Luke Holland

Luke Holland
Background information
Birth name	Luke Daniel Holland
Born	(1993-06-14) June 14, 1993[1] Peoria, Arizona, U.S.
Genres	Metalcore Heavy metal post-hardcore pop punk hard rock
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Drums percussion piano
Years active	2009–present
Labels	Fearless
Associated acts	The Word Alive I See Stars Tyler Carter Jason Richardson Miss Fortune Heavy Eyes

Luke Daniel Holland (born June 14, 1993) is an American drummer and musician. Luke was born in Peoria, Arizona, to Douglas Holland, who is a professional drummer himself. Despite his father being a professional drummer, Luke gained interest in the drums after hearing his neighbor playing at the age of 10.^[1] From age 10 to 11, Luke started working jobs around his neighborhood so he could save up enough money for his own drum set. Unlike many different drummers, he played the snare drum in the marching band for one and half year at Peoria High School, and Luke is completely self-taught.

At the age of 15, after starting out in a local band, Luke was introduced to self-promotion online.^[1] Luke then made a YouTube account on July 28, 2009, under the name LukeHollandDrums where he started to post self-made drum covers and remixes of songs.^[2] As Luke posted more videos, he started to gain more views on his videos and more subscribers. At the age of 16, Luke got a chance to stand-in as the drummer for Texas in July in Pennsylvania. Around the same time Luke's YouTube page was noticed by Josh Chomik, a fellow YouTuber known for his comedy music. After being recognized by Josh, Luke's YouTube channel started to take off, going from around a thousand subscribers to over nine thousand subscribers plus in a few days.^[1] From 2009 to 2016 Luke's YouTube channel has grossed over 340,000+ subscribers, and over 55 million views.^[3]

Other than YouTube, Luke is known as being a member of the metalcore band The Word Alive.^[1] Luke started playing with The Word Alive in 2012 after they discovered him on YouTube, and Luke played and toured with them until the fall of 2016 when Luke decided to leave the group in order to pursue other passions.^[4]

In 2013, Luke was voted third on Alternative Press' Drummer of the Year, and second for Modern Drummer's Up & Coming.^[1]

Luke also worked as a session drummer for I See Stars on their album, Treehouse, which was released in June 2016.

In 2016, Luke worked as the drummer for Jason Richardson on his debut album "I" and in 2017 he toured with Jason on Polyphia's spring tour.

In 2017, it was told that Holland formed a new band called "Heavy Eyes" with ex-From First to Last guitarist, Taylor Larson.

Endorsements

• Meinl Cymbals^[2]
• DW Drums
• Vater Percussion
• Remo Drumheads

Gear

Drums: DW (Drum Workshop) Custom Kit :

• 14" X 7" Snare
• 10" X 7" Rack Tom
• 12" X 8" Rack Tom
• 16" X 14" Floor Tom
• 22" X 18" Bass Drum

Cymbals: Meinl Cymbals:

• 14" Soundcaster Fusion Medium Hi-Hat
• 8" Byzance Brilliant Splash
• 18" Byzance Brilliant Medium Crash
• 19" Mb20 Heavy Crash
• 22" Mb20 Heavy Ride
• 16" Byzance Brilliant China
• 16" Byzance Vintage Trash Crash
• 12" Classics Custom Trash Splash

Drumsticks: Vater Percussion:

• Wood (Hickory) 3A

Drumheads: Remo Drumheads:

• Snare Drumheads : Powestroke 77 (Batter/Top), Ambassador(Resonant/Bottom)
• Tom-tom Drumheads : Clear Vintage Emperor (Batter/Top), Ambassador(Resonant/Bottom)
• Bass Drumhead : Powerstroke 3 with Black Dot (Batter/Top), Standard DW Resonant Head (Resonant/Bottom)

Videos

From 2009 to 2016, Luke's YouTube videos have gained over a few hundred thousand views to a few million views each.

Luke's most popular YouTube video is his drum remix of Skrillex's "Cinema" (titled on YouTube as Luke Holland – Skrillex – Cinema Drum Remix), which has grossed over 5 and 1/5 million views since January 12, 2012.^[5]

Some of Luke's other popular YouTube videos (based on their viewership) include:

• "Like A G6" (by Far East Movement) Drum Cover. Posted on November 14, 2010, with 1.4 million views.^[6]
• "Look at Me Now" (by Chris Brown, featuring Busta Rhymes and Lil Wayne) Drum Cover. Posted on April 24, 2011, with 1.5 million views.^[7]
• "Upside Down" (by Bassnectar) Drum Remix. Posted April 11, 2012, with 1.1 million views.^[8]
• "Goin' In" (By Skrillex (Birdy Nam Nam) Drum Remix. Posted September 21, 2012, with 1.7 million views.^[9]
• "Misery Business" (by Paramore) Drum Cover. Posted November 7, 2012, with 1.6 million views.^[10]
• "Ignorance" (by Paramore) Drum Cover. Posted January 7, 2013, with 1.2 million views.^[11]
• "Bittersweet" (by Ellie Goulding) Drum Remix. Posted May 11, 2013 with 1.7 million views.^[12]
• "Fine China" (Originally by Chris Brown) with Tyler Carter. Posted October 8, 2013, with 1 million views.^[13]
• "Physical Education" (by Animals As Leaders) Drum Cover. Posted September 5, 2014, with 1 million views.^[14]
• "Where Are Ü Now" (by Skrillex & Diplo 'Jack Ü, featuring Justin Bieber) Drum Remix. Posted April 5, 2015, with 1.2 million views.^[15]

Discography

• Oceans Will Part – Obsidian Resolve(Self release, 2010)
• The Word Alive – REAL.(Fearless, 2014)
• The Word Alive – Dark Matter (Fearless, 2016)
• I See Stars – Treehouse, (Sumerian, 2016)
• Jason Richardson – I (2016)
• Miss Fortune – TBA^[16][17]

References