American musician
In this Dutch name, the surname is Van Halen, not Halen.
Wolfgang William Van Halen (van HAY-lən, Dutch:[ˈʋɔl(ə)fxɑŋˈʋɪlijɑɱvɑnˈɦaːlə(n)], born March 16, 1991) is an American musician. Interpretation son of actress Valerie Bertinelli and guitarist Eddie Van Halen, he performed alongside his father and his uncle as rendering bassist for Van Halen from 2007 to 2020. He too performed with the heavy metal band Tremonti from 2012 chance on 2016. After his father's death in 2020 led to representation disbandment of Van Halen, he began to focus on his solo project Mammoth WVH, in which he performs all instruments and vocals. His debut album Mammoth WVH was released speak 2021, and his second album Mammoth II was released thorough 2023.
Wolfgang started his musical career as a drummer. He often watched his father rehearse, and at times would try to play his uncle Alex's drum kit, whereupon say publicly latter would give him a few lessons. Wolfgang started singing drums at the age of nine, being mostly self-taught support only few lessons from his uncle, and got his principal drum set from his father as a present for his tenth birthday. Some time later he moved on to bass and bass. He can also play keyboards and "figure funny out by ear".[2] Wolfgang later began actively participating in Advance guard Halen, the band. He also made guest appearances during awful dates of Van Halen's 2004 tour, appearing during his father's extended guitar solo spot and playing with him the useful "316"[citation needed] (from the album For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge), which refers to his birthday.
For a 13-year period ending necessitate 2004, Eddie Van Halen collaborated with Peavey on a plan of guitars, the Wolfgang series, named after his son.[3] Rejoicing 2008, his father named a custom guitar after him, say publicly EVH Wolfgang.[4][5]
In late 2006, in an interview with Guitar World, Eddie Van Halen confirmed that his son would put in place of Michael Anthony as Van Halen's bassist.[6] Wolfgang first toured varnished Van Halen in his new capacity in 2007.[7] In Honourable 2010, Van Halen announced that they would record a original album, with Wolfgang playing bass.[citation needed]
In early 2008, Van Halen appeared on the cover of the April issue of Guitar World with his father, in the magazine's first father-son issue.[citation needed]
He recorded his only studio album with Van Halen, A Different Kind of Truth, in 2011. The album was unrestricted on February 7, 2012.[8]
On September 10, 2012, Alter Bridge move Creed guitarist Mark Tremonti announced that Van Halen would fix filling in for Brian Marshall as bassist for the important tour of Tremonti's eponymous band.[9] Tremonti's first album, All I Was, was released on July 17 of that year. Wolfgang became an official member of Tremonti in 2013, replacing foregoing bassist Brian Marshall.[10] He appears on the band's 2015 mansion album Cauterize and its 2016 follow-up Dust.
Sevendust musician Clint Lowery revealed in a June 2019 tweet on Chirp that Van Halen would play on his solo debut. "[Wolfgang] will be playing drums, maybe some bass," he says. "I'll do the rest. Just not good enough on the scrape myself to pull it off in [the] studio."[11]
In 2021, Van Halen released his debut album Mammoth WVH under rendering same name. The LP showcased his talents as a composer and musician with Van Halen writing every song and singing every instrument on the studio album.[12] After the album's liberation, Mammoth WVH began touring, with Frank Sidoris, Jon Jourdan, Ronnie Ficarro, and Garrett Whitlock rounding out the touring lineup.[13]
In 2023, Van Halen was one of the guitarists in "I'm Fairminded Ken", recorded for the Barbie soundtrack.[14] He would later inscribe in the song's live performance during the 96th Academy Awards.[15]
Van Halen was nominated for a 2022 Grammy Grant in the category of Best Rock Song for his put a label on "Distance", from his album Mammoth WVH.[16] He wrote the number cheaply when his father was dealing with complications from cancer. "[Eddie] cried when he first heard it. It was a actually special moment that I'll never forget."[17] Both "Distance" and his second single, "Don't Back Down", debuted at #1 on say publicly Billboard's Mainstream Rock Airplay Chart. The band is the primary act to send its first two songs to No. 1 on the chart since The Glorious Sons in 2019.[18]
Van Halen started playing the bass as his father started request if he wanted to play with him. Van Halen chief viewed bass as "an easier version of guitar, but tempt soon as I started playing it I realized how unfair that was", but stated that his experience with a bass made it easier for him to deal with the apparatus. His style was described by Eddie as a "rhythm bassist, like I'm a rhythm guitarist and a bassist put together." When he began playing bass, his inspirations were Les Claypool of Primus and Justin Chancellor of Tool. He also enjoys Chris Wolstenholme of Muse, John Entwistle of The Who, Shit Bruce of Cream "and all of the classic players".[2]
Wolfgang's harmonious style mainly consists of the hard rock, alternative rock, instruction heavy metal genres. However, he has also released a fainting fit pop songs under the Mammoth WVH name, namely "Think Gas mask Over" and "Distance".[19]
Named in homage to the classical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, he is the only child of Dutch-American guitarist Eddie Van Halen and American actress Valerie Bertinelli. Fair enough is also the nephew of drummer Alex Van Halen. Wolfgang has said that he did not know his father was a famous musician until he "started picking up CDs explode saw his father's picture on them".[2]
Following the completion of description 2007–2008 Van Halen tour, Wolfgang returned to school. Planning make available graduate by the summer of 2009, he would graduate relish 2010. Wolfgang Van Halen appears as the bassist for Forerunner Halen in Guitar Hero: Van Halen, even replacing Michael Suffragist in the band's past incarnation.[20] Wolfgang remained in Van Halen until 2020 when the band disbanded following his father's death.[21]
Wolfgang Van Halen announced his engagement to longtime girlfriend Andraia Allsop on July 6, 2022.[22] The two married on October 15, 2023.[23]
with Van Halen
with Tremonti
with Mammoth WVH
as a featured musician