Who Are Collective Soul?
Collective Soul is composed of Ed Roland (lead singer, guitar, keyboards, producer, song writer), Dean Roland (rhythm guitars, keyboards, co-wrote two songs), Shane Evans (drums, percussion), Will Turpin (bass, percussion), and now Joel Kosche (lead guitars). The original lineup (1994-2001ish) included Ross Childress as lead guitarist, Joel is now the main man after Collective Soul asked Ross to leave mid-2001. Where Is Collective Soul From? Collective Soul is usually noted as being from Atlanta, but they are origianlly all from a small town 20 miles from Atlanta called Stockbridge. But Atlanta is home to most of them, at least part of the time. How Did The Band Members Meet? The guys have known each other pretty much their entire lives. In Stockbridge they actually lived within a 1 mile radius of each other except Shane who was only a few more miles away. How Was Collective Soul formed? In 1989, Ed Roland and Shave Evans were part of a Georgia-based band called Marching Two-Step, whic
