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Collective Soul
Rock
The next Collective Soul concert is scheduled for Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at Del Mar Fairgrounds in Del Mar, CA, United States. See all 45 upcoming concerts
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About Collective Soul
Artist Biography
Collective Soul took their name from a line in Ayn Rand’s novel The Fountainhead.
∙ Founder Ed Roland, whose father is a Baptist minister, said that the Bible was the only book he read before he turned 18.
∙ The band’s second album—which they consider their debut—spent 76 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart, spawning three Mainstream Rock No. 1 hits and selling over three million copies.
∙ Roland cites Beatles producer George Martin, ELO’s Jeff Lynne, and longtime Elton John collaborator Paul Buckmaster as influences on his orchestrations.
∙ In 2001, Dolly Parton won the Best Female Country Vocal Performance Grammy Award for her cover of the band’s single “Shine.”
∙ Collective Soul collaborated with the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra on the 2006 live album Home, which raised money for local music projects.
∙ In 2009, the band was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame.
Hometown
Stockbridge, GA, United States
Genre
Rock
Members of Collective Soul
Collective Soul was formed in 1992. Members of Collective Soul include, or have included, the following 7 members.
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