Last night, the stars gathered in Los Angeles for the second tribute concert to the late Taylor Hawkins. Following the epic all-dayer in London's Wembley Stadium earlier this month, the drummer's friends and favorite artists came together to celebrate the life and legacy of a true rock'n'roll legend and, once again, Wolfgang Van Halen showed up to play a few Van Halen … [Read more...]
Wolfgang Van Halen News
Mammoth WVH Announces Deluxe Edition Of Debut Album With Previously Unreleased Tracks
Wolfgang Van Halen's self-titled debut Mammoth WVH album will be re-issued in deluxe edition format on November 11th with three bonus tracks. The deluxe edition will feature the bonus track from the Japanese version of the album - "Talk & Walk," along with two previously unreleased tracks - "As Long as You're Not You" and "Goodbye." To coincide with … [Read more...]
Wolfgang Honors 45th Anniversary Of ‘Eruption’
Forty-five years ago today, Eddie Van Halen recorded his iconic solo "Eruption". Wolfgang shared a video on social media today to commemorate the anniversary. Below is the tweet Wolf sent out today: In honor of Eruption being recorded 45 years ago today, here’s me playing part of it on the guitar it was recorded on in 2015 while tracking some guitars for the first … [Read more...]
He Really Is THAT Good! Rick Beato Shuts Down The Wolfgang Doubters
Wolfie just can't win with some folks. Thankfully, he has Rick Beato to shut 'em down! Wolfgang's performance of "On Fire" and "Hot For Teacher" on guitar at the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert in London Saturday (September 3) was so good that there are actually those who feel it was too good to be true. Beato took to YouTube to respond to the doubters. Beato is a … [Read more...]
Wolfgang Van Halen Performs Van Halen Classics At Taylor Hawkins Tribute! [VIDEO]
Wolfgang Van Halen joined Dave Grohl, Josh Freese (Devo, Guns N' Roses, Nine Inch Nails) and Justin Hawkins of The Darkness to perform scorching covers of Van Halen's "On Fire" and "Hot For Teacher" at today's Taylor Hawkins Tribute concert at London's Wembley Stadium! “It should come as no surprise that Taylor Hawkins was a huge fucking Van Halen fan,” said Grohl, who … [Read more...]
Mammoth WVH To Hit The Road With Alter Bridge In 2023
Mammoth WVH have announced a 2023 North American tour with Alter Bridge. The 30-city tour will be split up into two legs. The first begins on January 25th in Tampa, Florida, and runs through February 18th in Chicago. Following a short break, the bands return on March 10th in Quapaw, Oklahoma, with the tour finishing up on April 1st in Highland, California. In addition to … [Read more...]
Wolfgang Van Halen Comments On Van Halen Tribute
Credit: Neil Zlozower Will a Van Halen tribute eventually happen? Was it ever planned at all? David Lee Roth, Michael Anthony, Jason Newsted and Joe Satriani have all commented on the record. Wolfgang Van Halen, however, has had little to say about it...until now. During a recent interview with Rolling Stone's Brian Hiatt, Wolfgang was asked a series of questions … [Read more...]
Longtime Girlfriend Makes Mammoth Commitment to Wolfgang Van Halen
Yes, Wolfgang Van Halen and his longtime girlfriend, Andraia Allsop, are now engaged! The Mammoth WVH leader and son of Eddie Van Halen and Valerie Bertinelli revealed the news on social media today, with a photo with the caption, "She said yes!! " HUGE CONGRATS to Wolfgang and Andraia! We wish you both a lifetime of happiness together. View this post on … [Read more...]
What Are The Ten Best Van Halen Deep Cuts?
Credit: Neil Zlozower Just how deep will you go when it comes to your Van Halen fix? Of the 131 songs in Van Halen's catalogue, 56 of them were released as singles. That leaves another 75 songs that can be referred to as "album tracks" or "deep cuts". Just recently, Metal Injection's Andrew Kapper posted his own ten best Van Halen deep cut list, which included the … [Read more...]
Michael Anthony Responds To Van Halen Tribute Rumors [VIDEO]
Michael Anthony says he was part of the discussions regarding a possible Van Halen tribute project featuring Alex Van Halen, David Lee Roth and Joe Satriani. During his appearance on The Mitch Lafon & Jeremy White Show, Anthony was asked by co-host Jeremy White if he was aware of the recent story making its rounds among the classic rock community regarding a possible Van … [Read more...]
Valerie Bertenelli On The Alanis Morissette & Peter Gabriel Songs That Would Bring Eddie To Tears [AUDIO]
Wolfgang Van Halen was joined by his mom Valerie Bertinelli for the latest episode of his weekly SiriusXM radio show "Wolfgang's Top of the Pack". Bertinelli shared some candid memories of Eddie Van Halen with her son, including the two songs that would often bring tears of joy to his father's eyes. In the clip above, Bertinelli recalled the times she would play Alanis … [Read more...]
Eddie Van Halen Left Seven-Figure Donation To Mr Holland’s Opus Foundation
Eddie Van Halen's legacy is alive and well and thanks to a recent donation at his bequest, so is the art form he was most passionate about - music. Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation recently revealed that Eddie left a "transformative" financial contribution to support music education in at-risk public schools via a seven-figure bequest to the foundation. Eddie had a close … [Read more...]