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| birth_place = [[San Diego, California]], U.S.
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|Genre = [[Alternative metal]], [[nu metal]], [[Christian metal]], [[rapcore]]
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* [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
* [[Columbia Records|Columbia/INO]]
* [[Razor & Tie]]
* [[Tooth & Nail Records|Tooth & Nail]]
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'''Paul Joshua "Sonny" Sandoval''' (born [[May 16]], [[1974]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[singer]] and [[rapper]]. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the [[Rock music|rock]] band [[P.O.D.]]
'''Paul Joshua''' "'''Sonny'''" '''Sandoval''' (born May 16, 1974)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Sonny Sandoval |url=https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10182-174166/sonny-sandoval-in-biographical-summaries-of-notable-people |access-date=2020-10-08 |website=myheritage.com}}</ref> 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==
==Biography==


Sandoval was born in [[San Diego, California]] to a [[Guam]]anian-[[Native Hawaiian|Hawaiian]] mother and a [[Mexican]]-[[Italian people|Italian]] father.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1245462/bio P.O.D. - Biography<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He grew up in a Chicano [[barrio]] of San Diego, and joined a gang at age thirteen. He drank and used marijuana frequently during his teenage years.{{Fact|date=September 2008}} However, in 1992, when he was eighteen, Sandoval's mother died of [[leukemia]] at the age of 37.{{Fact|date=September 2008}} Sonny was greatly influenced by the death of his mother, who was a devout [[Christianity|Christian]]. Turning his life around, he pursued a career as an [[emcee]]. He later joined the band Enoch, a group started by [[Wuv Bernardo]], [[Gabe Portillo]] and [[Marcos Curiel]], which, with the addition of Sandoval, later became P.O.D. (acronym for "Payable On Death"). Sandoval states his musical roots as reggae, rock, and rap, all of which are apparent in P.O.D.{{Fact|date=September 2008}}
Sandoval was born in [[San Diego, California]].<ref name=":0" /> to a Chamorro-Hawaiian mother and a Mexican-Italian father.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://slamwrestling.net/index.php/2021/08/08/sonny-sandoval-on-mysterio-mania/amp/ | title=Booyaka Booyaka! P.O.D. Frontman Sonny Sandoval on Mysterio, Mania, and making music &#124; Slam Wrestling | date=8 August 2021 }}</ref> When he was eighteen, Sandoval's mother was diagnosed with [[leukemia]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2015-11-16 |title=P.O.D. – The Cost of The Crusade |url=https://www.ccmmagazine.com/features/p-o-d-the-cost-of-the-crusade/ |access-date=2020-10-08 |website=ccmmagazine.com}}</ref> During her illness, Sandoval was greatly influenced by his mother's faith as a devout [[Christianity|Christian]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.risenmagazine.com/sonny-sandoval/ | title=Sonny Sandoval | date=21 November 2006 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="CCM">{{Cite journal |last=Smith |first=Debra |date=Spring 2011 |editor-last=Price |editor-first=Tom |title=The Whosoevers - Bringing Youth to Christ (Sonny's Testimony) |journal=Calvary Chapel Magazine |volume=47 |pages=36–43}}</ref>


==Career==
He and his wife Jordan 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.<ref name="ABCNews">{{cite news
|first = Dan
|last = Harris
|url = http://www.abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=1977660
|title = Rock Star's Baby Name Rockets up Charts for Kids
|publisher = [[ABC News]]
|date = May 18, 2006
|accessdate = 2006-05-30
}}</ref><ref name="NYTimes">{{cite news
|first = Jennifer 8.
|last = Lee
|url = http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/18/us/18heaven.html?ex=1305604800&en=0606bfab6929a5f0&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
|title = And if It's a Boy, Will It Be Lleh?
|publisher = [[The New York Times]]
|date = May 18, 2006
|accessdate = 2006-05-30
}}</ref>


=== P.O.D. ===
For most of P.O.D.'s career, Sandoval was well known for his [[dreadlocks]], but since the release of P.O.D.'s seventh studio album, ''[[When Angels & Serpents Dance]]'', he has cut them off. He did this because of the meaning of the dreads. He realized people started using the style as a way to look cool and then seeing that the meaning wasn't seen by fans he then decided to remove them.{{Fact|date=September 2008}}
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.<ref name=":1" /> With their third studio album, ''[[The Fundamental Elements of Southtown]]'', P.O.D. achieved their initial mainstream success; the album was certified [[Music recording sales certification|platinum]] by the [[RIAA]] in 2000.<ref name="P.O.D. Biography">{{Cite web |last=MacKenzie |first=Wilson |title=P.O.D. Biography |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p296044|pure_url=yes}} |access-date=December 4, 2007 |website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref><ref name="P.O.D. leaves Atlantic Records and Curiel returns">{{Cite web |date=December 20, 2006 |title=P.O.D. leaves Atlantic Records and Curiel returns |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=64125 |access-date=December 4, 2007 |website=[[Blabbermouth]] |publisher=[[Roadrunner Records]] |quote=P.O.D. was with Atlantic for four albums and two EPs. The band signed with Atlantic in 1998, after selling more than 40,000 copies of its independently released EPs. The group's Atlantic debut, "The Fundamental Elements of Southtown", came out in 1999 and went platinum, while 2001's "Satellite" was a multi-platinum success. But the group felt that personnel changes at Atlantic were responsible for recent sales dips&nbsp;— more than 500,000 copies of 2003's "Payable On Death" were sold, but less than 250,000 copies of the recent "Testify".}}</ref>


===The Whosoevers===
He has been named number 63 in [[Hit Parader|''Hit Parader'']]'s Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time in 2006. Many Christian Emcees such as J Flo' & D-VO from Risen Tunes, note Sonny Sandoval as being one of their influences.{{Fact|date=September 2008}}
Since 2008, Sandoval has been part of an outreach group, [[Brian Welch#The Whosoevers|The Whosoevers]], with Ryan Ries, [[Lacey Sturm]], of [[Flyleaf (band)|Flyleaf]], and [[Brian Welch]], guitarist for the nu metal band [[Korn]].

=== Other work ===
Sandoval appeared in [[Project 86]]'s [[Project 86 (album)|self-titled album]] in the song "Six Sirens". In 2004, he contributed to two tracks on [[Anastacia]]'s [[Anastacia (album)|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.<ref>xhttps://www.theprp.com/2024/10/24/news/p-o-d-s-sonny-sandoval-to-release-new-book-son-of-southtown-my-life-between-two-worlds-in-february/</ref>

==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.<ref name="ABCNews">{{Cite news |last=Harris |first=Dan |date=May 18, 2006 |title=Rock Star's Baby Name Rockets up Charts for Kids |publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |url=http://www.abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=1977660 |access-date=2006-05-30}}</ref><ref name="NYTimes">{{Cite news |last=Lee |first=Jennifer 8. |date=May 18, 2006 |title=And if It's a Boy, Will It Be Lleh? |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/18/us/18heaven.html?ex=1305604800&en=0606bfab6929a5f0&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss |access-date=2006-05-30}}</ref>

===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.<ref name="youtube">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1oenxQnAVk |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/H1oenxQnAVk |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|title=Sonny explains why he cut his dreads |date=February 28, 2008}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==Discography==

===P.O.D.===
{{main|P.O.D. discography}}
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*''[[Snuff the Punk]]'' (1994)
*''[[Brown (P.O.D. album)|Brown]]'' (1996)
*''[[The Fundamental Elements of Southtown]]'' (1999)
*''[[Satellite (P.O.D. album)|Satellite]]'' (2001)
*''[[Payable on Death]]'' (2003)
*''[[Testify (P.O.D. album)|Testify]]'' (2006)
*''[[When Angels & Serpents Dance]]'' (2008)
*''[[Murdered Love]]'' (2012)<ref name="New Song Featuring JAMEY JASTA Available For Free Download">{{Cite web |date=April 4, 2012 |title=New Song Featuring JAMEY JASTA Available For Free Download |url=http://legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=172241 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407221619/http://legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=172241 |archive-date=April 7, 2012 |access-date=April 4, 2012 |website=Blabbermouth.com}}</ref>
*''[[SoCal Sessions]]'' (2014)
* ''[[The Awakening (P.O.D. album)|The Awakening]]'' (2015)
* ''[[Circles (P.O.D. album)|Circles]]'' (2018)
* ''[[Veritas (P.O.D. album)|Veritas]]'' (2024)

===Guest appearances===
* "Six Sirens" by [[Project 86]] on the album ''[[Project 86 (album)|Project 86]] (1998)
* "America" by [[Santana (band)|Santana]] (with P.O.D.) on the album ''[[Shaman (album)|Shaman]]'' (2002)
* "Seasons Change" & "I Do" by [[Anastacia]] on the album, ''[[Anastacia (album)|Anastacia]]'' (2004)
* "Let It Go" by Kirk Franklin, with TobyMac on the album, ''[[Hero (Kirk Franklin album)|Hero]]'' (2005)
* "Warning" by [[Tribal Seeds]] on their album, ''The Harvest'' (2009)
* "Eternal" by [[War of Ages]] on their album, ''[[Eternal (War of Ages album)|Eternal]]'' (2010)
* "Children of the Light" by [[Lecrae]] on his album, ''[[Rehab (Lecrae album)|Rehab]]'' (2010)
* "American Dream" by Dominic Balli on his album, ''American Dream'' (2011) <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/de/release/5672455-Dominic-Balli-American-Dream | title=Dominic Balli - American Dream | website=[[Discogs]] | year=2011 }}</ref>
* "The Only Name" by [[For Today]] on their album, ''[[Immortal (For Today album)|Immortal]]'' (2012)
* "Something Better" [[Flyleaf (band)|Flyleaf]] on their [[Extended play|EP]], ''[[Who We Are (EP)|Who We Are]]'' (2013)
* "Criminals" by [[Islander (band)|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==
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.thewhosoevers.com/ The Whosoevers Official Website]
* [http://www.payableondeath.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.payableondeath.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/payableondeath P.O.D. on MySpace]
* [http://www.thewarriorstour.com/ The Warriors Tour Official Site]
* [http://www.thewarriorstour.com/ The Warriors Tour Official Site]
* [http://www.promotionscrew.com/pod/ P.O.D. Promotions Crew: Official Street Team]
* [http://www.promotionscrew.com/pod/ P.O.D. Promotions Crew: Official Street Team] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060106020526/http://promotionscrew.com/pod/ |date=2006-01-06 }}
* [http://www.thesouthtown.com/ theSouthtown.com]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929131308/http://www.thesouthtown.com/ theSouthtown.com]
* [http://www.exitconcerts.com/ MTV EXIT Concerts]

* [http://vimeo.com/120551979/ Tony Hawk's American Wasteland Xbox Live VNR]
== References ==
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Sonny Sandoval
Sandoval performing in 2013
Sandoval performing in 2013
Background information
Birth namePaul Joshua Sandoval
Born (1974-05-16) May 16, 1974 (age 50)
San Diego, California, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • rapper
  • singer
  • songwriter
Years active1992–present
Labels

Paul Joshua "Sonny" Sandoval (born May 16, 1974)[1] 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

[edit]

Sandoval was born in San Diego, California.[1] to a Chamorro-Hawaiian mother and a Mexican-Italian father.[2] When he was eighteen, Sandoval's mother was diagnosed with leukemia.[3] During her illness, Sandoval was greatly influenced by his mother's faith as a devout Christian.[4][5]

Career

[edit]

P.O.D.

[edit]

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.[3] 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.[6][7]

The Whosoevers

[edit]

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

[edit]

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.[8]

Personal life

[edit]

Family

[edit]

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.[9][10]

Appearance

[edit]

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.[11]

Discography

[edit]

P.O.D.

[edit]
Main article: P.O.D. discography

Guest appearances

[edit]
  • "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) [13]
  • "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

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "Sonny Sandoval". myheritage.com. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  2. ^ "Booyaka Booyaka! P.O.D. Frontman Sonny Sandoval on Mysterio, Mania, and making music | Slam Wrestling". 8 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b "P.O.D. – The Cost of The Crusade". ccmmagazine.com. 2015-11-16. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  4. ^ "Sonny Sandoval". 21 November 2006.[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ Smith, Debra (Spring 2011). Price, Tom (ed.). "The Whosoevers - Bringing Youth to Christ (Sonny's Testimony)". Calvary Chapel Magazine. 47: 36–43.
  6. ^ MacKenzie, Wilson. "P.O.D. Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved December 4, 2007.
  7. ^ "P.O.D. leaves Atlantic Records and Curiel returns". Blabbermouth. Roadrunner Records. December 20, 2006. Retrieved December 4, 2007. P.O.D. was with Atlantic for four albums and two EPs. The band signed with Atlantic in 1998, after selling more than 40,000 copies of its independently released EPs. The group's Atlantic debut, "The Fundamental Elements of Southtown", came out in 1999 and went platinum, while 2001's "Satellite" was a multi-platinum success. But the group felt that personnel changes at Atlantic were responsible for recent sales dips — more than 500,000 copies of 2003's "Payable On Death" were sold, but less than 250,000 copies of the recent "Testify".
  8. ^ xhttps://www.theprp.com/2024/10/24/news/p-o-d-s-sonny-sandoval-to-release-new-book-son-of-southtown-my-life-between-two-worlds-in-february/
  9. ^ Harris, Dan (May 18, 2006). "Rock Star's Baby Name Rockets up Charts for Kids". ABC News. Retrieved 2006-05-30.
  10. ^ Lee, Jennifer 8. (May 18, 2006). "And if It's a Boy, Will It Be Lleh?". The New York Times. Retrieved 2006-05-30.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ Sonny explains why he cut his dreads. February 28, 2008. Archived from the original on 2021-12-22.
  12. ^ "New Song Featuring JAMEY JASTA Available For Free Download". Blabbermouth.com. April 4, 2012. Archived from the original on April 7, 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
  13. ^ "Dominic Balli - American Dream". Discogs. 2011.
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