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Youth Of The Nation by P.O.D.
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Payable On Death Abbreviated As P.O.D. Is An American Nu Metal Band From San Diego California Formed In 1992. The Band's Line-Up Consists Of Vocalist Sonny Sandoval Drummer Wuv Bernardo Guitarist Marcos Curiel And Bassist Traa Daniels. They Have Released Six Major Label Studio Albums Along With Two Independent Albums And Have Sold Over 12 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 Singles "Alive" And "Youth Of The Nation" Pushing It To Go Triple Platinum. Discography 1. Snuff The Punk 1994 2. Brown 1996 3. The Fundamental Elements Of Southtown 1999 4. Satellite 2001 5. Payable On Death 2003 6. Testify 2006 7. When Angels & Serpents Dance 2008 8. Murdered Love 2012 9. The Awakening 2015 10. Circles 2018
Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Youth of the Nation
P.O.D. - Satellite
"Youth Of The Nation" Was A Hit Single From P.O.D. In 2002. It Was The Second Single To Come From Their Album Satellite. It Was Inspired In Part By The School Shootings At Santana High School And Columbine High School. Speaking With Songfacts.Com About This Song In A 2012 Interview Lead Singer Sonny Sandoval Said "When We Were Actually Writing The Record For Satellite We Were Two Blocks Away From The Santee High School Shootings. We Had Taken A Break And Went Out For Some Coffee And We See All The Fire Trucks And The Police Department And The Helicopters And News. And We're Like Something's Going On. We Turn On The TV And All Of A Sudden There's A Young Kid Who Has Trapped Everybody Inside The School And He's Shooting. Here We Are Glued To The TV And We're Literally Two Blocks Away. All This Is Going Down And Here We Were Supposed To Write Music. It Kind Of Just Set The Tone For How We Felt That Day." While Satellite Contained Numerous Hit Songs "Youth Of The Nation" Was The Band's Only #1 Hit On The Modern Rock Chart And Reached #28 On The Billboard Hot 100. The Song's Inspiration Stems From A Trip When The Band Was On Their Way To Record For Satellite. They Were Held Up In Traffic And Discovered That The Reason Was A School Shooting. The Album Was Consequently Delayed And They Were Inspired To Write "Youth Of The Nation." The Song Follows Three Distinct Characters In Assorted Problems They Face Common To American Youth.
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Payable On Death Abbreviated As P.O.D. Is An American Nu Metal Band From San Diego California Formed In 1992. The Band's Line-Up Consists Of Vocalist Sonny Sandoval Drummer Wuv Bernardo Guitarist Marcos Curiel And Bassist Traa Daniels. They Have Released Six Major Label Studio Albums Along With Two Independent Albums And Have Sold Over 12 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 Singles "Alive" And "Youth Of The Nation" Pushing It To Go Triple Platinum. Discography 1. Snuff The Punk 1994 2. Brown 1996 3. The Fundamental Elements Of Southtown 1999 4. Satellite 2001 5. Payable On Death 2003 6. Testify 2006 7. When Angels & Serpents Dance 2008 8. Murdered Love 2012 9. The Awakening 2015 10. Circles 2018
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"Youth of the Nation" was a hit single from P.O.D. in 2002. It was the second single to come from their album, Satellite. It was inspired in part by the school shootings at Santana High School and Columbine High School. Speaking with Songfacts.com about this song in a 2012 interview, lead singer Sonny Sandoval said: "When we were actually writing the record for Satellite, we were two blocks away from the Santee high school shootings. We had taken a break and went out for some coffee, and we see all the fire trucks and the police department and the helicopters and news. And we're like, something's going on. We turn on the TV and all of a sudden there's a young kid who has trapped everybody inside the school and he's shooting. Here we are, glued to the TV and we're literally two blocks away. All this is going down, and here we were supposed to write music. It kind of just set the tone for how we felt that day."
While Satellite contained numerous hit songs, "Youth of the Nation" was the band's only #1 hit on the Modern Rock chart and reached #28 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song's inspiration stems from a trip when the band was on their way to record for Satellite. They were held up in traffic and discovered that the reason was a school shooting. The album was consequently delayed and they were inspired to write "Youth of the Nation." The song follows three distinct characters in assorted problems they face common to American youth. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.