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Wolfgang Van Halen: "Dad would rather people not try and sound like him but sound like themselves. I’m being myself – I’m not sitting there doing covers of Panama"

By Jonny Scaramanga

The multi-instrumentalist details the recording of Mammoth WVH, and explains why making the music he wants to make is the best way to honor his father

Guns N' Roses announce US tour with Wolfgang Van Halen's Mammoth WVH

By Sam Roche

The run marks a pretty grand touring debut for WVH's new project

Wolfgang Van Halen used his father’s original Frankenstein guitar on the upcoming Mammoth WVH album

By Michael Astley-Brown

Eddie Van Halen’s iconic electric appears on two tracks from the hotly anticipated effort – and you’ve probably already heard them

Wolfgang Van Halen of Van Halen performs at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on July 20, 2015 in Morrison, Colorado.

Wolfgang Van Halen deploys gargantuan riffage in new track, Mammoth

By Michael Astley-Brown

The sixth song to arrive from Mammoth WVH also showcases some tasty harmonized leads

Wolfgang Van Halen on EVH Grammys tribute: “Being asked to play Eruption felt like a tone-deaf ask”

By Sam Roche

Eddie Van Halen's son goes deeper into why he declined the invitation to perform at the 2021 Grammy Awards

Watch 4 Wolfgang Van Halens jam fuzz-heavy new Mammoth WVH cut, Don’t Back Down

By Michael Astley-Brown

Another new track, the anthemic Think It Over, has also been unveiled

[L-R] Wolfgang Van Halen and Eddie Van Halen

Wolfgang Van Halen reveals he was asked to play Eruption at the Grammys in tribute to his father, but declined

By Sam Roche

“I don't think anyone could have lived up to what my father did for music but himself”

Wolfgang Van Halen's Mammoth WVH performs acoustic rendition of Distance live on the Today Show

By Matt Owen

The band offered up an acoustic reimagining of the emotional track as they completed their second-ever live performance

Bassist Wolfgang and Guitarist Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen perform at Perfect Vodka Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, FL

Wolfgang Van Halen recalls the time a bug “the size of a phone” landed on his father’s pedalboard

By Richard Bienstock

He also names other bizarre onstage moments in his career in a new interview

Mammoth WVH play Distance on Jimmy Kimmel Live

Watch Wolfgang Van Halen and Mammoth WVH give first-ever live performance

By Richard Bienstock

The band appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to play Eddie Van Halen tribute "Distance"

Wolfgang Van Halen drops hard-riffing new Mammoth WVH single You're to Blame, reveals debut album artwork and release date

By Sam Roche

Mark your calendar: June 11 is set to bring some powerhouse hard-rock

Wolfgang Van Halen teases new Mammoth WVH guitar solo, announces full debut album tracklisting

By Sam Roche

By the sounds of this searing lead, the 14-track album looks set to feature plenty of six-string ear candy

October 15, 2015 Bassist Wolfgang Van Halen of Van Halen performs at Perfect Vodka Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, FL at Perfect Vodka Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, FL

Wolfgang Van Halen teases monster riff from new Mammoth WVH track You’re to Blame

By Michael Astley-Brown

The hard-hitting song looks set to be the follow-up to Distance

Steven Wilson issues apology to Wolfgang Van Halen over EVH comments

By Matt Owen

"No disrespect was meant to your father, an extraordinary musician"

Wolfgang Van Halen's Mammoth WVH to debut Distance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

By Sam Roche

February 11 will see Wolfgang's solo project hit the stage for the first time

Steven Wilson explains why he was "never a fan" of Eddie Van Halen

By Richard Bienstock

The British prog musician on EVH's shred legacy, and why he feels the classic-rock guitar vocabulary "is absolutely exhausted"

Eddie Van Halen and Wolfgang Van Halen of Van Halen perform during "A Different Kind of Truth" tour at Madison Square Garden on February 28, 2012 in New York City.

Wolfgang Van Halen says his father cried the first time he played him “Distance”

By Richard Bienstock

“He understood it as a song about loss," Wolf says of Eddie

Wolfgang Van Halen confirms Van Halen will never return without his father

By Sam Roche

The son of the late guitar hero once again shuts down rumors that he'll take Eddie Van Halen's place in the band

Eddie Van Halen's cause of death and final resting place have been confirmed

By Sam Roche

The guitar icon passed away after suffering a stroke, according to LA's Department of Public Health

Wolfgang Van Halen criticizes EVH guitar auction: "The only place they’d possibly belong is in a museum"

By Richard Bienstock

Auction house responds to criticisms of the sale, claiming the guitars were consigned weeks before Eddie Van Halen’s death in October