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Paul Joshua "Sonny" Sandoval (born May 16, 1974) is an American musician, rapper, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the co-founder and lead vocalist of nu metal band P.O.D.
Biography
Sandoval was born in San Diego, California. to a Chamorro-Hawaiian mother and a Mexican-Italian father. When he was eighteen, Sandoval's mother was diagnosed with leukemia. During her illness, Sandoval was greatly influenced by his mother's faith as a devout Christian.
Career
= P.O.D.
=Sandoval is best known as co-founder and the lead vocalist of the metal band P.O.D. Over the course of their career, the band has received three Grammy Award nominations, contributed to numerous motion picture soundtracks and toured internationally. They have sold over 12 million records worldwide. With their third studio album, The Fundamental Elements of Southtown, P.O.D. achieved their initial mainstream success; the album was certified platinum by the RIAA in 2000.
= The Whosoevers
=Since 2008, Sandoval has been part of an outreach group, The Whosoevers, with Ryan Ries, Lacey Sturm, of Flyleaf, and Brian Welch, guitarist for the nu metal band Korn.
= Other work
=Sandoval appeared in Project 86's self-titled album in the song "Six Sirens". In 2004, he contributed to two tracks on Anastacia's self titled album, "Seasons Change" and "I Do". He has been named number 63 in Hit Parader's Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time in 2006.
Sandoval will publish his autobiography Son of Southtown on February 25th, 2025.
Personal life
= Family
=He and his wife Shannon married in 1996, and have two daughters, Nevaeh and Marley, and a son, Justice. Sandoval is widely credited with the sudden popularity of the name Nevaeh, which, as he revealed on MTV Cribs, is "heaven" spelled backwards.
= Appearance
=For most of P.O.D.'s career, Sandoval was well known for his dreadlocks (which, by the release of the video for "Going in Blind", reached his waist). At the time of the release of P.O.D.'s seventh studio album, When Angels & Serpents Dance, he cut them off, but has since regrown them.
Discography
= P.O.D.
=Snuff the Punk (1994)
Brown (1996)
The Fundamental Elements of Southtown (1999)
Satellite (2001)
Payable on Death (2003)
Testify (2006)
When Angels & Serpents Dance (2008)
Murdered Love (2012)
SoCal Sessions (2014)
The Awakening (2015)
Circles (2018)
Veritas (2024)
= Guest appearances
="Six Sirens" by Project 86 on the album Project 86 (1998)
"America" by Santana (with P.O.D.) on the album Shaman (2002)
"Seasons Change" & "I Do" by Anastacia on the album, Anastacia (2004)
"Let It Go" by Kirk Franklin, with TobyMac on the album, Hero (2005)
"Warning" by Tribal Seeds on their album, The Harvest (2009)
"Eternal" by War of Ages on their album, Eternal (2010)
"Children of the Light" by Lecrae on his album, Rehab (2010)
"American Dream" by Dominic Balli on his album, American Dream (2011)
"The Only Name" by For Today on their album, Immortal (2012)
"Something Better" Flyleaf on their EP, Who We Are (2013)
"Criminals" by Islander on their album, Violence & Destruction (2014)
"Chasing the Horizon" by Noize MC (2019)
"They Don't Like It" by Fire from the Gods (2019)
"Secrets" by Written By Wolves (2019)
"Magic Eyes" by Nights Like Thieves (2020)
"All or Nothing" by Ill Niño (2021)
"Nemesis" by Manafest (2022)
“Lights, Camera, Action” by Islander (2022)
"Attitude" by H.R. on his album "Let Luv Lead (The Way)" (2023)
References
External links
The Whosoevers Official Website
Official website
The Warriors Tour Official Site
P.O.D. Promotions Crew: Official Street Team
theSouthtown.com
MTV EXIT Concerts
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland Xbox Live VNR
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- P.O.D.
- Nu metal
- Anastacia
- Rumpun suku bangsa Austronesia
- Romnick Sarmenta
- Tomas Milian
- Genre heavy metal
- Kidz Bop
- Head (film)
- Divisi Satu Liga Indonesia 2004
- Sonny Sandoval
- P.O.D.
- Sandoval
- Veritas (P.O.D. album)
- Nevaeh
- The Warriors EP, Volume 2
- Noah Bernardo
- Eternal (War of Ages album)
- Snuff the Punk
- Payable on Death
