![]() ![]() I remember when we got the call that we got signed, we were like, that's cool. My parents were good people, treated us with love. I think it comes from your parental guidance also. The more you're around the more people learn about you.ĭid growing up in Georgia keep you grounded with success coming so early? It opened up a younger audience that didn't necessarily know who Collective Soul was - younger kids finding out who we were and what we had done in our career. Being on the Twilight soundtrack helped a lot also. People in their twenties are now in their mid-thirties and they have kids. How have you maintained a connection to your audience yet find new listeners for nearly two decades? Oh yeah, three or four songs deep into our catalog they thought we were. ![]() The label treated and considered you to be a one hit wonder that early? Once again, we're fortunate to be successful early on. We grew up in a studio and we're very headstrong in what we should sound like. We were blessed enough to keep having hits. We never worried about it, just went in made more songs. We were the one-hit-wonder of '94 and even our record company thought that. In 1993 “Shine” was out on our independent (label) and college stations stared playing it. It helped that we had a hit before actually being on a record company back in the day. You've done what you've wanted musically. If it doesn't happen, we don't worry about it. If you start thinking about it then you're analyzing, then I'd probably freak myself out. Hopefully we start doing that a little bit more. On this latest release we wrote two songs together as a band which is the first time we've ever done that. I write a lot on the tour bus because we're on tour so much. I'm the one that writes the songs so usually I come in with ideas. How does the band write sings? Do ideas come from jamming or do people bring in song ideas? It takes a little more energy to get those out. I've never been one that focused on one subject.Ĭompared to the band's heavier material, there's a lot of punch in acoustic songs like “Heaven's Already Here” and the strings-laced “Needs.” Do you find it harder to craft those songs?Īctually I think it's harder to write the more rock material for some reason. The lyrics are the hardest part of the songwriting process for me. Do you find yourself not writing about certain subjects? We still enjoy what we do, enjoy each others company. As in any relationship, there's been up and down. Joel is starting to sing a little bit now. I enjoy writing, that's all I ever wanted to do was be a writer. While many nineties bands have disappeared you've kept a work ethic and a creative streak. ![]() (I) just finished coproducing a track with Rehab. ![]() I'm working with other bands.Īnd established. Speaking with Collective Soul lead singer Ed Roland by phone, the sounds of spring were as prevalent as his down-to-earth attitude about success. Collective Soul's song “Tremble For My Beloved” was included on the soundtrack to the first “Twilight” film in 2008, and the band's most recent, self-titled album was released in August. They released more albums, and fans stuck around. “Shine” is still played on the radio, along with the songs “Gel” and “The World I Know.” The band, whose name was inspired by Ayn Rand's novel “The Fountainhead,” gained fame in 1993 with the song “Shine” and went on to sell 10 million albums. Collective Soul will visit the Port City on April 8 to perform an Azalea Festival concert at Trask Coliseum with The Goo Goo Dolls. Nearly two decades into their careers, the members of Georgia band Collective Soul continue to make music on their own terms, with humility and confidence. ![]()
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