P.O.D. had some fairly main hits and data again within the day. Their third studio album, The Basic Parts of Southtown from 1999, went Platinum and spawned the hits “Southtown” and “Rock the Occasion (Off the Hook)”; whereas Satellite tv for pc from 2001 went triple Platinum and featured 4 hits – “Alive”, “Youth of the Nation”, “Growth”, and “Satellite tv for pc”.
Regardless of their recognition, P.O.D. by no means fairly caught the nü-metal success wave that their friends in bands like Korn, Deftones, Limp Bizkit, and extra did. P.O.D. vocalist Sonny Sandoval weighed in that in a latest interview with Classic Rock, expressing his confusion about why that is perhaps.
“We’re among the many pioneers on this sport!” stated Sandoval. “Each time we do a report or play a present, we do not perceive why we do not get the identical respect as bands who got here later. Individuals would possibly suppose we have these huge songs, so it is all simply cash within the financial institution, however for some purpose we missed that boat. Our pals are taking part in arenas and have cash to burn, however right here we’re proving that you are able to do it.”
Sandoval then touched on the truth that P.O.D. could be in comparison with bands like Body Count, Rage Against The Machine, and Limp Bizkit regardless of developing concurrently all these different bands.
“After we first began, individuals would have a look at it like: ‘They’re heavy, however they’re rapping. They should be like Body Count,'” stated Sandoval “Then the identical factor occurred with Rage Against The Machine. Then Limp Bizkit comes out and we’re being in comparison with them. ‘Nu steel’ was simply one other identify. Earlier than that it was rap rock, or rapcore… We did not care as a result of we have been simply doing it. Now we embrace it; if somebody says: ‘You are my favorite nu-metal band’, I am simply glad to be their favorite [laughs].”
Apparently, Sandoval just lately stated in an interview with The Jesea Lee Present that Limp Bizkit‘s “Nookie” was the music that made him realiz that nü-metal was going to be large. Sandoval stated he felt Bizkit was actually nailing what it meant to be a rock band on the time, but additionally knew deep down that “Nookie” could be the factor that launched one million nü-metal bands that perhaps weren’t pretty much as good.
“After I consider just like the TRL hype, after which I consider the visible and the loopy aspect of it, I nonetheless bear in mind, and once more, I did not know what nü-metal was, we did not name it that. However I bear in mind seeing the Limp Bizkit ‘Nookie’ video for the primary time. And it did not matter whether or not I used to be a Limp Bizkit fan or not.
“After I noticed that, I stated, that is freaking large. It encompasses every part. It encompassed rock and roll, rebel, intercourse. It had every part. It was simply visually beautiful. I am not saying that defines nü-metal or classifies it, however I bear in mind pondering that no matter this is occurring, it should crossover to the pop world and all that stuff.
“Trigger despite the fact that Korn was common on the time, I by no means noticed them as pop. They have been nonetheless darkish and mysterious. Limp Bizkit wasn’t mysterious. They threw every part on the market and stated, I do not care what you suppose. And for those who like me or not, and that is what rock and roll was speculated to be anyway. I do not care what you suppose. And that’s most likely what sparked most of these bands that got here out after that simply have been horrible and determined to go from no matter music they have been into on the time to now, ‘oh, I wanna be in a nü-metal band.'”
Sandoval continued, discussing the eventual fall of nü-metal because of disingenuous artists trying to make a fast buck.
“As soon as bands got here in and type of began to imitate it, I believe that is when it received oversaturated with guys that it wasn’t their life-style, you recognize? I imply it wasn’t their tradition, you recognize? Whenever you get bands from like no matter – Timbuktu – and rapidly they’re performing like they’re from the streets. They’re wanting like they’re from the streets and so they’re attempting to rap– it isn’t fairly there, nevertheless it was, it turned a style.
“What occurs when it turns into common? Individuals begin to get it. And I believe, you recognize, individuals received over it after some time. I believe it type of got here and gone and other people threw it away due to the artists that have been doing it or attempting to repeat it as an alternative of trying to the authenticity of it.”
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