Sonny Sandoval

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Sonny Sandoval
San Diego, California
, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • 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

Sandoval was born in

Gabe Portillo and Marcos Curiel, which, with the addition of Sandoval, later became P.O.D. (initialism for "Payable On Death"). Sandoval states his musical roots as reggae, rock, and rap, all of which are apparent in P.O.D.[citation needed
]

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

RIAA in 2000.[6][7]

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.

In 2009, Sandoval appeared on

Who We Are.[citation needed] He appeared on Islander's album, Violence & Destruction
on the track, "Criminals".

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.[8][9]

Appearance

For most of P.O.D.'s career, Sandoval was well known for his

Going in Blind", reached his waist), but since the release of P.O.D.'s seventh studio album, When Angels & Serpents Dance, he has cut them off.[10]

Discography

P.O.D.

Main article: P.O.D. discography

Guest appearances

References

  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.
  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. 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. ^ Harris, Dan (May 18, 2006). "Rock Star's Baby Name Rockets up Charts for Kids". ABC News. Retrieved 2006-05-30.
  9. ^ 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)
  10. ^ Sonny explains why he cut his dreads. February 28, 2008. Archived from the original on 2021-12-22.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "Dominic Balli - American Dream". Discogs. 2011.

External links

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