When you're a member of a '90s/early '00s hard-rock band like P.O.D., finding your footing in 2012 can be tricky.

But the San Diego-based group, which exploded into mainstream consciousness through radio hits and caller vote-in shows like MTV's "Total Request Live," has always been a proponent of fan outreach. "[Before the Internet] I'd sit at the merch table with something called the Warrior List," frontman Sonny Sandoval says, describing how he'd collect contact information from fans. "That was our Internet."

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