Cole Rolland Explained

Cole Rolland
Birth Place:Ontario, Canada
Birth Date:5 December 1993
Origin:Port Elgin
Genre:Rock, Metal and Classical
Years Active:2009-present
Label:Independent
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Subscribers:1.4 million
Channel Name:ColeRolland
Views:300 million
Associated Acts:ILLENIUM, Krewella, Adventure Club, DragonForce
Silver Year:2015
Gold Year:2020
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Stats Update: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.[1] As of 2023, Rolland has more than 1.4 million YouTube subscribers and 300M video views.

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] 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. Rolland makes use of a variety of guitar techniques including slides/vibrato, along with various implementations of the whammy bar, and a killswitch. 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. Guitars

Hardware

Software

Discography

Singles

EPs

External links

Notes and References

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

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