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 Scallon at VidCon in 2014 | ||||||||||
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| Birth name | Robert Andrew Scallon | |||||||||
| Born | August 26, 1990[1] Champaign, Illinois, U.S. | |||||||||
| Origin | Arlington Heights, Illinois, U.S. | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2007–present | |||||||||
| Labels | DFTBA | |||||||||
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Tamara Chambers (m. 2020) | |||||||||
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| Subscribers | 2.55 million[2] | |||||||||
| Total views | 562.8 million[2] | |||||||||
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Last updated: October 18, 2024 | ||||||||||
Robert Andrew Scallon (born August 26, 1990)[3] is an American YouTuber, musician, and multi-instrumentalist based in Chicago, Illinois.[4] He is best known for several viral videos featuring his music, including heavy metal songs played with traditionally non-metal instruments.[5][6][7]
- ^ "30 🙂". facebook.com.
- ^ a b "About Rob Scallon". YouTube.
- ^ Scallon, Rob (August 27, 2013). "8 STRING RAP and it may or may not be my birthday! (vloggin' 8/26/13)". YouTube. Archived from the original on April 9, 2022. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
- ^ Galil, Leor (March 29, 2017). "Chicago's most popular young metal guitarist plays on YouTube, not onstage". Chicago Reader. Archived from the original on April 4, 2020. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
- ^ Cornell, Jeff (August 27, 2018). "Watch Rob Scallon and Sarah Longfield Cover Slayer on Ukuleles". Loudwire. Archived from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
- ^ Shackleford, Tom (May 26, 2019). "Metallica's "For Whom The Bell Tolls" Performed On Actual Bells". Live For Live Music. Archived from the original on June 2, 2019. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
- ^ Leight, Elias (October 3, 2014). "Rob Scallon Covers Slayer's 'Angel of Death,' Explains Making Money Off YouTube: Exclusive Premiere". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 13, 2021. Retrieved May 7, 2020.