Ruud Jolie (born Rudolf Adrianus Jolie on 19 April 1976 in

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) is the lead guitarist of the

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band

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Early life

Ruud is an only child. Growing up, he first initiated himself to music by playing the keyboards, but his passion for music developed in favor of the guitar soon after he watched a video of an

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concert. Thus, after he was done with high school, Ruud attended the conservatory for his college education majoring in jazz guitar. He graduated in 1999.

Work prior to Within Temptation

Ruud started out by playing with several local bands. He joined Brotherhood Foundation, a nu-metal band whom he stayed with for a period of two years. When Brotherhood Foundation was playing at the 1998 "Dynamo" festival in the

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, Ruud met Within Temptation who were also playing there. Back then, Michiel Papenhove was still Within Temptation's guitarist, and there were no initial plans for Ruud to join the

band yet. In an interview with Starfacts, Ruud stated that his most embarrassing gig experience was when he still had long hair and it was caught in the microphone while headbanging. He thought it was doubly embarrassing because the girl he loved was in front row. They never got together. After Brotherhood Foundation, Ruud joined an alternative rock band "Vals Licht" (False Light) in 2001. This band was known for its combination of heavy music with Dutch lyrics, something that had never been done before. They released several singles on the Dutch market, of which "Het Licht" reached the top ten charts. A month after joining "Vals Licht", Ruud got a phone call from Within Temptation asking him to join their band seeing as to guitarist Michiel Papenhove was quitting. Ruud turned them down because he had just committed himself to "Vals Licht" and thought it was not proper to "jump from tree to tree" so quickly. A couple of months later, the late drummer of "Vals Licht", Johann De Groot, was diagnosed with

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. In that same week,

Robert Westerholt Robert Westerholt (born 2 January 1975) is a Dutch musician, known as the guitarist and co-founder of the symphonic metal band Within Temptation. He also writes music for the band along with his partner and band vocalist Sharon den Adel. He us ...

, the founder and guitarist of Within Temptation, unaware of Johann's condition called Ruud again with the same request. Ruud turned down Within Temptation once again due to the uneasy circumstances "Vals Licht" was going through, but in counterpart offered to become Within Temptation's substitute guitarist until they found themselves a permanent member.

Within Temptation

In the summer of 2001, Within Temptation had a gig in

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. Ruud, as a substitute, travelled along to perform at the concert. This trip really brought Ruud closer to the members of Within Temptation, and made him realize that he wanted to become a permanent member of the band. Unfortunately, Within Temptation had already hired a 'permanent' guitarist. However, when they returned home, luckily for Ruud, that did not work out, and so he received a third and final phone call from Robert asking him to indefinitely join the band, a request to which Ruud finally agreed.

Solo Work

In September 2007, Ruud announced his plans for a solo project, entitled "For All We Know". In a post on his Myspace blog, Ruud said "I decided to call it that because I think that name raises all the questions that don't have immediate answers in an instant. And what is more interesting than searching for answers? Everybody is looking for certain answers I guess. Even subconsciously. Therefore it's multi-interpretable. The only questionable thing about the name that might raise some eyebrows instead of questions is when you pronounce the abbreviation of it; FAWK. Ah well, that's just a minor detail... Musically it's going to be heavy in the basics. Very guitar oriented of course. It won't be a shred-fest but guitaristically (if that's even a word) interesting. Some keywords that come to mind right now are; Heavy, Hysterical, Melodic, Atmospherically, Ambient, Groovy, Mellow... Check out my influences in the general info section. Then you see what kind of music I listen to. I guess it's inevitable that some of the 'ingredients' of those bands and artist end up in my own musical stew. And no, it's not going to be something like Within Temptation. What would the use be of doing a side project when it's something like my main band?" The first album was released on 25 April 2011. On the second album there are vocal contributions by

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and Wudstik.

Maiden uniteD

When the Dutch Iron Maiden fan club asked Joey Bruers to do a special show it had to be something other than the regular tribute or cover band. He asked Ruud to join him together with other musicians from several bands to perform a set of rearranged acoustic Maiden songs. The reactions from the crowd were overwhelming. The idea that became a show then became a project. A project to bring all kinds of musicians and fans together to celebrate the music. Maiden uniteD presents classic Iron Maiden songs in a new and exciting light. Acoustic re-arrangements that transform the songs into something that Iron Maiden fans would have never imagined hearing. He's currently recording and producing their third album which should be released in the spring of 2015.

Equipment

Ruud is an official endorser of Mayones guitars. He uses 6 Regius models (6, 7 and 8 string). He also uses a wide range of

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guitars,

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and Fender guitars. He uses

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rectifier,

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VH-4 amplifiers, Fractal Audio Systems Axe-Fx II and Kemper Profiling Amps.

Discography

For All We Know * '' For All We Know'' 2011 * ''Take Me Home'' 2017 with

* ''

Mother Earth Tour ''Mother Earth Tour'' is Dutch metal band Within Temptation's first live DVD. It was released as a double DVD, including a live CD with the track list of the first DVD. The first disc features a live concert with footage from the 2002 rock festiv ...

'' 2002 * '' Running Up that Hill (EP)'' 2003 * '' Stand My Ground (Single)'' 2004 * '' The Silent Force'' 2004 * ''

Jillian (I'd Give My Heart) "Jillian (I'd Give My Heart)" is a song written by Sharon den Adel, Robert Westerholt and Martijn Spierenburg for the album ''The Silent Force'' (2004). It was used to promote Within Temptation's live DVD '' The Silent Force Tour'' (2005). Music ...

'' 2005 * '' The Silent Force Tour'' 2005 * '' Memories (Single)'' 2005 * '' Angels (Single)'' 2005 * '' What Have You Done (Single)'' 2007 * '' The Heart of Everything'' 2007 * '' Frozen (Single)'' 2007 * ''

The Howling (EP) "The Howling" is a song by Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation. It was released as an EP on 1 May 2007, exclusively at Hot Topic stores in the United States. It was also used as the second promotional single for ''The Heart of Everythin ...

'' 2007 * '' All I Need (Single)'' 2007 * '' Forgiven (Single)'' 2008 * '' Black Symphony'' 2008 * '' Utopia (Single)'' 2009 * ''

An Acoustic Night at the Theatre ''An Acoustic Night at the Theatre'' is the second live album by Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation that has been released in October–November 2009. History The album is made up of the acoustic set at Eindhoven's Muziekcentrum Frit ...

'' 2009 * '' The Unforgiving'' 2011 * '' Paradise (What About Us?) EP'' 2013 * '' Hydra'' 2014 * '' Resist'' 2018 with other bands * ''The Outsidaz'' (2001) The Outsidaz * ''Attacks When Provoked'' (2002) Lieke * ''All in Hand'' (2002) Rosemary’s Sons * ''Luidkeels'' (2003) Vals Licht * ''Woensdag Soundtrack'' (2004) Asura Pictures * ''The Rebel in You'' (2006) Yellow Pearl * ''Live in Europe'' (2010)

Agua De Annique Anneke van Giersbergen & Agua de Annique was the solo project of the former The Gathering vocalist, Anneke van Giersbergen. History The project was announced on 5 June 2007, the same day that both The Gathering and Anneke van Giersbergen issu ...

* '' Mind the Acoustic Pieces'' (2010)

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* ''League of Lights'' (2011) League of Lights * ''Weightless Blood'' (2012) Rani Chatoorgoon * ''Across The Seventh Sea'' (2012)

* ''Samsara'' (2016) Rani Chatoorgoon

References

External links

Interview of Ruud Jolie in Paris (08.10.2007)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jolie, Ruud 1976 births Living people Dutch heavy metal guitarists Dutch male guitarists Lead guitarists Musicians from Tilburg Seven-string guitarists Within Temptation members