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Kicking off with the upbeat 'Tremble for My Beloved' and 'Heavy,' the album quickly slows down and fails to reignite. Collective Soul has always been best when performing a mix of ballads and harder material, and Dosage holds true to that formula, although the ballads (which are not quite as strong as the ballads on previous albums) rule this album. While the singles 'Run' and 'Heavy' are two of the band's biggest hits in years, much of this album seems to sound slightly more tired than Collective Soul's recent efforts. Dosage is a step backward into familiar territory, and it invites mixed results. It was like live rehearsals (for the album) and a lot of fun.After the disappointing sales of Disciplined Breakdown, Collective Soul made a move back to the sound that was so successful on their self-titled sophomore effort. It started about two years ago, when we were playing live shows. Roland: It's the most rock record we've ever done. HAW: Tell us about your next album, 'Look What You Started By Continuing' (due for release later this year). My writing is very personal, but it doesn't necessarily have to be interpreted that narrowly. I know exactly what I'm going through, what I'm thinking when I write each song. Roland: I'm selfish and I write for myself.

HAW: What do you want the audience to get from your songs? I remember thinking I want to be like that, write songs like that, rock'n'roll songs.

I remember going to the music store and there were all these records, like Olivia Newton John and Elton John. When I was 14, he allowed me to buy a record, a secular record. My first concert was a Johnny Cash concert (with my dad). Roland: He loved music and was very supportive of my dreams. But it was a great learning experience going from a small town in Georgia to a big city. HAW: You attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Roland: I draw inspiration from everywhere. HAW: Where do you draw your musical inspiration from? When I'm out with the boys, we like to play loud. When I'm at home, hanging out, I want to be mellow. I also like the band the Head and the Heart. Roland: Right now? I was just listening to Brewer & Shipley. The 'Hawaii Army Weekly' interviewed Roland recently, in anticipation of the Fourth of July concert. In other words, more heaven and less wasting time. Only this time, he said, instead of waiting for a girlfriend to end her shift, he plans on making time to island-hop with his family and treat his son to shaved ice on the North Shore.

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So when the group headlines this year's Fourth of July concert at Schofield Barracks, Roland will have come full circle. Twenty-plus years and eight albums later, Collective Soul remains as strong as ever, having weathered changes in band members, management and record labels. He channeled those feelings into the songs 'Heaven Is Here' and 'Wasting Time.'īut it turns out, it wasn't all for nothing. The relationship wasn't going anywhere, and my music probably wasn't going anywhere either.' 'She got a job working at a coffee shop on the North Shore. 'I was there with my girlfriend at the time,' he recalled. The Georgia native and lead singer/songwriter of the multi-platinum band Collective Soul has churned out over a dozen chart-topping singles, written a song ('Shine') that was covered by Dolly Parton, and been inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, twice, first as part of Collective Soul in 2009, then as a solo artist in 2014.īut before Collective Soul made it big in the '90s with guitar-heavy hits, such as 'December' and 'The World I Know,' Roland was just another tourist killing time on the North Shore, wondering what he was doing with his life. SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii - Ed Roland is no stranger to Oahu. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL 2 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S. 1 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S.