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 [1]
Views300 million [1]
Associated acts ILLENIUM, Krewella, Adventure Club, DragonForce
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers2015
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers2020
Last updated: October 2023

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. [2] 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. [3] 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. [4] [2] Shortly after, he also released a cover of "Canon Rock". Both of these videos collectively gained 52 million views on YouTube. [5]

After school, Rolland worked as a process operator at Nova Chemicals before pursuing a musical career since 2019. [6] He performs rock, metal and classical covers on his electric guitar of artists including Skrillex, Krewella, Slipknot, Metallica and Avenged Sevenfold. [3] Rolland makes use of a variety of guitar techniques including slides/vibrato, along with various implementations of the whammy bar, and a killswitch. [2] [4]

As of December 2021, Rolland's YouTube channel had more than 1.2 million subscribers and over 209 million views. [7]

Acts

Rolland has performed stage acts with ILLENIUM, Adventure Club, Krewella and DragonForce. [8] [9] He has also collaborated with Sophie Lloyd for Beethoven’s 5th Symphony. [10]

Gear

Rolland has a signature guitar line in association with California-based guitar manufacturer Kiesel Guitars, Midnight and Moonlight signature guitars. [4] [5]

Guitars

Hardware

Software

Discography

Singles

EPs

References

  1. 1 2 "About ColeRolland". YouTube.
  2. 1 2 3 Wilkinson, Dan (4 June 2014). "EDM Isn't Just Laptops, A Guy Has Recreated Dubstep Songs Using an Electric Guitar". Vice .
  3. 1 2 Charlton, Steve (21 August 2023). "Cole Rolland shreds DragonForce's "Through the Fire and Flames" like a boss". The Music Man.
  4. 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 .
  5. 1 2 3 Stewart, Peter (30 August 2023). "Canadian guitar wizard Cole Rolland brings magic to his cover of Canon Rock". The Music Man.
  6. ↑ "Sarnia guitar phenom quits Chemical Valley job for music biz". The Sarnia Journal. 13 October 2020.
  7. 1 2 "Music career of online guitar star continues to expand". The Sarnia Journal. 15 December 2021.
  8. 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 .
  9. ↑ Hebert, Sue (4 April 2022). "Guitar Heroes DragonForce Live Performance". Sound Check Entertainment.
  10. ↑ Owen, Matt (13 August 2021). "Sophie Lloyd and Cole Rolland join forces for monstrous, shred-heavy reinvention of Beethoven's 5th Symphony". guitarworld.
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ Stolzer-Gary, Isaac (13 December 2019). "ANGEL VIVALDI Releases New Music Video "Triple Helix" Featuring COLE ROLLAND". GearGods .
  13. ↑ Maan, Reuben (July 20, 2016). "Watch guitar guru Cole Rolland perform his song 'Equinox'". CBC Music .
  14. ↑ "Watch Cole Rolland totally shred while playing his song 'The Last Night'". CBC Music . June 8, 2016.
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