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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

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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

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"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

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Wolfgang Van Halen and David Lee Roth onstage
"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

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Metal legends
"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

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Wolfgang Van Halen and Eddie Van Halen in 2015
"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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Wolfgang Van Halen in 2021
“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.

Concerts & Shows
Wolfgang Van Halen lying on a basketball court
"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

Interviews
Wolfgang Can Halen added to the cover artwork of Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
"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"

Albums
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"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.

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