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Wolfgang Van Halen leans against a gas pump at a desert service station during golden hour. He is holding his signature EVH semi-hollow and wearing a leather jacket.
Anxiety, wildfires, slap guitar… How Wolfgang Van Halen made the monster guitar album of 2025

By Gregory Adams Published

With his third album (and a bit of his dad’s Frankenstein), Wolfgang Van Halen and Mammoth are taking the world of rock guitar by storm once again

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Michael Anthony bassist for Van Halen performs at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome during the Monsters of Rock concert in Minneapolis, Minnesota on July 13, 1988.
Described as the 4-string equivalent of painting with a sledgehammer, Van Halen’s Ultra Bass was not your typical bass solo

By Jim Roberts Published

Michael Anthony’s Yamaha BB2000 would get rebuilt after every show following his foundation-shaking solo spot

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(L-R) Sammy Hagar and Joe Satriani perform onstage during the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena on September 19, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada
Sammy Hagar is touring the UK for the first time since 1996 – and bringing Joe Satriani and Van Halen's Michael Anthony with him

By Janelle Borg Published

Hagar will bring his Best of All Worlds tour – a celebration of his five-decade career and musical legacy – across the pond in 2026

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Wolfgang Van Halen and Ola Englund
Wolfgang Van Halen explains the variations in EVH’s trademark technique – and shows you how to play them

By Phil Weller Published

The multi-instrumentalist delivered a Mammoth tapping masterclass as he demonstrated how to play one of his new singles, The End

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Wolfgang Van Halen
Wolfgang Van Halen took a gamble when he decided to cover his dad’s songs – and it paid off

By Phil Weller Published

Wolfgang has only performed a few Van Halen tracks live since his dad passed – and he was all too aware of the risks that came with them

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David Lee Roth - Eddie Van Halen - Sammy Hagar
Sammy Hagar believes David Lee Roth’s story about being visited by the ghost of Eddie Van Halen

By Phil Weller Published

Roth seemingly tried to troll Hagar with his comments, but Hagar isn't letting it get to him

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David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen, and Sammy Hagar
David Lee Roth trolls Sammy Hagar over his ‘ghost of Eddie Van Halen’ claims

By Phil Weller Published

The Red Rocker claims his former bandmate’s ghost showed him a lick in a dream, and he used it to write his latest single. Now Roth says he’s been paid a visit, too

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Steve Vai performing with David Lee Roth at the Oakland Coliseum in 1986 / David Lee Roth playing in 'David Lee Roth band' performing at Cal Expo in Sacramento, California on June 14, 198
Steve Vai on how he joined David Lee Roth’s band – and Roth’s desire to “beat Van Halen”

By Matt Owen Published

In 1985, Vai was recruited to join Roth's post-Van Halen band – and the singer had lofty ambitions for his new project

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Eddie Van Halen and Filipe Rosset
This guitar prodigy plays Eddie Van Halen's legendary two-hand tapping part – with only one hand

By Phil Weller Published

Filipe Rosset has been blowing minds with his insane handspan

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Wolfgang Van Halen and Mark Tremonti
Wolfgang Van Halen welcomed Alter Bridge into the hallowed halls of the legendary 5150 Studios to record their new album

By Phil Weller Published

Eddie Van Halen’s iconic studio recently opened its doors to Mark Tremonti, Myles Kennedy and co

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