Wolfgang Van Halen has been under pressure to do incredible things since the day he was born. The son of guitar innovator Eddie Van Halen and actress Valerie Bertinelli, and named after one of the most famous composers of all time, the bar for greatness is higher for him than most in rock.
However, even by those lofty standards, the 34-year-old is an overachiever. He joined Van Halen in his mid-teens, then proved himself as a singer and multi-instrumentalist through his hard rock project Mammoth, opened for Metallica in stadiums around the world, and jammed alongside Maynard James Keenan and Dave Grohl. These are the lessons he’s picked up during a life spent exceeding expectations.
