Ed Roland Archives

Give Me a Word: The Collective Soul Story / Pfonetic (2025)

Give Me A Word: The Collective Soul Story (Documentary Review)

Lanaya SkilesLanaya SkilesAugust 14, 2025

Formed over three decades ago, Collective Soul has been one of the most consistent, enduring Alternative Rock bands around. With seventeen top 20 singles (seven of which have reached #1 on the Mainstream Rock charts), in total, Collective Soul has sold well over fifteen albums ... Read More

Collective Soul – Blender (25th Anniversary Vinyl Edition Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockApril 10, 2025

At the dawn of the new millennium, while many Alternative Rock bands from the ‘90s were either no longer active or fading into the background of the current music scene, Collective Soul was still accelerating forward. Emerging seemingly out of nowhere onto the Alternative Rock ... Read More

Collective Soul – Here to Eternity (Album Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockDecember 11, 2024

When someone starts a Rock-n-Roll band with their buddies in a basement or garage, they never imagine it will last thirty years… but they can hope. Looking back, when Ed and his brother Dean Roland started Collective Soul, there were dreams and aspirations. Still, improbably, ... Read More

Interview – Dean Roland of Collective Soul

CrypticRockCrypticRockMay 17, 2024

It is said you cannot move forward if you are always looking backward… and Collective Soul has lived by these words. Out of Georgia, Collective Soul is a band that skyrocketed to success in 1994 with their number # 1 Alternative Rock single, “Shine.” Taken from ... Read More

Collective Soul – Dosage (25th Anniversary Vinyl Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockApril 15, 2024

When Collective Soul first emerged onto the Rock scene in the early ‘90s, they quickly stood out with a sound all their own. Starting out somewhere between Grunge and Alternative Rock, their debut 1994 single, “Shine,” immersed you with an irresistible riff and bright chorus ... Read More

Collective Soul - 7even Year Itch, 1994–2001 art

Collective Soul – 7even Year Itch: Greatest Hits, 1994-2001 (Vinyl Edition Review)

CrypticRockCrypticRockDecember 22, 2023

In 1993, there was a lot going on within the Alternative Rock music scene. Kurt Cobain was still around; Nirvana released In Utero, The Cranberries released their debut album Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?, and another new band called Collective Soul was starting to ... Read More

Ed Roland

Give Me A Word: The Collective Soul Story (Documentary Review)

Collective Soul – Blender (25th Anniversary Vinyl Edition Review)

Collective Soul – Here to Eternity (Album Review)

Interview – Dean Roland of Collective Soul

Collective Soul – Dosage (25th Anniversary Vinyl Review)

Collective Soul – 7even Year Itch: Greatest Hits, 1994-2001 (Vinyl Edition Review)

Give Me A Word: The Collective Soul Story (Documentary Review)

Collective Soul – Blender (25th Anniversary Vinyl Edition Review)

Collective Soul – Here to Eternity (Album Review)

Interview – Dean Roland of Collective Soul

Collective Soul – Dosage (25th Anniversary Vinyl Review)

Collective Soul – 7even Year Itch: Greatest Hits, 1994-2001 (Vinyl Edition Review)

This Month in Horror Movie History – Terror Train (1980)

This Month in Horror Movie History – The Prophecy (1995)

This Month in Horror Movie History – The Abyss (1989)

Developing Artist Showcase – Red Voodoo

Developing Artist Showcase – Glitterfox

Developing Artist Showcase – Deadcode

Interview – Ms. Toi

Interview – Craig R. Baxley

Interview – Drop & Ben Nominet of Sybreed

Police Academy 3: Back in Training – Still Laughing 40 Years Later

Blackwater Holylight – Not Here Not Gone (Album Review)

Harry Styles – Aperture (Single Review)

Favorite Horror Movies Revealed: Mackenzie Donaldson

Favorite Horror Movies Revealed: Frater Orion of Deathless Legacy

Favorite Horror Movies Revealed: Lena Scissorhands of Infected Rain