Tony Cummings spoke to Marcos Guriel of San Diego's P.O.D. about the 'Circles' album and 27 years together as a band

Marcos: "Yeah, for some people that's all we are; that's their connection. And for other people we're just a good rock band that has a positive message. I've read interviews with Bono and U2 and they were known for that early on also. You just want to be universal and be able to connect with as many humans as possible."

Tony: On the 'Circles' album, are there particular songs which you think are the strongest? What would be the two or three favourite songs from your point of view?

Marcos: "Technically, they're all my little children; I want to give them all love. But if I had to choose, my two favourites are 'Circles', the title track, we recently shot a video which is going to be the second single in the States; the first single was 'Listening For The Silence', I don't know if you guys have seen that video. The second one would be 'Domino'."

Tony: Tell me a bit about the message of those songs.

Marcos: "'Circles' is like the cycle of life, the circle of beginning a new album, writing songs for a whole new record. Everything has a beginning and an end and we're like whoa, this is 27 years for us and we're blessed to still be here. It's like you know what, we're still here but that song can be taken in many different ways. It's like a painting; if you saw it you'd be like what's this talking about. If you take a direct listen and take it for what it is, it's about addiction and abuse and the struggle of life, the struggle of maintaining all that stuff. For me, 'Circles' is about that."

Tony: 27 years, you don't feel yet that you've completed the circle, that you've come full circle yet?

Marcos: "I think every time we do a record it's a circle because there are times, as we get older and we are family men, we have kids, is this our last effort or is it not? We have record deals, as we get older people change, people want to be home. And then you realise it's not. I guess we're here and there are people coming out and people are inspired. And as long as there are people who want to listen to what we do and are inspired by the music and the positive vibes and the message then I don't see why we would stop."

Tony: So no retirement plans yet?

Marcos: "Not yet, but we do take it one day at a time. We didn't know we'd be 27 years deep. We had no idea and the same four guys; that's incredible."

Tony: Yes, it is. Incredible. Thank you for talking to me.

Marcos: "Thank you for your support over the years and playing us on your station. We're very grateful for people like you guys. It's people like you guys that keep us going too."