Yea, the Strong Sad pumpkin definetly turned out the best. For some reason he has become one of my favorites.
As far as POD... I like the new song and didn't think it had too much of a rap core feel to it. Everything I've heard is that the new album isn't just a repackaged version of the last one. It is supposed to have a different sound to it. I am very hopeful that it will be good, as I'm sure you've already noticed. Then again I liked the last couple of albums (ok I'm old, CDs - whatever). Then again again (... umm, whatever to that too) I don't count the christian thing as an instant turn off.
Yeah Strong Sad is my favorite as well, I have a Strong Sad T-Shirt As Well.
Well I obviously don't like P.O.D because I think they suck, but I also don't like Christian Rock bands in general, like P.O.D and Creed.
As you can probably figure out I'm going the other way thanks