Collective Soul Biography

Collective Soul gained a special place in the hearts of music lovers when they burst onto the scene in 1993 with the rock anthem “Shine.” It’s hard to imagine that the band has been making music for nearly 2 decades since then. Hard that is until you turn on the radio and find yourself singing along to “Staring Down” the new radio smash from the band’s upcoming self-titled album.
What inspires a multi-platinum band with a catalog of hit singles to keep going? It’s quite simple: the love of the music. While it would have been easy for the members of Collective Soul – Ed Roland Dean Roland Will Turpin and Joel Kosche - to rest on their laurels the excitement they feel for their forthcoming (and 2nd self-titled) release is palpable. “Everybody just really took a big step dug in and worked together as a band. It was really nice” says Ed Roland “It made everything smoother and that’s why I think it’s the best work we’ve done in years.” After years of touring together with hit after successive hit Collective Soul is as focused as ever.
2009 finds the band releasing their 8th studio album on a new label Loud & Proud/Roadrunner Records. The album opens with “Welcome All Again” a rousing number about life in the studio (Roland’s lake house) and is a sure bet to be the concert opener on the new tour. “The lake house was extremely important to us” says Ed “It enclosed us so we had to get up in the morning and work all day. It’s a home so it gave us freedom with time and schedules. Everyone can wake up have their coffee do their morning routine …then when the vibe starts you let it go until the vibe ends. I truly believe the lake house helped bring Collective Soul together better than ever. ”

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