A current look on ‘The Jesea Lee Present‘ discovered P.O.D. vocalist Sonny Sandoval discussing a wide range of subjects, together with his ideas on the nü-metal style and the standing of his personal band’s eleventh studio album, which is able to arrive in 2024.

Whereas already established regionally prior, P.O.D. skyrocketed to fame with the discharge of their main label debut, 2001’s nü-metal-laden “Satellite tv for pc“. That file went on to attain 3x multi-platinum standing, firmly establishing their profession within the course of.

Trying again on the period, Sandoval revealed his frontrunner for the breakout nü-metal monitor: Limp Bizkit‘s 1999 hit single “Nookie“. He commented of that:

“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 didn’t know what nü-metal was, we didn’t name it that. However I bear in mind seeing the Limp Bizkit ‘Nookie‘ video for the primary time. And it didn’t matter whether or not I used to be a Limp Bizkit fan or not.

After I noticed that, I mentioned, that is freaking big. It encompasses every little thing. It encompassed rock and roll, insurrection, intercourse. It had every little thing. It was simply visually gorgeous. I’m not saying that defines nü-metal or classifies it, however I bear in mind considering that no matter this is happening, it’s going to crossover to the pop world and all that stuff.

Trigger although Korn was fashionable 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 little thing on the market and mentioned, I don’t care what you suppose. And for those who like me or not, and that’s what rock and roll was alleged to be anyway. I don’t care what you suppose.

And that’s in all probability 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.”

Sanodval additionally weighed in on the downfall of the style that adopted within the early 2000s:

“As soon as bands got here in and form of began to imitate it I feel that’s when it bought oversaturated with guys that it wasn’t their way of life, you understand? I imply was it wasn’t their tradition. While you get bands from like no matter you understand Timbuktu and swiftly they’re performing like they’re from the streets.

They’re wanting like they’re from the streets they usually’re making an attempt to rap, it’s not fairly there, however it was, it turned a style. What occurs when it turns into fashionable? Individuals begin to get it. And I feel, you understand, individuals bought over it after awhile. I feel it form of got here and went and folks threw it away due to the artists that have been doing it or making an attempt to repeat it as an alternative of trying to the authenticity of it.”

As for the following studio providing from P.O.D., the file has been recorded, combined and mastered with plans to have a number of singles from it start arriving over the approaching months. You may watch Sandoval discuss all that, whereas additionally contact upon working with Katy Perry early on, his religion and extra beneath: