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Snuff the Punk is the first studio album by heavy metal group, P.O.D.. The album was released on January 25, 1994 on Chula Vista, California-based Rescue Records, which was owned by Noah Bernardo, Sr. who happens to be Sonny Sandoval's uncle and Wuv Bernardo's father. It was completely remixed, remastered and re-released with new artwork[1] by indie label Diamante in 1999. [1] The original issue is considered a very desirable collectible by fans. Snuff the Punk is the first studio album by heavy metal group, P.O.D.. The album was released on January 25, 1994 on Chula Vista, California-based Rescue Records, which was owned by Noah Bernardo, Sr. who happens to be Sonny Sandoval's uncle and Wuv Bernardo's father. It was completely remixed, remastered and re-released with new artwork[1] by indie label Diamante in 1999. [1] The original issue is considered a very desirable collectible by fans.
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* 1 Track listing
* 2 Notes
* 3 References
* 4 External links

[edit] Track listing

1. "Coming Back" – 3:46
2. "Let the Music Do the Talking" – 3:44
3. "Draw the Line" – 2:52
4. "Who Is Right?" – 3:47
5. "Get It Straight" – 3:19
6. "Run" – 3:16
7. "Snuff the Punk" – 3:03
8. "Can You Feel It?" – 4:48
9. "Three in the Power of One" – 4:15
10. "Every Knee" – 4:14
11. "Who's in this House" - 2:35
12. "Abortion Is Murder" – 2:42

[edit] Notes

* The song "Draw the Line" was written by the band House of Suffering.
* Although it was in the track list on the original album, "Abortion Is Murder" is an unlisted, hidden track on the remastered album.
* The original cover had an angel with a gun and it was removed on the re-release album.

Brown is the second studio album by rock group P.O.D.. The album was released on Rescue Records. It was initially released on October 8, 1996, and sold out quickly. The original issue is considered a very desirable collectible by fans and has different artwork. It was remastered, remixed and re-released in 2000 by Diamante. Many fans prefer the chunkier sound of the original issue.
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* 1 Track listing
* 2 Notes
* 3 Guest Musicians
* 4 External links

[edit] Track listing

1. "Intro" – 0:47
2. "Know Me" – 4:31
3. "Selah" – 4:16
4. "Visions" – 3:26
5. "Brown" – 3:50
6. "One Day" – 4:01
7. "Punks Rock" – 1:44
8. "Breathe Babylon" – 5:02 (featuring Dirt)
9. "Funk Jam" – 3:14
10. "Preach" – 2:33
11. "Reggae Jam" – 0:54
12. "Full Color" – 6:18
13. "Seeking the Wise" – 4:34 (featuring Dirt)
14. "Live and Die" – 3:25
15. "Outro" – 0:43

[edit] Notes

* Tracks 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 15 have no lyrics listed in the CD booklet, even though most of the tracks actually have lyrics.
* Track 1 contains a sample of the LL Cool J song "I Shot Ya" off the album Mr. Smith.
* Track 5 contains a sample of the Boogie Down Productions song "My Philosophy" off the album By All Means Necessary.
* Track 14 contains a sample of the N.W.A. song 'Gangsta Gangsta': "And here's the plot, takin' niggas out with a flurry of buckshots" off the album Straight Outta Compton
* Track 15 samples the Eric B. & Rakim song "Eric B. Is President" off the album Paid in Full.
* This album was commended in Alternative Press's list of being the top 10 most influential Hardcore Christian albums in a 2005 Issue also featuring Zao and Underoath on the cover.
* A Special Edition version of the album was released in 2000 on an enhanced CD featuring a footage of P.O.D. performing "Breathe Babylon" and the music video for "Selah".

The Warriors EP is an EP by rock group P.O.D.. It was released in May 4, 1999 as a transitional album from Rescue Records to Atlantic Records. Only 30,000 copies were ever made which made it a collecter's item and very rare to find.[citation needed] The EP contains a message from lead singer Sonny Sandoval thanking the 'Warriors', P.O.D.'s following of fans, for supporting them throughout the years before signing with Atlantic Records. Though produced by Atlantic Records, the album was actually released by Tooth & Nail Records. The entire EP is made to sound like the songs are being played through a phonograph, being mixed with a faux vinyl crackling throughout each song.
* The song "Draw the Line" was written by the band House of Suffering and originally appeared on the band's 1994 Rescue Records release Snuff the Punk, but was rerecorded for the EP.
* The songs "Breathe Babylon" and "Full Color" originally appeared on the band's 1996 Rescue Records release Brown, but were rerecorded for the EP.
* The version of "Southtown" on this record is an early and significantly different version than the one on the band's 1999 Atlantic Records release The Fundamental Elements of Southtown
* The song "Sabbath" is an instrumental early version of the song "Follow Me" from The Fundamental Elements of Southtown

* The EP was included as a bonus cd with the purchase of Greatest Hits: The Atlantic Years only at Best Buy retails.

he Fundamental Elements of Southtown is the third studio album, and the major label debut album of nu metal band P.O.D. released on August 24, 1999. It marks their Atlantic Records debut, and went on to become the band's first platinum album, peaking at No. 51 on the Billboard Top 200 chart in April 2000.

"Southtown" and "Rock the Party (Off the Hook)" became the album's singles. Both of which had music videos which enjoyed notable airplay upon release. The album also includes a U2 cover of "Bullet the Blue Sky."
* An earlier version of "Southtown" appears on the band's previous Tooth & Nail Records release The Warriors EP.
* The song of "Follow Me" appears as an instrumental version titled "Sabbath" on The Warriors EP.
* On some versions, "School Of Hard Knocks" is listed as a bonus track. On other versions, "Whatever It Takes" is a bonus track.
* The album also features the instrumental bonus track, "Tambura".
* There was an alternate censored cover distributed in the Christian market.
* At almost and hour, this is P.O.D.'s longest studio album (Not counting Greatest Hits: The Atlantic Years which is a compilation CD)

Satellite is the fourth studio album, and the second major label studio release by alternative metal quartet P.O.D.. The album was released on September 11, 2001, debuting at No. 6 on the Billboard Top 200 chart with over 133,000 copies sold. It went on to sell over 3 million copies in the U.S., making it the band's top-selling album.

Satellite produced four singles with music videos, which were "Alive," "Youth of the Nation," "Boom," and title track, "Satellite." Although not released as a single, "Portrait" was nominated for Best Metal Performance at the 2003 Grammy Awards.
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* 1 Track listing
o 1.1 Bonus tracks
o 1.2 Re-released bonus tracks
* 2 Credits
* 3 Charts
o 3.1 Album
o 3.2 Singles
* 4 Awards
o 4.1 2003 Grammy Awards
* 5 External links

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[edit] Bonus tracks

* "Whatever It Takes" (originally featured in the movie Any Given Sunday, this was a bonus track on European releases)
* "Rock the Party (RTP remix)" (bonus track included on Japanese releases)

[edit] Re-released bonus tracks

A special edition re-release was released a year after the original album release, and featured these bonus tracks:

* "Alive (semi-acoustic remix)"
* "Youth of the Nation (Conjure One remix)"
* "Boom (The Crystal Method remix)"

[edit] Credits

Band

* Sonny Sandoval - Lead vocals
* Marcos Curiel - Guitar, Vocals
* Traa Daniels - Bass Guitar, Vocals
* Wuv Bernardo - Drums, Vocals

[edit] Charts

All chart data for Billboard (North America)

[edit] Album
Year Chart Position
2001 The Billboard 200 6
Top Contemporary Christian 1
Top Internet Albums 6
2003 Top Christian Albums 1

[edit] Singles
Year Single Chart Position
2001 "Alive" Mainstream Rock Tracks 4
Modern Rock Tracks 2
The Billboard Hot 100 41
"Youth of the Nation" Mainstream Rock Tracks 6
Modern Rock Tracks 1
2002 "Boom" Mainstream Rock Tracks 21
Modern Rock Tracks 13
"Satellite" Mainstream Rock Tracks 15
Modern Rock Tracks 21
"Youth of the Nation" The Billboard Hot 100 28
Top 40 Mainstream 18
Top 40 Tracks 36

[edit] Awards

[edit] 2003 Grammy Awards

* Best Metal Performance for "Portrait" (nomination)

Payable on Death is the self- titled studio album and third major label release by Californian metal quartet P.O.D.. This is also their first album to include guitarist Jason Truby. Payable on Death was released on November 4, 2003 through Atlantic. According to Soundscan, it sold a little under 500,000 copies as of January 2006. However, it has shipped over 500,000 copies in the U.S.; therefore, it was certified gold by the RIAA. It has sold over 1,300,000 copies worldwide.

The album's relatively poor sales are partly due to a shakeup at Atlantic Records, leaving P.O.D. with no label support, meaning the only promotion the album got was by word of mouth and online promotion from fans. Having sold 106,000 copies in its first week, the album debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard Top 200 chart on the strength of the first single and music video for "Will You". Soon after, the internal problems at Atlantic Records led to the album being virtually given up on.[citation needed] The band filmed a video for the next single, "Change the World", but it was never shipped to MTV. However, it did air on the lesser known Fuse TV.

Payable on Death saw the band head in a more traditional metal sound and away from their well-known Nu metal style which was losing popularity by 2003. Vocalist Sonny Sandoval also utilizes a considerable amount of reggae style singing throughout the album, namely in tracks such as "Change the World", "Execute the Sounds", and "Revolution". The last track, "Eternal", is an instrumental song featuring famed guitarist Phil Keaggy.
* "Execute the Sounds" uses the chorus of the Boogie Down Productions song "Stop The Violence" off the 1988 album By All Means Necessary. Black Star also used the same chorus on their song "RE: DEFinition" from their 1998 album Black Star.
* The bonus track "Sleeping Awake" was originally featured on the Matrix Reloaded soundtrack released in April 2003.
* Bonus content on some albums allowed the download of the track "Space" from a hidden website.
* Some albums included a demo version of the Harmonix music game Amplitude. The only song featured on the game is the aforementioned song "Space".
* The Deluxe edition of the album comes with a DVD featuring the making of the album.
* This is P.O.D.'s shortest album, being eleven seconds shorter than the second shortest Snuff The Punk.

Testify is alternative metal band P.O.D.'s sixth studio album and fourth major-label album. It was originally set for a December 2005 release but finally slated for January 24, 2006 by Atlantic Records. This is P.O.D.'s first major-label album not produced by Howard Benson. The full album was leaked to file-sharing networks on January 20, 2006, just four days before its release. It was also their last album with Jason Truby on guitar, before he left the band in December 2006.

This 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, as well as 4 bonus songs and a remix that didn't make the album. The album's first single, "Goodbye for Now," went on to become the #1 music video on MTV's TRL and became P.O.D.'s unprecedented 4th #1 video. The song also enjoyed heavy play on the radio. Testify became the #1 selling Christian album on Billboard for several weeks and, as of May 2006, had been in the Top 25 for a total of 16 weeks. It opened at #9 on the Billboard 200 with 58,000 scans[1] and has sold over 210,000 copies in the US and over 496,000 copies worldwide.
Musical style and production

Six months prior to meeting their new producer, Glen Ballard, P.O.D. had begun writing and demoing songs for the album. Vocalist Sonny Sandoval described working with Ballard, citing "We didn't even expect him to work on the heavy stuff, just more of the laid-back stuff, but once he heard everything, he wanted to be a part of it." The ambitious Ballard also included elements such as his own piano work.

Whereas Payable on Death shifted away from the nu metal style P.O.D. had previously established, Testify saw its return in tracks like "Lights Out" and "Sounds Like War." "On the Grind" particularly focuses on hip hop. Other songs rely on more formal singing, as heard in "Goodbye for Now" and "This Time," and reggae singing, namely those featuring Matisyahu.

Said bassist Traa Daniels, "This album defines who we are musically as a foursome more than any other album that we've ever done." He added, "What we tried to do on this album. . . was to take people on a journey musically. . . I think we have a lot of different elements." Sonny Sandoval also noted, "We have one of the heaviest songs we ever wrote and one of the softest songs we ever wrote."[2]

[edit] Critical reception

Upon release, Testify was met with mixed reception from major music publications. Jason Bracelin of Blender proclaimed, "on their fifth disc, these 'jah soldiers' run low on ammo" and elaborated that "on the ska-tinged 'Strength of My Life,' they sound like the world’s most polite rude boys, while 'Goodbye for Now' is the kind of listless modern rock that could be bottled and sold as a sleep aid." Rolling Stone's Christian Hoard similarly noted "Testify is not as pompous or overblown as you might think; it just feels tired. . . The most notable aspect of Testify, in fact, is how little P.O.D., or their guitars, have to say."

Allmusic's Matt Collar, however, gave the album 4/5 rating and considered guitarist Jason Truby's work a "truly inspired and technically brilliant performance." He also commended Sandoval's enthusiastic vocals regarded the album as representing "a band reborn."

When Angels & Serpents Dance is the seventh studio album by P.O.D.. This is the first album to include Marcos Curiel since his departure from the group and first to be released by INO/Columbia. It also includes Mike Muir from Suicidal Tendencies, Helmet guitarist Page Hamilton, guest Gospel Choir, and the Marley Sisters.[3] The album debuted at number 9 on the Billboard 200, selling over 34,000 copies in its first week[4]. It has sold over 166,000 copies worldwide so far.[citation needed]

Despite placing in the top ten of the Billboard 200 the album has been considered a flop and P.O.D.'s future with INO records in uncertain.
Performances

On June 1, 2007, at the ROCKBOX in San Diego, the band performed and revealed a new song entitled "Condescending", along with another new song performed on June 16, 2007, at the Journeys Backyard BBQ tour entitled "Addicted". They also revealed the title of their new album to be When Angels & Serpents Dance.

On August 4, 2007 the band played at Angel Stadium of Anaheim's annual Harvest Crusade where they revealed a new song entitled "I'll Be Ready" for a crowd of 42,000, the largest number in attendance for the three day event.[5]

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On December 1st, P.O.D. posted a blog on their MySpace that they had set up a "secret" website to reveal pieces of the cover to the public from December 3rd - December 10th. P.O.D. also posted the lyrics to one of their songs on the "secret" website. They are as follows: "One must lead in the dance. Who's leading you? Life is real when angels and serpents dance."

In the early morning of December 10, 2007, in addition to the unveiling of the final pieces of the album cover, it was officially announced on P.O.D.'s "secret website" that "When Angels & Serpents Dance" would be released on April 8, 2008.