Collective Soul's Ed Roland On 'Vibrating,' 'Shine,' Why His Band Is So 'Strange'

[@dirizarry8117]

Collective Soul fan since 1995. Still love them to this day.

[@jcool6466]

Same here the self titled record was my first and have been a fan ever since.

[@MichaelMyers-pj2uk]

I hope Ed doesn’t quit. He is one of the best songwriters. I love how he doesn’t let his age affect him. Dude is almost 60 and still sounds like he did in his 30s

[@stephenthorpe6238]

Age is only a number unless you let it play with your head.

[@wassouc]

At a recent concert he stated he planned to continue until he could no longer do so. Lots of writing in the works

[@V01t2]

Driving truck long haul, I used to line up all their cds and listen to them all day long. This was my first music crush. My wife's last concert before she passed - I'm a forever entwined

[@sonicjet7759]

COLLECTIVE SOUL STILL ROCK BECAUSE THIS BAND CAN WRITE GOOD MUSIC, GOOD SONGS, THEY DONT WRITE POPULAR MUSIC, THEY WRITE GREAT ROCK SONGS PEOPLE CAN RELATE TO, NO MATTER IF ITS POPULAR OR NOT.

[@heavychevy4616]

THE MOST TALENTED rock band on the planet today! thank u fellas

[@hueywelch1672]

Genius and still humble, rare combination

[@claudiarae6892]

He is in a class of his own. Much respect. 😘

[@joedobbins870]

Best rock band in a long time time!

[@smackstracks6449]

I love this guy. I didn't think I could like CS more than I did. But I do.

[@kenthrift5605]

Love the humility. Caught Collective Soul and Switchfoot a couple days ago in Ca. Amazing show! 2 Amazing bands!

[@raynavarra]

Ed Roland is the voice of a generation. His songs literally speak to you and touch your soul. Music to me, means I will feel happy and forget the horrible things for a short time. Ed does that for me. I was lucky enough to see this recent tour on LongIsland and it was outstanding. The new music is as great as the classic Collective Soul catalog. I am a life long fan and never miss a Chance to see Collective Soul live. Glad to hear Ed say, they will never retire.

[@KL-er7yi]

They are the way they are because they inflect a little bit of their faith from their upbringing. I believe their fans know that and if they don’t then the light shines in them and they wake up. We need more of that frankly.

[@shades29045]

Ed is the Soul in Collective Soul

[@kornfreak78]

Ed is awesome, as is Collective Soul. Will always love those guys.

[@Tiago_007]

All Hail To The Soul Machine!!!

[@adspur]

Love Collective Soul.Genuine and just a awesome “Rock Band”I feel blessed that I had the pleasure to see them live a few times.

[@claudiarae6892]

They are pure joy!

[@ginatucci201]

Soul feels like home to me

[@creativemanifestation4871]

This was awesome! I am a huge Collective Soul fan and have seen them live more times then I can count. They are ALWAYS incredible live. I have never been to a bad show. You can tell they love what they do.

[@kenelder5182]

Criminally underrated band.

[@nova-jo1649]

Its a real solid album they never disappoint

[@aland7236]

When I was a kid I and would catch Collective Soul on the radio I figured the group were Aussies (dunno why), I had no idea these guys were from Georgia until recently and now hearing Mr. Roland using his speaking voice makes his origins in Georgia much more obvious. Listening here also clued me in that my local station, WJRR, was the first big radio that picked them up, this is awesome!

[@en5788]

CS is one of the only bands I will still go see live. So good!

[@KL-er7yi]

Same! And he is right about sharing a show. I will travel quite a ways to see a full show of theirs. I’ve seen them at least a dozen times.

[@paulg1358]

See them rock in a week!🎉

[@colleenlichtenfeld9664]

He is so incredibly handsome

[@michelleash8788]

Love you Ed ❤️❤️ never stop doing what you love, your genius shines ❤️ ❤️

[@michelleash8788]

Love your TCB necklace btw 🙂 showing your Elvis love ❤️

[@Tre807]

Saw Collective Soul last night, great show, they still sound amazing!!!! 💫

[@jasonandmaureenfrench9345]

that was a great interview. they were awesom at the paldium as well.

[@RetroSoulGirl]

3:14 I love that cute smile he always does. He's one of those guys who is secretely/unassumingly sexy. Plus he has a heart of gold and loving soul. I'm so grateful he's my friend. He's so smart, really he's got the whole package and the music world NEEDS his work. Ed you are brilliant in every way!!! See you in December my friend

[@claudiarae6892]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@finnickrinzler8907]

Ed is a great songwriter and singer. Been a fan since I heard "Run" back in '99.

[@markco61]

This man is such an amazing song writer. Collective Soul has so many great songs to listen to!

[@srt8speed]

Saw these boys at the Webster Theater in Hartford CT back in the late 1990's. Great show! Great interview, thanks!!

[@deltalima5806]

The first time I ever heard Collective Soul outside of shine was in 1997 I was driving down the road in a friends car, and they blasted simple off the blue album. To this day, I listen to that song for blast, and I can’t get enough of it such a talented group.

[@adammalzahn7238]

Ready to see them today, sitting in front of the stage as I type!🤩

[@brotoonstwins]

shine came out one year before i was born and its my favourite song

[@jamesmedley8795]

Just saw Ed and Collective Soul in Jacksonville Florida with Switchfoot. Maybe the most inspiring night of music I've ever experienced. Incredibly moving.

[@vincentwhitley1119]

Switchfoot is awesome...

[@bluesboy8237]

Happy 60th birthday Ed Roland!!!

[@donniegosselin4735]

Smashing Young Man Hooked Me,,,, The way Ed can change his voice is pretty awesome.. Great Band ..

[@Prof_Jeff]

Ed and Collective Soul are on a roll! I've known for a couple of months now that they had two albums in the can and plan to record yet another one in January 2023. This a far cry from when fans had to wait six years between Rabbit and See What You Started by Continuing, and four years between it and Blood. I think an album release even every other year for the foreseeable future would satisfy most fans.

[@nataliagd2499]

saw them at Pearl theatre in Las Vegas awsome!!!

[@carmanguerrieri7332]

First Class , Treasure Chest

[@1stcommonsense]

Loved the interview. No bullshitery, nothing personal/woke. Most of all, I absolutely love Collective Soul!

[@joshuahummel7017]

I remember seeing these guys on MTV in early 1990's......

[@buckj54]

They are coming to Marietta Ohio tomorrow night and we have pit passes. Absolutely stoked!!!

[@jesterokjones4954]

Ed Roland is the f*cking man, long live Collective Soul.

[@merlin5729]

Cool dude, great band!

[@thatsmynamesowhat2949]

“That’s not the correct thing to say anymore, I just probably got woke.” 😂😂😂😂 I love you Ed.

[@gregoryburne5251]

It takes ridiculous talent to consistently write great songs for 30 years. He’s up there with the best of them.

[@vincentwhitley1119]

We grew up just a few miles apart. Same age and same county but different Highschools ..Necer met but saw fhem perform before they got big. Great band but even better Humans.

[@BUNKERJR53]

Collective Soul is a phenomenal band that I have followed from their beginning. Shine started the whole thing rolling and it went from there. The band is getting on in age but they act and sound like they just started. I saw them on a couple of shows cover a song by the Gap Band called "You Dropped a Bomb on Me". Did they ever record that on any album? They kicked ass on that tune. If they did record it can you please tell me what album.

[@Prof_Jeff]

Unfortunately, there is no documentation that they ever recorded this song. All evidence indicates several live performances only (in concerts or on TV).

[@lisarado2773]

He said he will never stop touring

[@ralphgizzip4408]

"We're not Springsteen" Thank God for that!

[@soundonsound71]

hurts my soul seeing those prime acoustics panels used as a pin board lol

[@MichaPawelec-tz4ub]

Well I don't care if you are not the most technical guitar player Ed Roland. There are many youtube shredding guitar heroes and I choose your not so technical songs with soul rather than their mathematically perfect, robotic, technical sounds... I wouldn't even call it music, music has to have soul.

[@blomegoog]

Strange? Unique!

[@FathomlessJoy]

"That's a long time for a band. That's a long time for a... marriage." Ouch!

[@FromTheRightAngle]

Guy is really trying to make it be 30 years. Jeeze.

[@wesleygraham2741]

Yally need to work with shooter Jennings. !

[@drdae]

Girlfriends names? Maybe... 🙃

[@LRM5195]

Love this band but these last two albums have been so meh. Are they running out of ideas and using mediocre old songs? Why? They played that Bob Dylan song live and it was so awful. Where’s the riffs!?

[@teri6353]

It seems ever since they kicked Joel Kosche out of the band, they have been going downhill. I've seen them 4 times with the last time being with the current lineup and I just couldn't get into the music. There was no passion in the music.

[@mj1234321]

Haven't followed them much or bought any of their new albums since they fired Joel, but I do feel like they lost something in this latest incarnation of the band. Saw them live way back with Ross Childress on lead guitar and Shane Evans on drums, and then years later with Joel Kosche on lead guitar and Cheney Brannon on drums. Both were awesome shows. Haven't been inclined to go out and see them, no offense to Jesse Triplett, but it just killed the joy for me knowing how they kicked Joel out of the band.

[@LRM5195]

@@mj1234321 Ross was definitely the riff master and Joel was solid as well. I don’t blame them for kicking Ross out even though I miss his guitar work but what’s the story with Joel?

[@mj1234321]

@@LRM5195 I wish I knew, can only read between the lines based on Joel's statements. Basically it sounds like Ed didn't like Joel trying to have too much creative input or credit so he had the band's manager call Joel and fire him via telephone, then basically lied in the official band statement saying that Joel was moving on in the world of music and the band supported him, which Joel later said was bs.

[@LRM5195]

@@mj1234321 Damn I’ll have to look more into that, that’s crazy. Ed probably owns the whole band so I’m not surprised. Even his own brother started his own band, probably to get his own ideas out there

[@beckblowbyblow]

They were never the same after Ross Childress left. Truth...