Wolfgang Van Halen
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“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

"I know Dad would have been really proud": Wolfgang Van Halen explains why he played two Van Halen songs to honour Taylor Hawkins
By Classic Rock published
Wolfgang Van Halen shares his memories of last year's Taylor Hawkins tribute concert in London

“Dave said, ‘No, not doing it’”: Eddie, Alex and Wolfgang Van Halen once wrote a brand new Van Halen song, only for David Lee Roth to refuse to sing it
By Classic Rock published
Van Halen’s swansong album A Different Kind Of Truth could have featured a song with the working title Ain’t Talkin’ ’Bout Panama if it wasn‘t for David Lee Roth having a hissy fit

Wolfgang Van Halen: 11 albums that changed my life
By Dave Everley published
Mammoth WVH mainmain Wolfgang Van Halen picks 11 albums that have shaped his path so far, from prog metal to Van Halen themselves

“It was like being fired out of a cannon”: Wolfgang Van Halen looks back on joining Van Halen
By Niall Doherty published
Wolfgang Van Halen says he joined the band to support his dad, but that didn’t stop some fans from giving him a rough ride

Listen to Slash and Wolfgang Van Halen play on Ryan Gosling's '80s-style power ballad I'm Just Ken from the Barbie soundtrack
By Liz Scarlett published
Guns N' Roses legend Slash and Wolfgang Van Halen serve up dazzling guitar work on I'm Just Ken, a power ballad sung by Ryan Gosling in the forthcoming Barbie film
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