Cole Rolland

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Cole Rolland
Born (1993-12-05) December 5, 1993 (age 31)
Ontario, Canada
Origin Port Elgin
GenresRock, Metal and Classical
Years active2009-present
LabelsIndependent
YouTube information
Channel
Subscribers1.4 million
Views300 million
Last updated: October 2023[ needs update ]

Stephen (Cole) Rolland (born December 5, 1993) is a Canadian artist, producer, guitarist and social media personality known for his electric guitar covers, most notably the recreation of dubstep songs. [1] As of 2023, Rolland has more than 1.4 million YouTube subscribers and 300M video views.

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Biography

Rolland was born on December 5, 1993, in Port Elgin in Canada. [2] He started self-learning and playing guitar at the age of 10. At the age of 15 in 2009, he recorded and uploaded a YouTube video performance of DragonForce's "Through the Fire and Flames" from the Guitar Hero video game series. [3] [1] Shortly after, he also released a cover of "Canon Rock". Both of these videos collectively gained 52 million views on YouTube. [4]

After school, Rolland worked as a process operator at Nova Chemicals before pursuing a musical career since 2019. [5] He performs rock, metal and classical covers on his electric guitar of artists including Skrillex, Krewella, Slipknot, Metallica and Avenged Sevenfold. [2] Rolland makes use of a variety of guitar techniques including slides/vibrato, along with various implementations of the whammy bar, and a killswitch. [1] [3]

As of December 2021, Rolland's YouTube channel had more than 1.2 million subscribers and over 209 million views. [6]

Acts

Rolland has performed stage acts with ILLENIUM, Adventure Club, Krewella and DragonForce. [7] [8] He has also collaborated with Sophie Lloyd for Beethoven’s 5th Symphony. [9]

Gear

Rolland has a signature guitar line in association with California-based guitar manufacturer Kiesel Guitars, Midnight and Moonlight signature guitars. [3] [4]

Guitars

Hardware

Software

Discography

Singles

EPs

References

  1. 1 2 3 Wilkinson, Dan (4 June 2014). "EDM Isn't Just Laptops, A Guy Has Recreated Dubstep Songs Using an Electric Guitar". Vice .
  2. 1 2 Charlton, Steve (21 August 2023). "Cole Rolland shreds DragonForce's "Through the Fire and Flames" like a boss". The Music Man.
  3. 1 2 3 Torre, Chris dela (October 18, 2020). "Meet the Sarnia guitarist who quit his day job and earned 1 million YouTube subscribers". CBC News .
  4. 1 2 3 Stewart, Peter (30 August 2023). "Canadian guitar wizard Cole Rolland brings magic to his cover of Canon Rock". The Music Man.
  5. ↑ "Sarnia guitar phenom quits Chemical Valley job for music biz". The Sarnia Journal. 13 October 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Music career of online guitar star continues to expand". The Sarnia Journal. 15 December 2021.
  7. 1 2 Roche, Sam (17 February 2021). "Cole Rolland: "EDM allows me so much more freedom to be creative and make weird guitar noises I hope people haven't heard before"". Guitarworld .
  8. ↑ Hebert, Sue (4 April 2022). "Guitar Heroes DragonForce Live Performance". Sound Check Entertainment.
  9. ↑ Owen, Matt (13 August 2021). "Sophie Lloyd and Cole Rolland join forces for monstrous, shred-heavy reinvention of Beethoven's 5th Symphony". guitarworld.
  10. ↑ "This week's essential guitar tracks: two of YouTube's biggest shred heroes team up and a slide titan pays tribute to a Southern rock guitar legend". Guitarworld. 26 May 2023.
  11. ↑ Stolzer-Gary, Isaac (13 December 2019). "ANGEL VIVALDI Releases New Music Video "Triple Helix" Featuring COLE ROLLAND". GearGods .
  12. ↑ Maan, Reuben (July 20, 2016). "Watch guitar guru Cole Rolland perform his song 'Equinox'". CBC Music .
  13. ↑ "Watch Cole Rolland totally shred while playing his song 'The Last Night'". CBC Music . June 8, 2016.
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