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Brent Porche

This Pop Star Sang with P.O.D. Before Making It Big

Author Brent Porche

P.O.D. just released their eleventh studio album Veritas, and they’ll be bringing the new tracks and their hits to MMRBQ 2024 this fall. The band have collaborated with acts across all genres since they formed in San Diego in 1992. However, there’s one curious collab that you might not know about.

P.O.D. Recruited This Pop Star To Sing With Them

Bassist Traa Daniels tells Louder Sound that they crossed paths with Katy Perry during the recording sessions for their 2006 LP Testify. She was recording with the same producer they were, Glen Ballard.

Traa says the band needed a female voice for a track called “Goodbye for Now.” He explains, “Katy was young back then and we spent a lot of time hanging out with her. She came in and did that song with us and we did the video. Then she got big!”

Yes, it’s true, a pre-fame Katy Perry was featured in the song and the video. Catch a glimpse of her towards the end of this clip:

See P.O.D. Live at MMRBQ 2024

The band are part of the stacked lineup we’re welcoming to the MMRBQ stage on Saturday, September 21st. They’ll join the Offspring, Halestorm, Nothing More, The Warning and more for an all-day party spanning two stages, complete with DJ sets, live band karaoke, and the WMMR gang broadcasting live all day.

Tickets are on sale now for the festival at Freedom Mortgage Pavilion in Camden, NJ. Get tickets and more info here.

One more thing… WMMR wishes a very happy birthday to P.O.D frontman Sonny Sandoval, who turns the big 5-0 today (5/16)!

Catch Brent Porche on-air and online weekdays between 3PM – 7PM on WMMR. Brent loves to celebrate important musical anniversaries and milestones on my show, especially on Double Shot Tuesdays! He is honored to continue to the legacy of ‘MMR’s Local Shots Artist of the Month feature every Wednesday on-air at 6:30pm and via the Local Shots Headquarters page online, anytime at WMMR.com.

 

Brent Porche at the 2023 MMR*B*Q [PHOTOS]

We are less than a week removed from one of the best MMR*B*Q’s ever, and I wanted to continue to share some of the pictures and selfies from my personal collection of photos that I snapped on Saturday. A lot of times it is hard to remember to capture some of the moments over the course of the day, to reflect back on later as you are running around Freedom Mortgage Pavilion like a crazy person between duties.

It is always a blast to meet and hang and get pictures with all of you, our great WMMR listeners! And if you happen to be reading this and got a picture with me at the MMR*B*Q, tag me on your socials @BrentPorche, or email me at [email protected], I would love to see them!

Make sure you check out all of the other super cool photos and galleries that we currently have up on our website WMMR.com, with more to be added soon. I am still combing through a ton of really cool pictures and video from the Shinedown set that I captured from the pit on Saturday.

MMRBQ Photos 2023

Highlights for me from this past weekend’s MMR*B*Q, first and foremost, the weather! One of the nicest days weather-wise in the 16+ years we have been doing the MMR*B*Q! Meeting and hanging with all of our great listeners, including all of the amazingly talented singers that rocked the Preston & Steve Side Stage during live band karaoke with SideArm.

MMR’s Local Shots Opener Vixen77 left it all out on the stage as they kicked off the ‘RBQ in ferocious form. Dirty Honey & Ayron Jones always bring it, and then some! I missed Larkin Poe, but heard they were amazing as always. Seeing Billy Idol again is always a treat, so many smash-hit songs to sing along to, and of course, Steve Stevens is a BEAST on guitar.

Last but certainly not least, our 2023 MMR*B*Q headliner Shinedown absolutely killed it. Their out-of-this-world performance and stage show left us all in awe! I have seen “My Boys” dozens and dozens of times before, and this was, by far, one of the BEST shows I have ever seen from them!

What made me even happier was all of our great MMR listeners that got to experience it live and in person. For some, it was for the very first time. It’s shows and performances like that from Shinedown and all the rest of the bands that performed at the MMR*B*Q that create memories and moments for us for life.

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