It would be safe to assume that if your dad was one of the greatest guitar players who ever lived, your own guitar-playing journey would be in safe hands. But that, surprisingly, wasn’t the case for Wolfgang Van Halen – his dad was a “terrible” teacher.
The Mammoth multi-instrumentalist is on the promo trail for his third album, which has already given us a cheeky Hot For Teacher tribute and tapping licks that Ola Englund daren’t try to imitate; now, he’s revealed that he has Paul Gilbert to thank for his earliest six-string skills.
