Stephen (Cole) Rolland (born December 5, 1993) is a

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artist, producer, guitarist and social media personality known for his electric guitar covers, most notably the recreation of

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songs. 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. 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. Shortly after, he also released a cover of "

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". Both of these videos collectively gained 52 million views on YouTube. After school, Rolland worked as a process operator at Nova Chemicals before pursuing a musical career since 2019. He performs rock, metal and classical covers on his electric guitar of artists including

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, Krewella,

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and

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. 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.

Acts

Rolland has performed stage acts with ILLENIUM, Adventure Club, Krewella and DragonForce. He has also collaborated with Sophie Lloyd for

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’s 5th Symphony.

Gear

Rolland has a signature guitar line in association with California-based guitar manufacturer

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, Midnight and Moonlight signature guitars. 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

Singles * ''Echo'' (2023) * ''Lost'' (with Sophie Lloyd) (2023) * ''Ignite'' (2021) * ''Triple Helix'' (with Angel Vivaldi) (2020) * ''Equinox'' (2016) * ''The Last Night'' (2016) EPs * ''Passenger'' (2019)

References

External links

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Cole Rolland on YouTube
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