to more public attention when their next effort, “Brown” (1996), managed to sell over 30,000 copies, subsequently led them to receive numerous propitious record deals from major labels in the country, including Atlantic Records to which they finally signed by August 1998. With their unusual combination of solid hard-rock, hip-hop, Latin and reggae grooves, plus Christian beliefs, debut album “The Fundamental Elements of Southtown” (1999) gloriously encountered a tremendous sale over one million copies to later be certified Platinum by RIAA, bringing the band to the surface of mainstream scene nationally. However, it was their sophomore work, “Satellite”, that truly catapulted them to widespread recognition, thanks to the popularity of its track, “Alive”, which already became a radio rock hit by the time the album touched the market on September 11, 2001, even was nominated for Best Hard Rock ...

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Performance category at Grammy Awards a year later.

Amazingly scored triple Platinum in August 2002, “Satellite” brilliantly made its way to break into the top 10 of 4 Billboard charts, particularly that of The Billboard 200 on the 6th rank, while also spawned other smash hits, like “Boom” and “Youth of the Nation”, the latter being the number-one song on Billboard Modern Rock Tracks. More remarkably, “Youth of the Nation” directed the quartet to once more become the Grammy Awards nominee, this time for Best Hard Rock Performance along with another of Best Metal Performance through the song “Portrait” in 2003. Amid this fabulous attainment, the band once again had to lose one of its members for founder Marcos Curiel concluded to quit by February 2003 as a result of spiritual differences and his busy activities in his side project, The Accident Experiment, but eventually they found his replacement in Jason Truby, the former guitarist of Living Sacrifice. With this new formation, P.O.D. then launched their third album, “Payable On Death”, in the same year, followed by the release of “The Warriors EP, Volume 2”, which featured some demo songs from their fourth major album as a tribute to their ...