Scott Collins was always performing in some sense his entire life, but went professional when he dropped out of Graduate school and traded textbooks for tattoos in the fall of 2008. A few months into gigging back and forth between Austin and Dallas Fort-worth, Scott’s car/home got broken into and he was left with… Read moreShow less
Scott Collins was always performing in some sense his entire life, but went professional when he dropped out of Graduate school and traded textbooks for tattoos in the fall of 2008. A few months into gigging back and forth between Austin and Dallas Fort-worth, Scott’s car/home got broken into and he was left with nothing but a pair of boots and a beat-up Les Paul. Everything else was gone, so his mind snapped as he drove back to Austin. He began writing profusely and developed a solo set list that he debuted at an official showcase in 2009 at Emo’s Austin.
Scott began booking solo gigs for a while until forming a three-piece country/punk band called The Suicide Pistols. They gigged locally at Antone’s, Stubb’s, Emo’s, and other various venues. Scott was fortunate enough to play with such acts as Thursday, Ryan Bingham and The Dead Horses, and The John Butler Trio during this time.
In the beginning of 2011, Scott decided to put The Suicide Pistols on hold to focus on a new style that grew from folk-Americana influences and a regained passion to live his life for music. He was approached by SoCo sound and recorded his first self-titled EP under Side Show Paradise Records. Overcome by a need to play and live out his dream of music, he formed Southbound Drive and presently tours throughout the nation.
