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I don’t have a problem. I feel like my stance on Van Halen has been telephoned so hard, as in the game telephone. People are like, “Oh, don’t mention Van Halen. He hates Van Halen!” It’s like, “It’s my fucking name! Why would I hate it? It’s my dad! I l...
Wolfgang Van Halen had to thread quite a narrow needle while launching his solo career: establishing a musical identity separate from his father Eddie's massive shadow while still living up to his family's high standards, just months after the guitar legend's death. No pressure, right? But h...
Van Halen is also celebrating the upcoming launch of hisEVH SA-126guitar line, which is due in May. During a rare day off, he dialed UCR from Philadelphia to talk about his busy year, which included coveringBon Joviin front ofJon Bon Joviat last month'sMusiCares gala. He also shared ...
To take fans deeper into that listening experience of what will no doubt be one of the most celebrated rock albums of the year, Van Halen also chatted with Chuck about several of the songs onMammoth II. Here is what he had to say. ...
Wolfgang Van Halen keeps the energy high on “Don’t Back Down,” immediately thrusting a pulsing guitar tone in your face to open the song and accentuating it with a shuffling drum beat providing a clap-along rhythm. With a chorus vocal that pushes the upper register, the song has a fee...
OnMammoth WVH's second album, Wolfgang used some historic gear on the song "Take a Bow" — the Frankenstein guitar and the the original Marshall head and cabinet that Eddie used on the early Van Halen albums. As to why he elected to do this, he offers, "I think this solo marked an...
Van Halen'sLive: Right Here, Right Nowwas reissued on vinyl earlier this year. Reportedly, there are remasters of the entire Sammy Hagar Van Halen catalog in the works. What's going on with that? I have always desperately wanted remasters of those albums because there never has been. I ...
Once Michael Anthony stepped in for Stone on bass, the band was off and running; starting with its 1978 self-titled debut, Van Halen enjoyed consistent success on the pop and rock charts, releasing a string of gold and platinum albums between '78-'84. In 1985, with the band's commercial...
“I’m not trying to be my father," Wolfgang added. "I’m trying to be me.” Van Halen Albums Ranked