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"Youth of the Nation" is a song by American Christian metal band P.O.D. It was released in December 2001 as the second single to come from their second major label album, ''Satellite''. It was inspired in part by the school shootings at Santana High School and Columbine High School. While ''Satellite'' contained numerous hit songs, "Youth of the Nation" was the band's only No. 1 hit on the Modern Rock chart and reached No. 28 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and No. 6 on the Mainstream Rock chart. The song was performed in "Weird Al" Yankovic's polka medley "Angry White Boy Polka" from his 2003 album ''Poodle Hat''. It was also featured as downloadable content in the music video games ''Guitar Hero 5'' and ''Rock Band 3''. ==Background== The song's inspiration stems from a trip when the band was on their way to record for ''Satellite'' on March 5, 2001. They were held up in traffic and discovered that the reason was a shooting at Santana High School where a fifteen-year-old student named Charles Andrew Williams killed two and wounded thirteen. The album was consequently delayed, and the band was inspired to write "Youth of the Nation." In a 2008 interview, guitarist Marcos Curiel described the event: :"We were rehearsing and writing ''Satellite'' a couple of blocks away from the school. One day on the way to the studio, there were all these helicopters and cars speeding by. We really didn’t know what was going on. When we got to the studio, this guy had the news on, and he was like, ‘This kid just went and started blasting fools.’ So we started jamming, and that rhythm just naturally came out then Wuv (drummer ) put that drumbeat on it, and the song was born." Curiel added, "When you can hear something that's going to uplift you like 'Alive' or something that’s going to bring out knowledge like 'Youth of the Nation,' we’ve done our jobs as an artist."〔Blatt, Mitchell (P.O.D. Interview: Back Together, New Album in April ) Juiced Sports (March 13, 2008). Retrieved on 12-23-11.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Youth of the Nation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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