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“We can finally be what I’ve always wanted to be”: Wolfgang Van Halen has dropped his initials from the Mammoth band name – and it’s been a long time coming

The band trimmed Mammoth WVH to Mammoth earlier this year – and for the multi-instrumentalist, it’s a change he’s been desperate to make

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"We can finally be what I've always wanted to be": Wolfgang Van Halen's Mammoth drop WVH from name after acquiring trademark

Mammoth name is a tribute to Wolfgang's late father Eddie Van Halen

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Ozzy Osbourne faces disappointing setback days before final Black Sabbath gig

The British rocker, 76, is due to take the stage at Villa Park in Birmingham on July 5

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“I unfortunately had to back out”: Wolfgang Van Halen pulls out of Black Sabbath’s last show – here’s why

The Mammoth frontman has dropped out due to scheduling conflicts with his tour with Creed

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Wolfgang Van Halen forced to back out of Black Sabbath's final gig

Wolfgang Van Halen will no longer be performing at Black Sabbath's Back To Beginning concert.

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Wolfgang Van Halen backs out of Black Sabbath farewell show

The words "scheduling conflict" rear their ugly head

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“With my wrist, the arthritis and everything, that would be very challenging”: Everyone is expecting Jake E. Lee to play Bark at the Moon at Ozzy Osbourne’s last show – but he has his doubts

The song may be too much for the guitar icon – but he has a backup plan in mind

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“I have the memories”: Wolfgang Van Halen says he’s stopped listening to his dad’s music

The Mammoth multi-instrumentalist has discussed why he no longer listens to his late father’s Van Halen back catalog

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"It should have gone out with a fricking bang that shook the world, and it was more like a whimper." Michael Anthony on his Van Halen regret

Former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony wishes it had ended differently

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“It’s just not as fun, unfortunately”: Wolfgang Van Halen reveals he doesn’t listen to Van Halen anymore

Though Wolfgang was a member of Van Halen with his father Eddie and uncle Alex, he struggles to listen to the hard rock revolutionaries’ music nowadays

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“Makes me feel closer to Pop every time I record”: Wolfgang Van Halen used Eddie’s legendary Frankenstein to track the slap riff – and the wild two-hand tapping sequence – in his new single

Wolfgang Van Halen has shared a clip of him using his father's iconic electric to record his latest song – which channels his love for contemporary greats while keeping Eddie’s guitar flame burning brightly

Guitar World

Wolfgang Van Halen goes big on the two-hand tapping in new Mammoth single – and recruits Slash and Myles Kennedy for a horror-inspired music video loaded with an Eddie Van Halen Easter egg

Mammoth – now without the WVH tag – returns with a statement video that features rock royalty, Hollywood-level special effects, and one hell of a song

Guitar World

Mammoth return with horror-themed video starring Danny Trejo, Slash, Valerie Bertinelli and multiple zombie flesh-eaters

Wolfgang Van Halen is back with a new single, The End

Louder

Sammy Hagar has offered a potential reason as to why Alex Van Halen has shut him out of his life

Sammy Hagar has suggested Alex Van Halen resents him for being able to still have a music career.

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Maynard James Keenan: Ozzy Osbourne needs 'modern miracles'

Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan thinks it will take "modern miracles" for Ozzy Osbourne to perform on stage at Black Sabbath's final concert.

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“More people play stop-tails than guitars with locking tremolos. We dig both”: EVH delivers on its hardtail promise and launches the Wolfgang Standard T.O.M. – which vows to take Eddie's legacy to new heights

The firm's newest model puts a radical spin on the traditional Wolfgang template

Guitar World

“No one does it better than him. That’s what inspired me to do what I’m doing today”: John 5 likes to push his playing to the limit – but says Ace Frehley does one thing better than any shredder on the planet

Kiss first inspired the Mötley Crüe guitarist to take up the instrument

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"Whatever magic is in the Van Halen ear canals has been imparted here too": EVH SA-126 Special review

The first new design from EVH under Wolfgang Van Halen's watch is a Gibson-inspired semi-hollow with plenty of personality

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"It's very hollow and astoundingly creatively unfulfilling." Why Wolfgang Van Halen won't make his living by performing Van Halen songs

Wolfgang Van Halen thinks he'd be "selling out" if he gave in to fan demands to play Van Halen songs

Guitar World

“I hope this guitar brings you even half the joy you and your music has brought me”: Wolfgang Van Halen has gifted his favorite new guitar player one of his EVH SA-126 signature guitars

The Mammoth WVH leader has waxed lyrical about Aaron Marshall in the past – and now he’s sent the Intervals virtuoso one of his stunning semi-hollow signatures

Guitar World

“When Dave walked in it blew his mind – he couldn’t believe how good you are”: By the mid-2000s, Van Halen were teetering on the brink – a teenaged Wolfgang Van Halen helped bring them back

In 2008, Eddie and Wolfgang Van Halen sat down with GW to discuss how the latter came to join the band, the euphoria of their first show together, and the moment Wolfgang first heard Hot for Teacher

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“More people play stop-tails than guitars with locking tremolos. We dig both”: EVH delivers on its hardtail promise with two new models that vow to take Eddie's legacy to new heights

The Wolfgang Special T.O.M. and Wolfgang WG Standard T.O.M. join the SA-126 Standard as the three new guitar offerings that EVH launched this NAMM

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“A groundbreaking hybrid guitar that redefines versatility and performance”: EVH brings Wolfgang Van Halen’s cutting-edge signature to a more affordable price point with the SA-126 Standard

EVH kicked off the SA-126 line last year in the mid-price range, but its Indonesian-built counterpart keeps more of its big brother's kit than one might expect

Guitar World

“You could write your own Stairway to Heaven on an instrument like this”: The hottest guitar gear launches of 2024 – from Wolfgang Van Halen’s long-awaited semi-hollow signature to UAFX’s Dumble-in-a-pedal

There was an onslaught of new guitar products released over the past 12 months. Here are the ones that had us all talking (and checking our bank balance)

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“I gotta tell you, it was emotional singing it, because it’s about Eddie”: Sammy Hagar has written a tribute song to Eddie Van Halen with Joe Satriani – and says a recent meeting with Wolfgang gave him “goosebumps”

The vocalist says the song will be “a tribute to him, the fans, and that era” – if only he can nail his vocal parts

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