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Cole Rolland

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Cole Rolland
BornDecember 5, 1993
Ontario, Canada
OriginPort Elgin
GenresRock, Metal and Classical
Years active2009-present
LabelsIndependent
YouTube information
Channel
Subscribers1.4 million
Total views300 million
Associated actsILLENIUM, Krewella, Adventure Club, DragonForce
100,000 subscribers 2015
1,000,000 subscribers 2020
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.[1] As of 2023, Rolland has more than 1.4 million YouTube subscribers and 300M video views.

Biography[edit]

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 Cannon 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[edit]

Rolland has performed stage acts with ILLENIUM, Adventure Club, Krewella and DragonForce.[7][8] He has also collaborated with Sershen & Zarítskaya for Guns n Roses’ song Sweet Child o' Mine,[9] and Sophie Lloyd for Beethoven’s 5th Symphony.[10]

Gear[edit]

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

Guitars

  • CR6 Midnight Signature Guitar
  • CR6 Moonlight Signature Guitar
  • DC600 Custom Pink-Purple Burst
  • DC600 Custom Purple-Blue Burst
  • DC700 Custom

Hardware

  • Axe-Fx III by Fractal Audio
  • Jim Dunlop Wah
  • Digitech Whammy Pedal
  • Digitech Drop Pedal
  • Fractal Audio FC-12
  • Universal Audio x4
  • Neumann TLM 193
  • Neumann TLM 103

Software

  • Logic Pro X
  • Adobe Premiere Pro
  • STL Tones
  • Waves: Mercury
  • SoundToys: Effect Rack

Discography[edit]

Singles

  • Echo (2023)[4]
  • Lost (with Sophie Lloyd) (2023)[11]
  • Ignite (2021)[6]
  • Triple Helix (with Angel Vivaldi) (2020)[12]
  • Equinox (2016)[13]
  • The Last Night (2016)[14]

EPs

  • Passenger (2019)[7]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wilkinson, Dan (4 June 2014). "EDM Isn't Just Laptops, A Guy Has Recreated Dubstep Songs Using an Electric Guitar". Vice.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Charlton, Steve (21 August 2023). "Cole Rolland shreds DragonForce's "Through the Fire and Flames" like a boss". The Music Man.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Torre, Chris dela (October 18, 2020). "Meet the Sarnia guitarist who quit his day job and earned 1 million YouTube subscribers". CBC News.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 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. 6.0 6.1 "Music career of online guitar star continues to expand". The Sarnia Journal. 15 December 2021.
  7. 7.0 7.1 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. Brow, Jason (9 December 2021). "Cole Rolland Sparks A New Chapter In His Life With His Inspirational Anthem 'Ignite'". Hollywood Life.
  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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