Wolfgang Van Halen
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"We can finally be what I've always wanted to be": Wolfgang Van Halen's Mammoth drop WVH from name after acquiring trademark
By Stef Lach published
Mammoth name is a tribute to Wolfgang's late father Eddie Van Halen

Wolfgang Van Halen backs out of Black Sabbath farewell show
By Fraser Lewry published
The words "scheduling conflict" rear their ugly head

"It's very hollow and astoundingly creatively unfulfilling." Why Wolfgang Van Halen won't make his living by performing Van Halen songs
By Stef Lach published
Wolfgang Van Halen thinks he'd be "selling out" if he gave in to fan demands to play Van Halen songs

Watch Mr Bungle cover Van Halen's Loss of Control – with guest shredding from Wolfgang Van Halen
By Stef Lach published
Wolfgang Van Halen joins Mr Bungle for Van Halen cover at Graspop festival in Belgium

Watch Dave Grohl and Wolfgang Van Halen prank an entire festival with cover of Van Halen's Eruption
By Fraser Lewry published
In which, for a brief moment, Dave Grohl is the best guitarist the world has ever seen

Wolfgang Van Halen: The soundtrack of my life
By Bill DeMain published
Mammoth WVH guitarist/vocalist Wolfgang Van Halen picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance

"I guess I'm honoured he even thinks about me as much as he seems to": Wolfgang Van Halen responds to David Lee Roth's bizarre personal attacks with polite resignation
By Fraser Lewry published
Wolfgang Van Halen sounds prepared for a future in which he's a target for the occasional David Lee Roth outburst

"He's complaining the entire tour like I’m not paying enough attention to him on stage": David Lee Roth launches bizarre attack on Wolfgang Van Halen, complete with comedy voices
By Fraser Lewry published
Former Van Halen singer David Lee Roth has launched a strangely spiteful recording in which he tells tales from Van Halen's final days on the road

"They might just be the most underrated band ever." We asked Tobias Forge, Robb Flynn, Max Cavalera, Sharon Den Adel and more metal icons to recommend us some new music. Here's what they picked
By Merlin Alderslade published
We went and asked some of metal's biggest names for the best new bands we should be listening to

"Everyone thinks my dad woke me up and went 'practice your scales!' but I taught myself": Wolfgang Van Halen on going his own way when it came to learning the guitar
By Niall Doherty published
The guitarist might be son of one of rock's all-time great players, but he never took lessons from his dad
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