- Lead vocalist for rock band P.O.D.
- At first turned down the idea of joining a band with friend Marcos Curiel and cousin Wuv Bernardo, he later changed his mind.
- Graduated high school in 1992
- Daughter Nevaeh (heaven spelled backwards) born in 2000.
- His mother died at age 37 of leukemia in 1991 (Sonny was 18 then).
- His mother was Hawaiian and his father is half Italian and half Mexican.
- He married his High School sweetheart Shannon Kelly in 1996.
- Of Guamanian, Italian, Hawaiian and Hispanic descent.
- Grew up in the ghetto area of San Diego, California.
- Proclaims his musical roots belong to reggae, rock and rap.
- Big fan of bands like Blindside, the Deftones and Korn.
- Second daughter with wife Shannon Kelly named Marley.
- He and WWE superstar Rey Mysterio graduated together from the same high school in San Diego.
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