Ed Roland is about eight years older than the guys he formed the band with. His previous bands fell apart when their members left to get sensible jobs, but Roland kept on going. Shane Evans played with him in his band Marching Two-Step; Will Turpin's dad owned Real 2 Reel Studios in their hometown of Stockbridge, Georgia, which is where he connected with Roland. Ross Childress, who also spent time at Real 2 Reel, had a band called Stonegarden, not to be confused with Soundgarden.
The band name comes from a quote in the Ayn Rand book The Fountainhead, where the character Ellsworth Toohey says: "I wanted power over a collective soul and I got it A collective soul. It's a messy kind of concept, but if anyone wishes to visualize it concretely, let him pick up a copy of the New York Banner." At this point Ed Roland was in the band Marching Two-Step, which made them sound like a country band. He is the one who suggested Collective Soul, as he was reading the book.
Dean Roland is Ed's brother, younger by nine years. Ed didn't know he played guitar until he returned to spend a night at his parents' house in 1989. When Dean pulled out his guitar, Ed showed him a riff he was working on, which became the song "Shine." Dean joined Collective Soul as a guitarist in 1993.
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