Grant Collins

Grant Collins
OriginAustralian
OccupationsPerformer, composer, teacher
InstrumentsDrums, percussion
Websitewww.grantcollins.com

Grant Collins is an Australian professional drummer and drum clinician.

Early life and career

Grant Collins began playing drums in his late teens. He spent several years performing in a 90s cover band, before he returned to studying drums.[1]

He toured the world with his One Man Percussion Orchestra, performing solo on a drum kit made up of 26 drums, 34 cymbals, and 18 foot pedals. In 1999 he released his debut album Primal Instinct recorded solo with no overdubs, with Modern Drummer writing "What sounds like three or four players is only him. But it’s not until you see Grant play live that you really comprehend what he does."[2] Later, in 2006, Collins released a DVD of one of his performances, which Modern Drummer called "Collins' drumming skills are world-class...It's hard to imagine a human acoustic drumkit performer advancing much beyond this level."[3] They noted he played on ""the largest drumkit in the Southern Hemisphere."[4]

Collins has also performed as part of groups Topology,[5] The Trevor Hart Quartet,[6] and as The Collins/Wardingham Project with Paul Wardingham.[7]

Teaching

Outside of performing, Collins is known for his work as an educator.[5]

He received his Doctorate of Musical Arts from the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University in 2014.[8]

Discography

  • Primal Instinct (1999)[2]
  • Dogboy (2001)
  • Interactive, as The Collins/Wardingham Project (2007)

Videography

  • Live at the Tivoli – The Official Bootleg (2006)
  • Live at the Powerhouse (2015)[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "03 Apr 2018 - Grant Collins - DRUMscene Magazine. Australia's #1 Drum Maga... - Archived Website". Retrieved 12 February 2026 – via Trove.
  2. 1 2 Gladman, Mark (October 2002). "Another Monster From Down Under". Modern Drummer (275): 24.
  3. ↑ Haid, Mike (May 2006). "Multi-Media: Performance". Modern Drummer (318): 147.
  4. ↑ "The Reference Shelf". Modern Drummer (314): 158. January 2006.
  5. 1 2 Flick, Cooper (4 September 2019). "scenestr - Three Taps into Music And Dance in a Genre-Mashing Show From Topology". scenestr. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  6. ↑ "Jazz explorers venture south". Hills Messenger. 11 August 2004. p. 30. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  7. ↑ Haid, Mike (October 2007). "Making Progress". Modern Drummer (335): 151.
  8. ↑ "Walking to the beat of his own drum". Griffith News. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2026.

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