Marcos Curiel
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Marcos Curiel (born 1974) is a guitarist and a member of P.O.D. He also plays with a band called The Accident Experiment, which is currently inactive.
Curiel was born in California in 1974. He dropped out of high school in 1992 and started P.O.D. the same year, along with friend Wuv Bernardo. The band started building a strong local fanbase, releasing several albums independently. In 1998 they were signed to a record deal and released their hit albums The Fundamental Elements of Southtown (1999) and Satellite (2001). Curiel was fired after the supporting tour in the midst of a bitter controversy with his longtime friends.
In 2003 Curiel started another band called The Accident Experiment with Pete Stewart (Grammatrain, Tait).The Accident Experiment was signed to Rock Ridge Music and is preparing to tour behind their first full length L.P. United We Fear.
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[edit] Ejection from P.O.D.
In an e-mail sent to fans, P.O.D singer Sonny Sandoval said Curiel left "to pursue his own vision apart from P.O.D." However, Curiel insisted in a phone call from his San Diego home that he was kicked out.
"Because of your loyalty and respect, it saddens me to say that Marcos is no longer with P.O.D.," Sandoval wrote. "Never have we imagined P.O.D. without him, but we now know this vision is bigger than the four of us."
Curiel, who was always an outspoken member of P.O.D., was particularly upset because apparently management, not his fellow bandmates, called to fire him. He said the group met a few weeks before his removal and everyone acted enthusiastic about his projects. This is supported because now that P.O.D. have left Atlantic Records, Marcos was welcomed back into P.O.D. with open arms. He has been quoted as saying;
"As soon as I was out, they started talking stuff behind my back," he said. "It's very, very shady. I have friends defending me on the Web site, and every time they put something up in defense of me, it gets deleted. I'm like, 'What? This is not fair, dude.' ... Then I found out they had another guitar player already. I was like, 'Whoa, they've been plotting this for a long time.'"
On December 20th, 2006. Marcos rejoined P.O.D. They signed a new record deal. The fact that he joined P.O.D. immediately after they left Atlantic Records supports his claims that it was management, and not the band themselves, that kicked him out the first time.
[edit] Rejoining P.O.D.
On December 20, 2006, the band announced via an email to their fans through their mailing list and via their Myspace.com page, that Curiel had re-joined. Curiel played with P.O.D. for the first time since his departure on December 31 during the Jimmy Kimmel Live show.
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| P.O.D. |
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| Current members: Wuv Bernardo · Traa Daniels · Sonny Sandoval · Marcos Curiel |
| Former members: Jason Truby · Gabe Portillo |
| Discography |
| Albums: Snuff The Punk · Brown · Payable on Death Live · The Fundamental Elements of Southtown · Satellite · Payable on Death · Testify · Greatest Hits: The Atlantic Years |
| EPs: The Warriors EP · Limited Edition Bonus EP · The Warriors EP, Volume 2 |
| Singles: "Rock the Party (Off the Hook)" · "Southtown" · "School of Hard Knocks" · "Alive" · "Youth of the Nation" · "Boom" · "Satellite" · "Sleeping Awake" · "Will You" · "Change The World" · "Goodbye For Now" · "Lights Out" · "Going In Blind" |
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