Luke Daniel Holland (born June 14, 1993) is an American drummer, most popular for his

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videos.

Biography

He was born in

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. Despite his father being a professional drummer, Holland gained interest in the drums after hearing his neighbor playing at the age of 10. Around the same time, he bought his first drum kit, having saved up enough money after mowing lawns for a year. Self-taught, he played the snare drum in his high school marching band for a year and a half at Peoria High School throughout 2007 and 2008. At the age of 15, after playing for local band Oceans Will Part, Holland took to self-promotion online, making a YouTube account in July 2009, under the name ''LukeHollandDrums'' where he started to post drum covers and remixes. At the age of 16, Holland got a chance to stand-in as the drummer for

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. Around the same time, his YouTube page was noticed by Josh Chomik, a fellow YouTuber known for his

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. His popularity increased immensely, going from a thousand subscribers to over nine thousand subscribers plus in a few days. From 2009 to 2016, Holland's YouTube channel has reached over 620,000+ subscribers, and over 55 million views. Apart from YouTube, Holland is known for being a past member of

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band

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. He played in the band from early 2012 to late 2016, leaving to pursue more activity on his YouTube channel, session work, giving drum lessons, and occasional touring. In 2013, Holland was voted third on

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' Drummer of the Year, and second for Modern Drummer's Up & Coming. In 2014, Holland along with Issues vocalist

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contributed a cover of

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's hit song " Ain't It Fun" for the Fearless compilation ''

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''. Holland worked as a session drummer for

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on their album, ''

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'', which was released in June 2016. Holland was featured on Jason Richardson's debut album ''I'', which was released in July 2016. In 2017, Holland formed a new band The Evening with Elijah Trey and former guitarist of

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. In mid 2017, Holland played drums for

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's performance in the

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show. On July 10, 2019, Jeremy Renner uploaded the music video for his single, "Main Attraction", featuring Holland as his drummer. On September 13, 2019, rock band

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released their album '' Divisions'', with Holland on drums for the entire album. Luke Holland has also appeared as the drummer in the music video for

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-"Zombified" alongside the main vocalist and only permanent member, Ronnie Radke and Wes Horton. He is also their current touring drummer, although he has not been named a permanent member. In February 2022, Holland and Jason Richardson released the music video for "Upside Down", from their upcoming 2nd album, II (Due to be released in July 2022). In March, "Ishimura" was released, and in April, "p00mbachu" was released. Both songs are on the upcoming album.

Endorsements

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Cymbals *

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*Meinl Stick and Brush *

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Gear

Drums: DW (Drum Workshop) 4pcs Collector Series Custom Kit (w/ full maple shell, Rose Gold Hardware and Natural Over Mapa Burl finish) : * 14" X 6.5" Snare * 12" X 8" Rack Tom * 16" X 14" Floor Tom * 22" X 18" Bass Drum Hardwares: DW(Drum Workshop): * DW 9002 XF Double Bass Drum Pedal * DW DWCP9500TB 9000 series hi hat stand Cymbals: Meinl Cymbals: * 14" Pure Alloy Traditional Hats * 8" Byzance Traditional Splash * 18" Pure Alloy Medium Crash * 19" Byzance Traditional Crash * 22" Mb20 Heavy Ride * 16" Byzance Trash China * Luke Holland Signature Bullet Stack * 16" Byzance Vintage Trash Crash * 12" Classics Custom Trash Splash * Luke Holland Signature Baby Stack Drumsticks: Meinl Stick and Brush: * Luke Holland Signature Stick Drumheads: Remo Drumheads: * Snare Drumheads : Powerstroke 77 (Batter/Top), Ambassador(Resonant/Bottom) * Tom-tom Drumheads : Clear/Vintage Emperor or Powerstroke 4 (Batter/Top), Ambassador(Resonant/Bottom) * Bass Drumhead : Controlled Sound Black Dot (Batter/Back), Standard DW Resonant Head (Resonant/Front) * Vic Firth American Classic 3A Luke Holland Signature Sticks

Videos

From 2009 to 2016, Holland's YouTube videos have gained over a few hundred thousand views to a few million views each. Holland's most popular YouTube video is his drum remix of

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's "Cinema" (titled on YouTube as ''Luke Holland – Skrillex – Cinema Drum Remix''), which has grossed over 5.2 million views since January 12, 2012. Some of Hollands's other popular YouTube videos (based on their viewership) include: *"Like A G6" (by

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) Drum Cover. Posted on November 14, 2010, with 1.4 million views. *"Look at Me Now" (by

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, featuring

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and

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) Drum Cover. Posted on April 24, 2011, with 1.5 million views. *"Upside Down" (by

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) Drum Remix. Posted April 11, 2012, with 1.1 million views. *"Goin' In" (By

( Birdy Nam Nam) Drum Remix. Posted September 21, 2012, with 1.7 million views. *"Misery Business" (by

) Drum Cover. Posted November 7, 2012, with 1.6 million views. *"Ignorance" (by

) Drum Cover. Posted January 7, 2013, with 1.2 million views. *"Bittersweet" (by

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) Drum Remix. Posted May 11, 2013, with 1.9 million views. *"Fine China" (Originally by

) with

. Posted October 8, 2013, with 1 million views. *"Physical Education" (by

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) Drum Cover. Posted September 5, 2014, with 1 million views. *"Where Are Ü Now" (by

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, featuring

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) Drum Remix. Posted April 5, 2015, with 1.2 million views.

Discography

* Oceans Will Part – Obsidian Resolve (Self-released, 2010) *

– ''

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'' (

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, 2014) * The Word Alive – ''

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'' (Fearless, 2016) *

– ''

'' ( Sumerian, 2016) *

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– ''I'' (2016) *

– '' Divisions'' (2019) *

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– '' New Empire, Vol. 1'' (2020) *

– '' New Empire, Vol. 2'' (2020) * Jason Richardson & Luke Holland – ''II'' (2022) * Miss Fortune – TBAhttps://www.facebook.com/MissFortuneOfficial/photos/a.224408420991699.46735.182852391813969/1086179908147875/ Other appearances * ''

'' – Contributed a cover of

's song " Ain't It Fun" with Issues lead vocalist

* ''

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'' – Contributed drums on Sleeping with Sirens song, "Blood Lines" * ''Live From The Unknown'' – Contributed drums on

live streamed shows.

References

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