Rob Collins (musician)

Rob Collins (musician)

Rob Collins (June 12, 1965 - July 22, 1996) was an English musician best known as the original keyboardist of the The Charlatans.

The Charlatans

Collins grew up between Walsall and Wolverhampton and was recruited to join the Charlatans in the late 1980s. The bands debut single was an indie hit, and led the way for their debut top ten single "The Only One I Know" in 1990. Collins swirling and layered psychedelic organ playing added an important and noted edge to the bands sound and placed the band apart from many of their baggy contemporaries. Rob Collins recorded four successful albums with the band.

Imprisonment

In 1992 Collins was arrested and charged with armed robbery on an off-licence near his home. Collins had been driving with a friend, who performed the robbery when Collins was waiting in his car outside. Collins claimed to have no foreknowledge of the robbery until he heard a gunshot inside the shop and his friend exited, although later admitted that he should not have picked his friend up after he realised what he had done. In court Collins pleaded guilty to "Assisting an offender after an offence", for which he was sentenced to 8 months imprisonment. His former charge of "armed robbery" (resulting in a possible sentence of 8 years or more) was dropped in court. Collins served 4 months of his sentence and was released in early 1994.

Death

Collins began to record keyboard and organ parts for the Charlatans 5th album "Tellin' Stories" but was killed in a car crash on a country road in Wales on July 22, 1996 just before sessions were completed. An investigation into the accident showed that Collins had consumed a sizable amount of alcohol and was not wearing a seatbelt. He died from head injuries on the roadside shortly after the accident having been thrown through the windscreen. Investigators concluded that he probably would not have died had he worn a seatbelt.

The music industry and his colleagues were greatly shocked by his sudden loss. Collins' death occurred a week before the Charlatans' biggest concert to date - supporting Oasis at Knebworth.


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