Wolfgang Van Halen
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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

“I can’t believe I pulled that off”: Wolfgang Van Halen on playing Van Halen classics for the Taylor Hawkins tribute concert – and why he’ll never cover his dad’s band again
By Niall Doherty published
The guitarist has no plans to play anything from his dad's catalogue in the future.

"It was something I didn’t know how to handle. That did a lot of damage to me" Wolfgang Van Halen on Eddie, Mammoth II, and his time as "the biggest enemy of every forty-to-fifty-year-old man" in the world
By Dave Everley published
Life isn’t always a bed of roses when you’re following in a famous parent’s footsteps, but Wolfgang Van Halen is escaping his father’s shadow and succeeding on his own terms

"Big Balls made my dad laugh so hard": Wolfgang Van Halen on how he bonded with dad Eddie over Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
By Dave Everley published
Wolfgang Van Halen on Malcolm Young: "The groove that man had was untouchable"

"My dad put on the song Big Balls by AC/DC. It made me laugh so hard." From System Of A Down to Peter Gabriel, these are the songs that have soundtracked Wolfgang Van Halen's life
By Emily Swingle published
It turns out Wolfgang Van Halen has one hell of an eclectic sonic palette.

"With Van Halen, I learned a lot of how I didn’t want things to be with Mammoth": Wolfgang Van Halen on the lessons he took away from playing in his dad's band
By Classic Rock published
Wolfgang Van Halen's apprenticeship in the music business with his father and uncle's band taught him valuable lessons
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