Michael Dean Roland is an American

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and

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. He is best known for being the

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ist of the band

Collective Soul Collective Soul is an American rock band originally from Stockbridge, Georgia. Now based in Atlanta, the group consists of the brothers Ed (lead vocalist) and Dean Roland (rhythm guitarist), Will Turpin (bassist), Johnny Rabb (drummer), a ...

, an

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band fronted by his brother Ed. He is also part of the rock duo Magnets & Ghosts alongside Ryan Potesta.

Discography

; With Collective Soul * ''Hints, Allegations, and Things Left Unsaid'' (1994) * ''Collective Soul (Blue Album)'' (1995) * ''Disciplined Breakdown'' (1997) * ''Dosage'' (1999) * ''Blender'' (2000) * ''Youth'' (2004) * ''From the Ground Up'' (2005) * ''Home'' (2006) * ''Afterwords'' (2008) * ''Collective Soul (The Rabbit)'' (2009) * ''See What You Started By Continuing'' (2015) * ''Live'' (2017) * ''Blood'' (2019) * ''Half & Half'' (2020) * ''Vibrating'' (2022) ; With Magnets & Ghosts * ''Mass'' (2011) * ''Be Born'' (2014) * ''Space Time Gender'' (2018)

References

External links

Official Collective Soul websiteOfficial Magnets & Ghosts website
20th-century American musicians 21st-century American musicians American alternative rock guitarists American alternative rock singers American alternative rock musicians American male singers Collective Soul members Ed Roland Living people Musicians from Atlanta People from Stockbridge, Georgia American rhythm guitarists Songwriters from Georgia (U.S. state) Guitarists from Georgia (U.S. state) American male guitarists 21st-century American singers Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-rock-guitarist-stub