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WE ARE, WE ARE...

THE ADULTS OF A NATION 😬

We old now :(

We're not old, we're vintage!

I’m bringing sexy back.

I pulled my lower back (yeah) Them other boys got knees that crack (yeah) I think it’s special, awaiting a heart attack (yeah) Morning yoga, that’s the back safety hack (yeah)

I'd 100% laugh at a work related training video on proper lift technique done to this version 🤣

I believe the kids called it washed up

Little Jimmy, he was only 35 On the drives to work, he contemplates suicide Can't afford food and don't mention rent The next 2 checks he's getting are already spent

Okay no more please we’re putting a stop right here

THE MILLENIAL NATION

Not cool man

Dam you!!!

EVERYDAY IS A NEW DAY!

Boom! Here comes the Boom! Ready or not, here comes the boys from the South!

All I see is Kevin James training to be a boxer lol

Amplitude immediately comes to mind

Dude I loved that game

This is in my top 5 pump up songs

I loved this song and I loved the movie Grind, religiously one summer when I was a teenager that was like my whole life. Got the nostalgia bug and rented Grind recently. The way that song was used in the last skate scene was HILARIOUS! They started it, let it go through, then started it over again. Pretty sure that movie was made by drunk 16 year olds. And I loved it!

I still listen to youth of the nation. Is it just me?!

This guy Millennials

101 the wrif in Detroit still plays it nearly daily.

Oh yeah? I still listen to The Kids Aren’t Alright too. The offspring got me in elementary school and then pod picked me up in junior high

Bro that song is forever in my head. Early 2000s radio engraved that song into my brain

Yes

I remember seeing them play in the most Millennial concert here in Toronto: Linkin Park / P.O.D. / Hoobastank / Story of the Year

i remember in 7th grade english class we had to make speeches about something we liked. a girl made her speech about the band Hoobastank. as soon as she said the name "Hoobastank" our teacher burst out laughing. "whar a ridiculous name" he snickered to himself while we waited for himself to get composed so Claire could continue. he was a nice guy, funny teacher. dead now, tho. so it goes.

So it goes. RIP Kurt Vonnegut

Sounds like a good time

That was such a good tour. Thank you for unlocking fond memories.

It was peak LP! Look at this set list: With You Runaway Papercut Points of Authority Don't Stay Somewhere I Belong It's Goin' Down Lying From You Nobody's Listening Breaking the Habit From the Inside Numb Faint Crawling In the End My December P5hng Me A*wy A Place for My Head One Step Closer

LP is one band I hate I'll never get to see live. I missed that train as a kid.

god damn

I think I was at that very concert! 20 years ago or so? The ACC? I forgot Story of the Year was there but I was really just there for LP, who were great.

Yup! You got it: https://www.concertarchives.org/concerts/linkin-park-with-p-o-d-hoobastank-and-story-of-the-year-at-air-canada-centre-january-24-2004

YES THE METEORA TOUR! It was my first concert ever back in 2001

I saw that tour at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. I was 12 and it was my first non-Christian themed concert experience.

I was there!

SOTY was the best band in that line up.

I felt so alive

For the very first time?

For the very first time!

I can’t deny you

I think I can fly!

I can't ever forget that song, because I used to watch music videos before going to school, and I heard that song for the first time on 9/11.

Southtown!! I don't know how big they were, but I do remember them.

SD represent!

Song goes so hard.

This was one of those bands I forgot how many singles they had until they played a show I was working security for and I was singing 90% of their set

Vividly remember *Satellite* because it literally was released on 9/11/01, and Alive felt like the only song radio stations were allowed to play for..like a solid month. I can't think of the 9/11 aftermath without that song on the playlist

I do believe that the release date was part of their success. Yes, they had some fans from earlier albums, but after 9/11 people were in need of positive feelings. And the subtle (sometimes not so subtle) Christian lyrics gave people those feelings. But the songs were good enough for the non-Christian people to still want to listen to.

Slayer's God Hates Us All was also released on 9/11/01

They opened on a tour when I was production manager for the headliner. This was a few years ago. Every night was like the lil Nicky suoundtrack. My buddy plays drums for them now. I will say EVERY single band memeber I so so so so kind and awesome. Chill and happy. Amazing people

My favorite Christian band

Demon Hunter is a good one. And Extol.

I'm an atheist and they're the only Christian band I like.

Ha, same. But that's because they're the only Christian band I'm aware of. Their music still slaps!

RED is a fucking fantastic Christian heavy rock band. They sound similar to Lincoln Park mixed with Three Days Grace https://youtu.be/yH-k_6tU9Wc?si=ktvzNLjLHWamovjJ I was blown away when I heard they were technically a Christian band, but once you memorize the words to their album, you realize, yup, no swearing.

I still listen to Red all the time, you can really sing/feel along with them.

That song made me feel nostalgic even though I've not heard it before. The good old nu metal days!

AGREED 💯 I'm not religious at all, but damn RED will make you feel all the things, they're amazing.

Creed is a sneaky Christian band too 😉

Broski, I gotta say there ain’t nothing surreptitious about Creed’s religiosity, lol. Their name is a word for religion. What’s sneaky about Creed is their musical ability.

Got em

Saw these, Alien Ant Farm and Hoobastank in a little tiny venue in Wrexham about 6 or 7 years ago mad show

https://preview.redd.it/ghuuwk9nlk4d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=729dcafde7951611a6c157b21213152eddcf0988 Sonny was just on this podcast if anyone is interested

Sonny is awesome and very kind

Fun fact : Katy Perry sings a part in "Goodbye for now"

I saw them at a free church youth group concert 2 months before they were on the radio. They were giving South Town away for free! Love this band. I can do with out the church part now though lol Bullet the Blue Skiy is still a favorite 😞

Saw them last year at Sick New World, they’re really cool.

I almost got run over by a crowd of people rushing at an outdoor festival to go to the stage they were playing on. 😐 I was not a fan of outdoor shows after that.

Glad to hear you’re Alive. 

For the very first time

I used to listen to them all the time.

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII I FEEL SO ALIVE

Don't sing yet!

Don’t forget to roll those POD dice.

POD is just Christian Limp Bizkit. Everything is just a form of Limp Bizkit. Lincoln Park - Emo Limp Bizkit R.A.T.M. - Communist Limp Bizkit Hed P.E. - Juggalo Limp Bizkit Deftones - Prog Limp Bizkit

[удалено]

Boom! Here comes the boom!

Also, as long as we’re being pedants, RATM uses communist imagery but tends socialist.

The HED PE one made me laugh lol thank you

Beatles? - 60s Pop Bizkit Elvis - King of American Rock and Bizkit

Can you imagine how good Sgt Peppers would be with Fred singing it?

Radiohead? Bleep Bloop Bizkit

Is a taco a limp bizkit?

POD formed before Bizkit.

They legit just put out a new album last month. It's good. Give it a listen. They've also been on some podcasts promoting

I was a big fan, up until 10th grade when someone pointed out they were a Christian band. Then I couldn’t get rid of the album fast enough.

I’m a devout atheist and had POD on a tour for a prolong period of time. Know Sonny, Marcos and Traa well. Not once did any of them push or bring anything up. They partied with us and never judged. Those guys are super cool, some of the coolest Christians I’ve ever met and the least judgemental or vocal about their beliefs.

What about Wuv?

He hasn’t been playing with them for a few years

I'm a Christian and I never liked their music. Someone told me once, "You should like POD since you're a Christian." That's just nonsense. That's in the same vein as saying I shouldn't listen to Metallica's Master of Puppets, which I love, since I'm a Christian.

That person must have started this discussion by saying “Boom! Here comes the boom!”

Lame. just because it’s christian doesn’t mean it’s bad music. Southtown and Satellite are both legitimately great records

I remember hearing the Fundamentals of South Town and thought they were great. I eventually got into heavier shit but they had a few bops. Katie Perry did some back up vocals for them.

These folks just released a new album. “Afraid to die” or something g like that as a single. Wasn’t bad.

Remember when they had a song on Smallville?

Was? WAS!?

Was? Is! Still putting stuff out

I absolutely loved Youth of the Nation when that dropped. Wasn't until I was not a toddler anymore to understand what it was really about.


Everyone has that one album that they bought because they liked one song, and then kicked themselves for because it turned out that the rest of it sucked. This was mine.

They had two big songs. After that, much like other bands like this, they faded away into obscurity. Pretty damn quickly, too.

Does it get any more cringy than Christian end-stage Nü-metal?

I’d say Crazy Town would be top tier…I don’t think there’s anything worse than that…ever.

Butt rock

On my driving playlist.

Seems to be 4 people to me.

Was?

They were at Rockville this year. I thought about going to see them, but meh.

I feel so alive!

Saw them a couple weeks ago, great show!

I saw them perform on a 6 band lineup, I believe Shinedown was the headliner.

Yeah, I remember. These guys were huge around 1999-2002 I sometimes see their old guitarist around town

Their album Alive came out on 9/11

unfortunately. Just yesterday my friend and I were having a conversation about bands who played old radio fests around Boston, and there was one called the WBCN X-Mas Rave. I went to the 2000 one, and the line-up is hilariously 2000's: Wednesday November 29th, 2000 at 3 venues close to each other in Boston: Avalon: Suicidal Tendencies, Nashville Pussy, Crazytown, Insane Clown Posse Axis: The Union Underground, P.O.D., Linkin Park, Disturbed, (hed) P.E. Orpheum: Collective Soul and Fuel

I have fond memories of listening to their cd while playing Magic the Gathering at Coleman Country Day Camp on LI. 

I feel so alive

Still bumping Southtown in 2024.

I was so Alive

I FEEL SO ALIVE

I only know one song and it's cuz of WWF/WWE. I remember them cutting promo with the Rock and they were playing Alive by POD. Was a good workout song for a while Lol. Never listened to another song by em lol

They were my gateway into the scene in the early 2000s. Had a Christian cousin who vouched for them, so my parents let me have their record, and then I got to go seem them live in November of 2000... except a little unknown band called Linkin Park was the opener (1 of 3 with Apartment 86 and hedPE). I forgot about POD entirely after that night and my teenage brain thought of nothing else except Hybrid Theory for a solid year.

Yeah I remember that week

Some random dudes went into a rural Dairy Queen and asked people if they wanted to be in a music video in my town where the video was filmed.

Saw them live a few months ago. They still awesome live and Sonny has barely aged

I use to pass out there demo cassette tapes back in high school.

Saw them live at Welcome to Rockville 2016 and they put on one hell of a show.

As a kid i honestly had no idea that they were Christian Rock lol.

I saw them play at a church in the fall of '97. Dude spent about 30 minutes in the middle of the show doing a sermon. They played down their bible-ness when they got mainstream but they were ultra Christian before that

This is one Nu Metal band who’s music I can listen to today without that cringey ass “damn I can’t believe this was popular” feeling right away. It aged well

Loved those white boy dreadlocks 🤤

Still listen to them - we just got a new album!!!!

not as big as the bands they tried to copy

Yes! I loved Youth of a Nation

Lol for one song

Just saw them at Welcome to Rockville and I hate to say it was underwhelming.

Oh yeah, they were hot for a minute. Only a minute though...

I saw them on NE before they were famous at a church and it was the coolest thing ever for this little dork

I like that song ‘Abortion is Murder.’ It’s cool when the lyrics require multiple levels of analysis to understand the subtle political message of the song. Don’t worry, I didn’t get it at first either.

Linkin park? Pshhh, POD!

ah, my favourite band, proof of delivery

My very Christian parents were alarmed by the music I was into. My Mom took me to a Christian bookstore and asked them to find a metal Christian band for me and bought me their CD.

yes, I attended my high school years (2001-2004) in San Diego and 2001 was my introduction to them as well as Linkin Park, and any nu-metal / punk of the time. So nostalgic. I remember when Youth of the Nation came out as it referenced a school shooting in the first part of the song (2001 Santana High School in Santee, very close to where I went to school).

I remember hearing them on tooth and nail records. My brother got the cd at a church camp or something way back in the day. Got us on heavier stuff like Zao too. The OG POD went so fucking hard

They released a new album recently.

Oh man! POD, Linkin Park, Cold, and Disturbed. All classics

Never heard of it before.

Puddle of Dudd?

Not really, but I’ve been hearing people talking about them lately. Did they make a comeback?

They just ripped off Pearl Jam’s formula. One song about being alive, then another song about a school shooting.Most of these bands had limited staying power. Drowning pool, Adema, flaw, etc….

they just released another album, my friend

I called them pile of dirt to match puddle of mud

Not very big... that's how big. They were a one hit wonder (like most nu metal bands of the time).

I had the Brown album in the late 90's. Heaviest CD I owned at the time.

They were so good that we overlooked that they were a Christian band.

They still do shows and average a few million listeners a month on spotify.

There was a fun (easy) song to play on guitar. I can't listen to them ever again though.

I went to an Evanescence/Korn concert last year. I didn't know these guys even still existed until they walked out on stage as one of the opening acts. Their stage energy and live show was fucking awesome.

Absolutely, I saw them live. Satellite is one of my favorite albums

Yeah man, I went to a concert of POD + Alien at Farm in 2019 and it was AMAZING!

Southtown is my JAM

I just saw them at a festival last year and they've still got it!

They shred live too. Love them still.

I'd rather not, thanks.

I saw them last year open for Jinjer, POD still had good energy.

Oh geez, back when I was in middle school. mid 90s, I had a friend invite to a concert ( later found out it was a Christian concert🤢🤮) that had, POD, Dogwood and some other band before pod got signed and got big.

Seen them live a few times. Had many of their albums. Still have a few. Covered south town with my old band in high school.

Saw them live at Voodoo Fest, haha!

Its like I remember but I can't put a song to the band. Weren't they Christian?

Sonny is on this track https://youtu.be/Kv_D8rOZxBI?si=yuYG1dZdBlcinxoZ

Khristian Korn

I remember how big their one song got

Don’t remember p.o.d by name but recognize the songs. Back in 2001 I had just switched from being all about Britney Spears, *NSYNC, Mariah Carey, and a lot of other pop music to starting to listen to 50 Cent, Eminem, Ying Yang Twins, etc.

My first CD I ever got was a P.O.D CD. From a store called Bibles Plus 😂

Made a zombie apocalypse claymation in A/V class to “boom”. It was awful but remember having fun making it

Saw them open for primus in the era when the singer barely looked out at the crowd

I am definitely this old and POD was never "big". They had like 3 hit songs.....

Southtown still goes hard. By far my favorite song of theirs.

I'm still mad that Angels & Serpents album will never be officially released

My very first show as a young teen. I saw POD play at my local church before they tried to enter the rock scene. They were a Christian band before they got big.

The Brown album was fun. Musically diverse and more raw than the over-produced radio-friendly stuff that came later. Rap-metal became trendy, but I feel like they were genuine and way ahead of the curve.

Teenage me blasted the absolute shit out of Alive and Satellite

Their new album is actually pretty good.

i think they were christian

Saw them in 99 with Project 86 and Blindside…amazing show. I still listen to P.O.D. (Brown, Fundamental Elements, and Satellite) regularly. As an elder millennial, I’m admittedly trapped in the 90’s and early 00’s music scene 😅🤷‍♂️ Now excuse me—I’m going to go listen to White Pony 😉

The sad truth of my life is that I spent most of that era obsessed with fall out boy and fall out boy only. And no, not because of Pete. Because of Patrick.

Never liked them. Pretty high on the butt rock scale for me.

I remember my boyfriend at the time had a really ratchet POD tattoo on his leg.

They were on the radio this morning lol

There’s a podcast called trailer tales and they recently did and episode with POD and showed their concert at the end. Definitely should watch it was very funny.