# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marcos-curiel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:48:16.124Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marcos-curiel"
name: "Marcos Curiel"
slug: "marcos-curiel"
description: "Marcos Curiel is an American musician. He is the lead guitarist of the rock bands P.O.D., The Accident Experiment and Daylight Division. Curiel was born in San Diego, California, in 1974 and is of Mexican descent. He started P.O.D. in 1992 along with friend Noah \"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) including the singles \"Alive\" and \"Youth of the Nation\". Both albums have had mainstream success, gaining multi Platinum certifications by the RIAA and three Grammy Award nominations. P.O.D. has also contributed to numerous motion picture soundtracks and toured internationally. Curiel is the youngest member of P.O.D."
tagline: "American guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MarcosCurielByPhilKonstantin.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1974-09-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.88
  momentum:             17.55032760196124
  historical:           6.90008
  currentAttention:     30
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/213849"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "ماركوس كوريل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcos_Curiel"
    title: "Marcos Curiel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcos_Curiel"
    title: "Marcos Curiel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcos_Curiel"
    title: "Marcos Curiel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcos_Curiel"
    title: "Marcos Curiel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%8C%D1%8E%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BB%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%81"
    title: "Кьюрел, Маркос"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/786c3287-900f-4368-8aaa-b7545e873903"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2267609"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump