Guitarist Ross Childress explains, bringing up the well-documented point at which the band became embroiled in a heated conflict with former management that brought everything right down to who had the right to the name Collective Soul into question. The band has since emerged with a brighter perspective. It took us off course. It was a very trying and hard time to go through. When you get thrown out there so quick and we were a band for a long time together before we got thrown out there.
Most bands get signed, they get time to write songs.
They get time to re-record them. They get time to get familiar with the record company and familiar with the surroundings. We had none of that. We had a hit before we had a record company. Even with their already massive success, Collective Soul shows no signs of stopping.