The band released "Blender" in 2000, their fifth and final album with the original starting lineup, as lead guitarist Ross Childress left the band in 2001. About two weeks after Childress' departure, Collective Soul released "Seven Year Itch", a compilation of their greatest hits between 1994 and 2001. Collective Soul established their own label, El Music Group, prior to releasing "Youth" in 2004. The band recorded a live album with the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra in 2005, titled "Home", and released it in 2006. Original drummer Shane Evans departed from the band at the end of 2005. Collective Soul has since released four more albums: "Afterwords" (2007), a second self-titled album (2009), "See What You Started by Continuing" (2015), and "Blood" (2019).