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Mammoth Overland just dropped a rooftop camper built like an aircraft – and it pops open in 30 seconds

“I had to keep Dad in check whenever he made a mistake”: Wolfgang Van Halen on his early gigs with Van Halen – and keeping Eddie in line

Wolfgang also wanted to unearth some B-sides to help honor the genius of his predecessor once he stepped into the role

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“Our connection was so special, I would probably be able to feel him if he weren’t here anymore, and I don’t”: Wolfgang Van Halen details his spiritual struggle following the death of his father Eddie

The Mammoth singer/multi-instrumentalist says that losing his father left a “black hole” that made him question his spirituality

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“They’re the absolute pioneers – like a mix of thrash metal and Allan Holdsworth”: Why Wolfgang Van Halen is in awe of a “super heavy” cult band

"They were really creating something new"

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“My vision closed up. I felt like I was gonna throw up. I started sweating profusely, but I was freezing”: Wolfgang Van Halen on the panic attack he suffered on the way to his Metallica support – and how it inspired his new album

Flying out to Mexico City, Wolfgang felt his body betray him – a terrifying experience that turned out kinda useful when writing The End

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Metallica gave Wolfgang Van Halen a ‘Perfect Attendance Award’ for playing every venue on their 2023 and 2024 tours

Wolfgang’s band Mammoth supported Metallica on every leg of their M72 world tour for two years

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“I didn’t have the brainpower to focus – I was just like, ‘I need to make sure Frankenstein is safe’”: Anxiety, wildfires, slap guitar: How Wolfgang Van Halen made the monster guitar album of 2025

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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"I don't know if rock needs saving, but if Wolf and his crew can't do the job it's because we failed in getting the message out that the messiah is here": Wolfgang Van Halen finds his voice and sets a high bar on third Mammoth album

The third Mammoth album feels like the work of a musician settling comfortably into his own space and comfortable with all that attention

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“My dad would say the best solos are the ones you can hum and sing. It’s fun to have shreddiness, but at the end of the day the melody has to come first”: Wolfgang Van Halen on the art of soloing – and why he’s still inspired by Smells Like Teen Spirit

“I think there was one moment on this album where I used the whammy bar"

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Wolfgang Van Halen reacts to the term ‘nepo baby’: “I’m not going to name names, but in some cases it does apply”

Naturally, the son of Eddie Van Halen has a complicated relationship with the phrase

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“I love Oasis. But sometimes it sounds like Liam thinks he’s in The Beatles, too!”: Wolfgang Van Halen names his favourite Oasis album – and reveals how he got the killer tones for his new Mammoth songs

"Noel is one of my favourite songwriters"

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“My dad was a great guitarist but a terrible guitar teacher”: Why Eddie Van Halen had to ask Paul Gilbert to give his son a guitar lesson

He was just too virtuosic to show his son the ropes, it seems...

Guitar World

“I have a button on my iPhone that goes straight to voice recording because the ideas come fast. My list of voice memos is in the thousands!”: Wolfgang Van Halen discusses his songwriting process for his new Mammoth album

"I make this music for myself – it’s what I want to hear!"

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Mammoth Unveil the NHL's Newest Mascot, Tusky

Tusky made quite the entrance during the Mammoth's home opener on Wednesday night.

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“I was just like, ‘I need to make sure Frankenstein is safe’”: Wolfgang Van Halen stowed his dad’s most legendary guitar in his car as a precaution during the LA wildfires

Wolfgang was recording his latest record as the wildfires threatened 5150 Studios, but all he could focus on was keeping his dad’s most prized gear safe

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Oilers Address Goalie Woes in Preseason Trade With Mammoth

The Oilers finally addressed the goalie position with about a week until the 2025-26 season begins.

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“Usually I’ve done the demos on my laptop, which can be a bit creatively stifling. You can get lost in the sauce trying to program the drums properly and kinda lose that itch”: Wolfgang Van Halen says he’s taking more chances on his new Mammoth album

“Some of these songs couldn’t have existed on a prior album,' he says

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"I need one!": Watch Wolfgang Van Halen shred through a fart pedal

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“I look at tapping in two different ways. There’s Eruption, and there’s Hot For Teacher”: Wolfgang Van Halen explains the variations in EVH’s trademark technique – and shows you how to play them

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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“In my mind, it would have ruined my life had I messed up. I took it very seriously”: Wolfgang Van Halen took a gamble when he decided to cover his dad’s songs – and it paid off

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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Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: September 15, 2025

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Mammoth, Biffy Clyro, Dirty Honey and more

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“I was supposed to play guitar on Sweet Leaf, then it was Changes”: Wolfgang Van Halen remembers meeting Ozzy Osbourne and reveals his original plan for Back To The Beginning

The singer/multi-instrumentalist dropped out of Ozzy’s final show due to a schedule change, but he got to meet the Black Sabbath frontman at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame the year before

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“This is either going to be a nice coda to Van Halen or it’s going to ruin my life”: Wolfgang Van Halen explains the extreme risk that comes with playing his dad’s songs onstage

Wolfgang has performed Van Halen songs in public on only two occasions since his father Eddie passed away in 2020

Guitar World

“He took us to 5150, and it still had all the tapes up there. There was Jump, the old analog tapes, everything marked”: Lzzy Hale on why Wolfgang Van Halen is well positioned to “save rock ‘n’ roll”

Hale and the rest of Halestorm were invited to Eddie Van Halen's iconic home studio

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$35 million in crowdfunding later, Warcraft-inspired RTS from Starcraft devs is leaving early access unfinished at version 0.6, not 1.0 – so it's replacing numbers with codenames, which is worse

What's closer to completion, Mammoth or Frigate?

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