Mammoth WVH frontman Wolfgang Van Halen has spoken previously about his need to maintain his solo profession and his time with Van Halen separate, clapping again at social media requests to carry out Van Halen songs together with his band. However how does he really feel about performing covers generally? Wolfgang shed some mild on how he views taking part in covers and when he may think about masking songs throughout an look on the Audacy Test In with interviewer Jason Bailey.
When requested if he would ever think about taking part in a Van Halen music dwell, he answered “Nah,” earlier than Bailey rephrased the query about taking part in covers generally whatever the band. “If I ever have been to cowl a factor, it possibly can be like a YouTube video factor,” stated Van Halen. “I’ve acquired a YouTube channel, possibly it will be enjoyable sooner or later, when I’ve extra free time, to cowl songs for enjoyable and put them up there.”
That stated, Van Halen provides, “On an official album, in all probability not. I believe I’ve an excessive amount of of a need to show myself and simply work out my very own artistic course of with out making an attempt to take from any individual else.”
He then supplied some perception on his father Eddie Van Halen’s view of covers, commenting, “I do know dad, he by no means wished to play any of these covers, until you absolutely remodel it into your personal factor, which I believe they did with ‘You Actually Received Me’ and stuff like that.”
He then concluded, “However general, I might moderately have covers simply be like a enjoyable factor as an alternative of a ‘document’ factor. I imply, dwell on the final tour, or a few excursions in the past, we performed ‘Them Bones’ by Alice In Chains and that was only a actually enjoyable time. Would I document that? Nah, it is simply enjoyable.”
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Whereas on the primary Mammoth WVH tour cycle, Wolfgang was adamant about not taking part in Van Halen covers. In a 2020 interview with SiriusXM host Eddie Trunk, Van Halen commented when requested about cowl songs, “Completely not. If I do, I might need it to be, like, actually fucking totally different. I would not wanna simply sit there and play ‘Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love.’ I might wanna do a cool acoustic cowl of ‘Little Guitars’ or some shit — one thing totally different. I refuse to tread the identical floor as my dad. I must forge my very own path.”
Wolfgang did carry out “Panama” final 12 months, however in a particular state of affairs the place Mammoth WVH wasn’t concerned. He joined Dave Grohl, The Darkness’ Justin Hawkins and drummer Josh Freese onstage on the Los Angeles’ Taylor Hawkins Tribute Live performance to carry out the monitor. The identical foursome had additionally carried out Van Halen’s “On Fireplace” and “Scorching for Trainer” on the London-based Taylor Hawkins tribute live performance earlier within the month.
When you should not anticipate any Wolfgang Van Halen covers, at the very least on album, the musician does have a brand new document en route and a model new single that arrived this morning. Take a hearken to “One other Celebration on the Finish of the World,” and prepare for the second Mammoth WVH album, titled Mammoth II, due Aug. 4. You can even search for Mammoth WVH on tour over the subsequent 12 months. Get your tickets right here.
