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“Eddie’s death rocked his son’s world, but Wolfgang solidified his music career with a sound all of his own while continuing to honor his father’s legacy”: New Behind The Music episode puts Wolfgang Van Halen's story front and center

The long-running music docuseries kicks off its new season with WVH's life story

Guitar World

"It's a song for the losers!" How Halestorm's Here's To Us became the ultimate underdog anthem - and ended up being covered by everyone from Slash to the cast of Glee

Halestorm's classic power ballad made such an impact that it'd be rerecorded just a year later with Slash, David Draiman, Maria Brink and more getting involved

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"Black Night? It was done in two hours of drunkenness!": Deep Purple's best songs, in their own words - Only in the revealing new issue of Classic Rock

Also in this issue: Scorpions, Sheryl Crow, Gary Clark Jr., The Waterboys, Kris Barras, Big Big Train, Gun, Peter Green, Wolfgang Van Halen and much more

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‘Frankenstrat’ or ‘Frankenstein’? Wolfgang Van Halen sets the record straight on the ‘official’ title of Eddie Van Halen’s iconic electric guitar

The Mammoth WVH leader has revealed the actual name of his father’s legendary instrument, which is written across its case

Guitar World

“What an honor!” Slash and Wolfgang Van Halen joined Ryan Gosling at the Oscars to rip through their Barbie mega-ballad, I’m Just Ken – and the internet can’t get enough of it

The track might not have claimed the top prize, but its dazzling performance provided top-drawer entertainment, with the guitarists lending their talents in style

Guitar World

“Music education is a huge contributor to a student’s success in school and life”: Wolfgang Van Halen donates $100,000 to schools in need of musical instruments

The donation helps kickstart Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation’s Adopt a School program, which connects schools with donors interested in supporting music education

Guitar World

Not just Ken: Slash, Wolfgang Van Halen and Mark Ronson join Ryan Gosling as he delivers a showstopping performance of his Barbie anthem at the Oscars

Billie Eilish and Finneas took home the Academy Award for Best Original Song for What Was I Made For?

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Watch Slash and Wolfgang Van Halen join Ryan Gosling onstage at the Oscars to rip through Barbie hit I'm Just Ken

The historic performance of I'm Just Ken took place at last night's star-studded awards ceremony

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“You have to take what he says with a grain of salt. He also said he wrote Eruption and came up with the Frankenstein stripes”: Wolfgang Van Halen responds to David Lee Roth jibes – and says a Van Halen tribute tour is “impossible”

The Mammoth WVH frontman has addressed Roth’s recent outburst, highlighting the former Van Halen vocalist’s previous outlandish comments in the process

Guitar World

"I guess I'm honoured he even thinks about me as much as he seems to": Wolfgang Van Halen responds to David Lee Roth's bizarre personal attacks with polite resignation

Wolfgang Van Halen sounds prepared for a future in which he's a target for the occasional David Lee Roth outburst

Louder

Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 10-16

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of March 10-16 include actor Eva Longoria, bassist Wolfgang Van Halen of Mammoth WVH and rapper-producer Timbaland

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“The camp is very protective, and has extremely high standards”: Fender says gaining the EVH endorsement was a crucial benchmark for the Tone Master Pro

Fender’s EVP of Product Justin Norvell tells us that getting the EVH endorsement – the first of its kind on a modeler – was important to the team

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“Hats off to Wolfgang because it was a public trial by fire”: Wolfgang Van Halen personally road-tested the Fender Tone Master Pro on tour before giving the company the green light to use EVH models

The Mammoth WVH man took the modeler on tour in order to put the EVH tones through their paces in the live arena

Guitar World

"I miss hearing you laugh. I miss laughing with you": Wolfgang Van Halen shares poignant birthday message to his late father Eddie, on what would have been the guitar legend's 69th birthday

"I'll do my best to keep a smile on my face and think of you today"

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NAMM 2024: “The SA was borne out of a necessity for finding my own sound for Mammoth”: EVH Gear marks Eddie Van Halen’s birthday with the unveiling of Wolfgang’s signature SA-126 semi-hollow

WVH’s shred-friendly model takes its name from his father's birthday and features an E-hole tribute to the late guitar legend, and it presents us with a radical take on a semi-hollow

Guitar World

“The goal was to put together a guitar that didn’t exist yet”: After years of anticipation, Wolfgang Van Halen’s long-awaited EVH SA-126 signature guitar is finally here – and it’s arrived on Eddie’s birthday

The SA-126 was named in honor of Eddie Van Halen's birthday, and gets an official launch almost two years after Wolfgang began road-testing prototypes on tour

Metal Hammer

"He's complaining the entire tour like I’m not paying enough attention to him on stage": David Lee Roth launches bizarre attack on Wolfgang Van Halen, complete with comedy voices

Former Van Halen singer David Lee Roth has launched a strangely spiteful recording in which he tells tales from Van Halen's final days on the road

Guitar World

“The SA-126 is way beyond a typical semi-hollow. There’s nothing else like that guitar. It’s like a hot rod, but with a souped-up modern engine”: Wolfgang Van Halen on building the supersized sound of Mammoth II (with some help from Eddie’s Frankenstein)

Armed with his new EVH semi-hollow signature model, plus the most hallowed pieces in his father's collection, Wolfgang Van Halen explains how he went all in for his epic sophomore album

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24 things to get excited about in 2024

As with all years, 2023 had plenty of great, memorable rock moments. With a new year now upon us, here’s what we’re vibed up for that’s coming along in the next 12 months

Guitar World

Game-changers, taste-makers and trend-setters: here are 2023's guitarists of the year

We tip our hats to the players that made 2023 such a defining year in guitar history – and whose achievements we'll be talking about in years to come

Guitar World

News of the (guitar) world: the biggest, baddest, weirdest and saddest guitar news of 2023

We track the year’s biggest six-string stories – from landmark gear developments to devastating departures and 2023’s most headline-grabbing players

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Our 15 favourite metal and heavy rock guitar moments of 2023: featuring Wolfgang Van Halen, Nita Strauss, Nuno Bettencourt, Paul Gilbert, Metallica, Periphery and more

Including the guitar solo of the year

Guitar World

“A rhythmic motif so simple that even the most basic living organisms on this great planet can get down to it”: These are the best guitar riffs of 2023

Guitar World staff and readers name the finest riffs of the year – a list that unites the worlds of metal, rock, indie and more…

Guitar World

“I hate to say it, but non-musicians – who are the majority of the listening world – are not going to remember guitar solos”: Kirk Hammett says it doesn’t matter how good or flashy a solo is – most people are going to forget them anyway

According to the Metallica maestro, the average music listener doesn't share a guitar player's enthusiasm for a ripping solo

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“Ran into an old friend”: Wolfgang Van Halen and Michael Anthony meet up for the first time in 20 years

The two Van Halen bassists reunited at Mammoth WVH’s recent show in Las Vegas

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