1. Simon Philip Nando Collins was born on 14 September 1976 and is a British-Canadian drummer and the former lead vocalist of the progressive rock band Sound of Contact.
16 Facts About Simon Collins
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Simon Collins is the adoptive brother and half-brother of actress Joely Collins and paternal half-brother of actress Lily Collins.
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Simon Collins is the eldest son of English drummer and singer-songwriter Phil Collins and his first wife, British-Canadian citizen Andrea Bertorelli.
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Simon Collins moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1984, when he was 8 years old, after his parents' divorce.
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Simon Collins lived with his mother, Andrea, and his sister, Joely, in nearby Richmond between the ages of 8 and 11.
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Simon Collins's father had previously placed the estate in an irrevocable land trust in 1987 to be owned by both children jointly in adulthood.
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Simon Collins's father succeeded in retaining control of the estate until Simon's twentieth birthday, as the judge ruled in October 1991 he was not old enough to sign his half of the estate to his mother as she had intended.
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Simon Collins completed his secondary education at Vancouver's Point Grey Secondary School.
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Simon Collins first became involved with music when he was five after his father purchased for him a Tama drum kit.
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Simon Collins practised drumming by playing along with music albums in his parents' record collection as well as when accompanying his father while on tour with Genesis.
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Simon Collins developed a passion for astronomy and social issues during his youth, and frequently revisits these themes in his music.
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Simon Collins was signed by Warner Music Group following a release of demo tapes he had recorded in 2000.
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In 2003, Simon Collins left Warner Music and returned to Vancouver to start his own record label, Lightyears Music.
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Simon Collins played a variety of instruments on the album in addition to providing the majority of the vocals.
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Kerzner, Kelly Nordstrom, and Steve Hackett were featured on "Fast Forward the Future"; Phil Simon Collins appeared on "The Big Bang".
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In late 2009, Simon Collins approached Kerzner with the idea of forming a new band.