History Music / POD

P.O.D. is a NuMetal[=/=]AlternativeMetal band formed in 1992 in California. The band is an example of both Nu Metal and [[ChristianRock Christian Metal]], and is also known for incorporating significant {{Reggae}} influences, which decidedly causes the band's sound to stand out among their Nu/Alternative metal peers. In later years, however, the band shifted from its original RapMetal/Nu Metal sound toward a more AlternativeMetal sound, with more singing as opposed to rapping, and lighter instrumentation.

P.O.D. is a NuMetal[=/=]AlternativeRock band formed in 1992 in California. The band is an example of both NuMetal and ChristianRock, and is also known for incorporating significant {{Reggae}} influences, which decidedly causes the band's sound to stand out among their nu/alternative metal peers. In later years, however, the band shifted from its original RapRock/Nu Metal sound toward a more AlternativeRock sound, with more singing as opposed to rapping, and lighter instrumentation.

* ChristianRock: They're more subtle than most bands in the genre, though. You can still enjoy the band, regardless of your faith. This is probably the reason why they are one of the more successful examples.

* AlternativeRock: Their later work.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: At the very end of "Brown".
* Film/TheMatrix: "Sleeping Awake", a song they recorded for "The Matrix Reloaded".
* NewSoundAlbum: ''Payable On Death'', ''When Angels & Serpents Dance''.

* NuMetal

* PostHardcore: ''Payable on Death'' has subtle elements of this.
* RapRock: Their earlier work.

* TitleOnlyChorus: "Youth of the Nation".

* AutoTune: Used for it's more traditional purposes of correcting one or two off-pitch notes on short notice. It's most egregiously used on the albums that were produced by Howard Benson, who is notorious for taking it UpToEleven on albums he produces regardless of artist or band.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Sonny Sandoval, owing to his Mexican-Italian-Chamorro (indigenous Pacific Islander)-Hawaiian ancestry.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: 6 or 7, while their softer tracks fall at 4-5 and their heaviest songs in the lower 8 range.

* ChristianRock: They're more subtle than most bands in the genre, though. You can still enjoy the band, regardless of your faith. This is probably the reason why they are one of the more successful examples; see GettingCrapPastTheRadar below.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Of a sort. Since the label "ChristianRock" is essentially a kiss of death for any band looking for mainstream fame, the band writes lyrics in such a way as to avoid making direct references to their faith, while making it clear that they're believers. It worked well enough that subsequent Christian rock bands (such as Music/{{Flyleaf}}, Skillet and Music/{{Creed}}) have done the same thing.
** They get crap past their ChristianRock fan base on several occasions as well. "Lights Out" contains the line "we tore the roof off this mother". "On the Grind", featuring members of "secular" hip hop groups Psycho Realm and Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E., is PG-rated GangstaRap replete with references to violent thuggery and "pimpin'". The same song unambiguously mentions the female genitalia in its first verse. On several songs the band refer to themselves as "[=OGs=]" (original gangsters). The mild profanities "hell yeah" and "damn" show up on "If It Wasn't for You" and "Kaliforn-Eye-A", respectively. Their early song "Live and Die" samples a line from "Gangsta Gangsta" by [[Music/{{NWA}} N.W.A.]], "And here's the plot: takin' niggaz out with a flurry of buckshots."
** An aversion happened with "I Am" from ''Murdered Love''. It was heavily edited and/or taken off some releases because of a PrecisionFStrike that occurs in the chorus. Also, the word "faggot" is used.

Tropes:

* AutoTune: Used for pitch correction on the majority of their albums. It's most egregiously used on the albums that were produced by Howard Benson, who is notorious for taking it UpToEleven on albums he produces regardless of artist or band.

** An aversion happened with a song on their latest album, ''Murdered Love'', called "I Am." This song was heavily edited and/or taken off some releases because of a PrecisionFStrike that occurs in the chorus. Also, the word "faggot" is used.

** An aversion happened with a song on their latest album, ''Murdered Love'', called "I Am." This song was heavily edited and/or taken off some releases because of a PrecisionFStrike that occurs in the chorus.

* AdaptationExpansion: "Alive" has a music video that starts with a car crash, throughout the video more of the driver's life is shown until you can understand why he feels 'alive for the very first time.'