He streams multiple times a week, with enthusiasm and a burning passion for drumming, over on Twitch where viewers can make requests for which song to play along with next!" ―Information about The8BitDrummer on TheRunawayGuys' website " Drummers tend to be the wildest, most energetic member of any band or musical group, and this theory holds true with The8BitDrummer! The8BitDrummer has been producing awesome sounds on the drums for a decade, and uploading videos of his performances on YouTube. Jerod Collins (born August 5, 1990), better known online as The8BitDrummer, is an American Twitch streamer, drummer, and member of TheRunawayGuys. He would upload highlights of his streams to his YouTube channel daily. He launched his YouTube channel on September 3, 2006. On March 26, 2009, Jerod uploaded his first video titled "GMOD Awesomeness" where he played Garry's Mod with his sister and his friend. This video has since been set as private. His first drumming video was uploaded 6 years later, on August 5, 2015, titled "Halo 2 Soundtrack - Peril (Drum Cover) - The8BitDrummer". His videos formerly used the template " - (Drum Cover)" but he switched to " - On Drums!" a while after upgrading his drum kit. It was later until late November 2015 when he started to gain attention after uploading drum covers of Undertale soundtracks, and sooner other gaming soundtracks. Nowadays his covers are mainly game soundtracks and occasionally meme songs (typically bait-and-switch music tracks made by SiIvaGunner) requested by fans. Jerod has been playing the drums since 2008 and wanted to create a positive environment that people can come together, collaborate their ideas, and hang out with each other. Thus, he started streaming on May 31, 2015. He is also a Nondenominational Christian and has played for different churches around his home town, in which he discovered his potential for playing drums after one church band needed a drummer.īefore streaming, he worked in retail and as an IT technician. He also used to own a computer repair business. He is currently married to an another Twitch streamer Erika, who shares the same birthday as him. She is better known online as Chatia (known as Chatia12 on Twitter). Jerod has been given nicknames since his popularity on the internet.
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