P.O.D.

Payable on Death (stylized as P.O.D.) is an American Christian metal band formed in 1992. The band's line-up consists of vocalist Sonny Sandoval, drummer Wuv Bernardo, guitarist Marcos Curiel, and bassist Traa Daniels. Their Christian faith is an important part of their music.

They have released seven studio albums and have sold over 10 million records worldwide. Over the course of their career, the band have also received three Grammy Award nominations, contributed to numerous motion picture soundtracks and toured internationally. With their third studio album, The Fundamental Elements of Southtown, they achieved their initial mainstream success; the album was certified Platinum by the RIAA in 2000. Their following studio album, Satellite, continued the band's success with the hit singles, "Alive" and "Youth of the Nation", pushing it to go triple platinum.

Style and influences

The band's name, Payable on Death (P.O.D.), derives itself from the Christian doctrine that how an individual lives their life on Earth does not determine their eternal destination, but rather that Jesus Christ paid for the sins of people who put their faith in him (from which will come a transformation in their life evident of their stance as a new creation, righteous before God by the blood of Christ). P.O.D.'s style has evolved over the years, from the rap metal sound on their early albums to the nu metal and Reggae infused alternative metal styles for which they're most well known. Their latest album, When Angels & Serpents Dance, is a combination of alternative rock, reggae rock and Latin influenced metal with almost none of the rap metal or nu metal sound of their older releases. P.O.D.'s influences include Santana, Bad Brains, Bob Marley, The Police, Metallica, Rage Against the Machine and Black Sabbath.

 Band members

Current members

• Sonny Sandoval − lead vocals (1992–present)
• Wuv Bernardo − drums, percussion, rhythm guitar, backing vocals (1992–present)
• Traa Daniels − bass guitar, backing vocals (1994–present)
• Marcos Curiel − lead guitar, glockenspiel, programming, backing vocals (1992–2003, 2006–present)

Former members

• Gabe Portillo − bass (1992–1994)
• Jason Truby − guitar, backing vocals (2003–2006)

Live/session members

• Tim Pacheco − percussion, keyboard, backing vocals (2005–2006)
• ODZ − second guitar (2005–2006)
• DJ Circa − turntables (1999)
• Mike$ki Degracia − turntables, samples (1996)

Discography

• 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)

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Otep

Otep (also written as OTEP or OT3P) is an American heavy metal band formed in 2000 in Los Angeles, California by Otep Shamaya.

History

Otep originally was a four-piece nu metal band that began in Los Angeles, California in early 2000. They were invited to play Ozzfest before they had even signed to a label after Sharon Osbourne witnessed a brief part of their live performance. They have since played Ozzfest several times. To date the band has released five full length albums, and two EP's.

In 2007, after the dismal performance of The Ascension, Otep was officially dropped from Capitol Records.

In 2009 Otep signed with Victory Records. Their 2009 album, Smash the Control Machine, was to include a reunion with former members Mark "Moke" Bistany on drums and Rob Patterson on guitar. The album also featured Koichi Fukuda on piano, and Emilie Autumn on violin. The band appeared with 2Cents, Five Finger Death Punch & Shadows Fall on the 'Shock & Raw Tour' of North America in the fall of 2009.

On September 30, 2010, Jay McGuire left the band.

In 2011, Otep toured as a supporting act, along with Earth Crisis, for Cavalera Conspiracy.

 Current members

• Otep Shamaya - Vocals (2000–present)
• Markus Estrada: guitars (2010–present)
• Rani Sharone: bass (2010–present)
• Gil Sharone: drums (2010–present)

Former members

Guitars

• Dave Aguilera - guitars (2000)
• Tarver Marsh - guitars (2000–2001)
• Rob Patterson - guitars (2001–2004, 2009)
• Karma Singh Cheema - guitars (2006–2007)

Bass

• eViL j - bass (2000-2010)

Drums

• Brian Wolff - drums (2006–2008)
• Mark "Moke" Bistany - drums (2001–2004, 2009)

Session Musicians

• Greg Wells - guitar & custom percussion on House of Secrets
• Joey Jordison - drums on House of Secrets
• Holly Knight - mellotron, piano on The Ascension
• Koichi Fukuda - piano on Smash the Control Machine
• Emilie Autumn - violin on Smash the Control Machine
• Tony Campos - bass guitar on Atavist
• Collyn McCoy - bass guitar on Atavist
• Ulrich Wild - guitars, keyboards on Atavist

Touring Musicians

Guitars

• Steven Barbola - touring guitars (2008–2010)
• Aaron Nordstrom - touring guitars (2007–2008)
• Scotty CH - touring guitars (2005)
• Lee Rios - touring guitars (2004)
• Lane Maverick - touring guitars (2001)

Drums

• Chase Brickenden - touring drums (2010)
• Dave Gentry - touring drums (2008–2010)
• Doug Pellerin - touring drums (2004-2005)
• David Lopez - touring drums (2004)
• Scott Coogan - touring drums (2003)

Discography

• Jihad 2001

• Sevas Tra 2002 

• House of Secrets 2004

• The Ascension 2007

• Smash the Control Machine 2009 

• Atavist 2011

 

 

 

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Linkin Park

Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Formed in 1996, the band rose to international fame with their debut album, Hybrid Theory, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005 and multi-platinum in several other countries. Its following studio album, Meteora, continued the band's success, topping the Billboard 200 album chart in 2003, and was followed by extensive touring and charity work around the world. In 2003, MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth greatest band of the music video era and the third best of the new millennium behind Oasis and Coldplay. Billboard ranked Linkin Park #19 on the Best Artists of the Decade chart.

Having adapted the nu metal and rap metal genres to a radio-friendly yet densely layered style in Hybrid Theory and Meteora, the band explored other genres in their next studio album, Minutes to Midnight, which was released in 2007. The album topped the Billboard charts and had the third best debut week of any album that year. The band has collaborated with several other artists, most notably with rapper Jay-Z in their mashup EP Collision Course, and many others included on Reanimation.The band's most recent work, the concept album A Thousand Suns, was released on September 8, 2010. Linkin Park has sold over 50 million albums worldwide and has won two Grammy Awards.

Musical style

Both Hybrid Theory and Meteora combine the alternative metal, nu metal, and rap rock sound with influences and elements from hip-hop, alternative rock, and electronica, utilizing programming and synthesizers. William Ruhlmann from Allmusic regarded it as "a Johnny-come-lately to an already overdone musical style," whereas Rolling Stone described their song "Breaking the Habit" as "risky, beautiful art".

In Minutes to Midnight the band experimented with their established sound and drew influences from a wider and more varied range of genres and styles, a process Los Angeles Times compares to a stage in U2's work. In it, only two of the songs feature rapping, and the majority of the album can be considered alternative rock. NME magazine's Dan Silver criticized the band's approach, calling it the "sound of a band trying and failing to forge a new identity", and referring to the song "Hands Held High", a song about terrorist attacks and war, as "far and away the funniest thing you will hear all year".

The vocal interplay between Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda plays as a major part within Linkin Park's music, with Bennington being the lead vocalist and Shinoda as the rapping vocalist. On Linkin Park's third album, Minutes to Midnight, Shinoda sings lead vocals on "In Between", "Hands Held High", and on the B-side "No Roads Left". On numerous songs from band's fourth album, A Thousand Suns, such as the album's four singles, both Shinoda and Bennington sing. On most of the record's tracks, the band notably used electronic drumbeats along with outro drumbeats. The album has been regarded as a turning point in the band's musical career by notable critics. James Montgomery, of MTV compared the record to Radiohead's Kid A, while Jordy Kasko of Review, Rinse, Repeat likened the album to both Kid A and Pink Floyd's landmark album The Dark Side of the Moon. Shinoda stated that he and the other band members were deeply influenced by Chuck D and Public Enemy. He elaborated: "Public Enemy were very three-dimensional with their records because although they seemed political, there was a whole lot of other stuff going on in there too. It made me think how three-dimensional I wanted our record to be without imitating them of course, and show where we were at creatively". One of the record's political elements is its samples of notable speeches by American political figures.

Band members

Current members Rob Bourdon – drums (1996-present) Brad Delson – lead guitar, backing vocals (1996-present) Dave "Phoenix" Farrell – bass guitar, backing vocals (1996–1998, 1999, 2001-present) Joe Hahn – turntables, keyboard, samples, backing vocals (1996-present) Mike Shinoda – vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboard, production (1996-present) Chester Bennington – vocals (1999-present)

Former members Mark Wakefield – vocals (1996–1998)

Discography

Studio albums

• Hybrid Theory (2000)
• Meteora (2003)
• Minutes to Midnight (2007)
• A Thousand Suns (2010)

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