Title: Collective Soul
Content: Ed Roland – lead vocals, additional guitars, keyboards (1992–present) ; Dean Roland – rhythm guitar (1992–present) ; Will Turpin – bass, backing vocals (1992–present) ; Johnny Rabb – drums, percussion (2012–present) ; Jesse Triplett – lead guitar, backing vocals (2014–present) Ross Childress – lead guitar, backing vocals (1992–2001) ; Shane Evans – drums, percussion (1992–2005) ; Joel Kosche – lead guitar, backing vocals (2001–2014) ; Ryan Hoyle – drums, percussion (2005–2008) ; Cheney Brannon – drums, percussion (2008–2012)  Former members Timeline
Title: Collective Soul (2009 album)
Content: Ed Roland – rhythm guitar, lead vocals ; Dean Roland – rhythm guitar ; Will Turpin – bass guitar, backing vocals ; Joel Kosche – lead guitar, occasional backing vocals ; Cheney Brannon – drums, percussion 
Title: Collective Soul
Content:  Collective Soul is an American rock band originally from Stockbridge, Georgia. Now based in Atlanta, the group consists of lead vocalist Ed Roland, rhythm guitarist Dean Roland, bassist Will Turpin, drummer Johnny Rabb, and lead guitarist Jesse Triplett. Formed in 1992, Collective Soul released their Hints, Allegations, and Things Left Unsaid album on the independent label Rising Storm Records in 1993. The band went from obscurity to popularity that year after the song "Shine" became an underground hit based on radio play. The album was re-released in 1994 under major label Atlantic Records. Collective Soul released a self-titled album in March 1995. Considered by Ed Roland to be the band's true debut album, 
Title: Collective Soul
Content:  released on October 2, 2015 by Vanguard Records and peaked at No. 25 on the Billboard 200. The album's lead single, "This", made its premiere on July 15, 2015 at USA Today. The band then made the single as a free download on their official website. The band's live album, Collective Soul: Live, was released on December 8, 2017 by Suretone Records. The recordings were selected by the band as their best over the course of 160 shows they performed in two years. In 2018 the band joined 3 Doors Down to co-headline the Rock & Roll Express Tour, with support from Soul Asylum. In 2019 the band headlined the Now's the Time Tour to celebrate their 
Title: Collective Soul 2013 Tour
Content: Ed Roland – lead vocals, guitar ; Dean Roland – rhythm guitar ; Will Turpin – bass ; Joel Kosche – lead guitar ; Johnny Rabb – drums, percussion 
Title: Collective Soul
Content:  The band kicked off their 2014 winter tour on January 15, 2014 at Belly Up in Aspen, Colorado, where lead guitarist Jesse Triplett made his live debut as a member of Collective Soul. Triplett replaced Kosche, who had been with the band since replacing original lead guitarist Childress in 2001. On February 6, Collective Soul publicly confirmed Kosche's departure from the band. On May 27, Kosche broke his silence regarding his departure from the band, saying it was not an amicable split and that it had nothing to do with him wanting to pursue a solo career or wanting to "move on in the world of music." The band's ninth studio album, See What You Started by Continuing, 
Title: Collective Soul (1995 album)
Content: Ed Roland – lead vocals, guitars, producer ; Ross Childress – lead guitar, background vocals ; Dean Roland – rhythm guitar ; Will Turpin – bass, background vocals ; Shane Evans – drums Jackie Johnson – background vocals ; Bertram Brown – background vocals ; Becky Russell – background vocals ; Steven Sigurdson – cello ; David Chappell – viola ; Geremy Miller – violin ; John DiPuccio – violin ; Janet Clippard – contrabass ; Luis Enrique – percussion Matt Serletic – producer ; Greg Archilla – engineer ; Malcolm Springer – second engineer ; Bjorn Thorsrud – second engineer ; Tom Gordon – assistant engineer ; Bob Clearmountain – mixing Collective Soul: Additional musicians: Production:
Title: Collective Soul discography
Content:  Notes
Title: Collective Soul
Content:  album with the original starting lineup, as lead guitarist Ross Childress left the band in 2001. About two weeks after Childress' departure, Collective Soul released Seven Year Itch, a compilation of their greatest hits between 1994 and 2001. Collective Soul established their own label, El Music Group, prior to releasing Youth in 2004. The band recorded a live album with the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra in 2005, titled Home, and released it in 2006. Original drummer Shane Evans departed from the band at the end of 2005. Collective Soul has since released four more albums: Afterwords (2007), a second self-titled album (2009), See What You Started by Continuing (2015), and Blood (2019).
Title: Collective Soul
Content:  Collective Soul returned to El Music Group in 2010, and in December that year, the band released a re-recorded version of "Tremble for My Beloved" (originally from Dosage) as both a single and a video on iTunes. The video was also included on the DVD Music Videos and Performances from The Twilight Saga Soundtracks, Vol. 1. In 2012, the band embarked on the Dosage Tour, with touring member Johnny Rabb replacing Brannon on drums. The band members were then involved with other projects. Kosche and Turpin began their own solo careers, releasing the albums Fight Years (2010) and The Lighthouse (2011) respectively. Dean Roland was a part of the rock band Magnets and Ghosts, alongside Ryan Potesta. The duo formed in 2010 and released their debut album Mass in November 2011. In 2011, Ed Roland began recording and touring with friends Christopher Alan Yates, Brian Biskey, Grant Reynolds, and Mike Rizzi. The group, Ed Roland and the Sweet Tea Project, released their debut album Devils 'n Darlins on September 3, 2013.

Question: who is the lead singer of collective soul?
Answer: Ed Roland.