It still comes as something of a surprise to realise that Wolfgang Van Halen is approaching his mid-thirties. It seems like only yesterday that the child prodigy was touring as the bassist with Van Halen at the tender age of 16, making a record, A Different Kind Of Truth, with the band as he approached his twenties, and going on to become a vital component of the turbocharged group Tremonti at 22. It’s a remarkable résumé.
Admittedly, the family genes and reputation helped, but he’s been standing on his own two feet since his 2021 album Mammoth WVH, which he reportedly started working on at the tail end of 2013’s A Different Kind Of Truth tour. He’s been making up for lost time ever since.
