From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Edward Collins is a member of The New Pornographers, Destroyer, and The Evaporators. He plays the bass, guitar, synthesizer, ebow and sings. He also acted as a producer, mixer, engineer, and multi-instrumentalist on Tegan and Sara's 2002 release, If It Was You and 2004 release So Jealous. Collins produced Theresa Sokyrka's 2006 release Something Is Expected, and Eamon McGrath's Peace