Simon Collins
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Collins performing with Sound of Contact in 2013
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Simon Philip Nando Collins |
| Born |
14 September 1976 Hammersmith, London, UK |
| Origin | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Genres | Progressive rock, pop, electronic |
| Occupation(s) | Recording artist, producer |
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| Years active | 1999–present |
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| Associated acts | Sound of Contact, Steve Hackett, Genesis |
| Website | www |
Simon Philip Nando Collins (born 14 September 1976) is a British-Canadian musician, drummer and lead vocalist of the progressive rock band Sound of Contact. Collins is the son of English drummer and singer Phil Collins and Collins' first wife, Andrea Bertorelli. He is the half-brother of actress Joely Collins and of Lily Collins. Reviewers have compared his vocals to his father's.
Collins was born in Hammersmith, London, England on the 14th of September, 1976, the eldest son of English singer-songwriter Phil Collins and his first wife, English-Canadian citizen Andrea Bertorella. He moved to Vancouver, British Columbia in 1984, when he was eight years old, after his parents' divorce. He lived with his mother, Andrea, and half-sister, Joely, in nearby Richmond between the ages of 8 and 11. In September 1987, they moved into an estate purchased in Vancouver's Shaughnessy neighbourhood with assistance from their father, a decision described by Andrea Collins as a means to a better education for Collins and his sister and for the sake of other lifestyle considerations. In 1991, Simon's parents were involved in a court battle at the Supreme Court of British Columbia to gain possession of the estate, owing to a misunderstanding of the terms of ownership of the home. Their father had previously placed the estate in an irrevocable land trust in 1987, however, to be owned by both children jointly in adulthood. Their 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. Collins completed his secondary education at Vancouver's Point Grey Secondary School.
He first became involved with music when he was five after his father purchased for him a Tama drum kit. 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. Collins' experiences on tour allowed him to be mentored by his father and by the band's touring drummer, Chester Thompson. Though he had a percussion instructor when he was ten, Collins preferred drumming to artists such as Stewart Copeland, Gavin Harrison, and Keith Moon over his formal lessons in jazz drumming. Simon made his first onstage appearance alongside his father at the age of 12, performing drums on "Easy Lover." He also appeared onstage for a performance during the Seriously, Live! World Tour.
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