“It was a turning point for me,” he admits. At 19-years-old, he endured the passing of his mother due to Leukemia. Exposed to “getting in trouble” at a young age, he witnessed divorce, drugs, and street life all “by association” much like his future bandmates.
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At the same time, he went through a series of trials and tribulations. With Wuv and Sonny cousins, Sonny often attended gigs to cheer them on.
As the story goes, Marcos and Wuv developed an unbreakable musical bond in a high school thrash band inspired by Metallica and Slayer. All four of us are grateful to contribute.”įrom day one, they equally contributed a singular vibe to what would become P.O.D. We know we have the capability to write a song that can speak to a person for the rest of their life. We want to make you smile, believe you’re worth something, and have the strength to get past this moment in time. As much as music has changed, we keep doing it, because we know somebody’s listening. We still meet as brothers who want to leave a positive and lasting mark on the world. “It started from such a pure place as teenagers. “Through all of our struggles, triumphs, good times, and bad times, I still believe this band has a purpose,” states Sonny. “It blows my mind to this day that we’ve been able to take our style and message not just across the country but around the globe. “We come from South San Diego right next to Tijuana, and it isn’t a rock ‘n’ roll town,” explains Wuv. Moving 10 million-plus records, selling out gigs on multiple continents, logging four Top 10 debuts on the Billboard Top 200, and collaborating with everyone from Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ® inductee Carlos Santana to Katy Perry, the group continue to bring people together everywhere. The San Diego quartet-Sonny Sandoval, Marcos Curiel, Traa Daniels, and Wuv Bernardo -rose up from a tough neighborhood just four exists north of the Mexican border into a three-time GRAMMY ® Award-nominated multiplatinum mainstay. have globally rallied audiences around a hypnotic hybrid of hard rock, hip-hop, reggae, and alternative punctuated by a message of unification and a powerful pledge to persevere. It globalizes intent in the form of action.
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