Wolfgang Van Halen, says that he still finds it tough to perform the song that he wrote as a tribute to his father, Eddie Van Halen. “Distance” was the debut single from his band Mammoth WVH in 2020 and before Van Halen headed out on tour he said he had concerns about playing it live.
Van Halen stated, “It’s tough every time I play it, but you have to separate yourself from that – because it’s somebody’s first time seeing it every night. So you want to make sure that you do it as best as you can. Sometimes it’s more difficult than others but overall, I think it’s always going to be a thing that I need to prepare for before I do it well.”He added that, “It’s tough to wrap your head around [the fact] that something you made is helping somebody, It’s a very crazy feeling. I’m very, very thankful for even being around that sort of vibe.”
Studio sessions for Mammoth WVH’s second album are already in the works and he hopes to put it out sometime next year. Van Halen even recorded all the instruments by himself saying, “In the studio, I do everything, its own thing in the studio and then live, it’s separate. I think I’ve found a comfortable way how I record albums now, so I’m having a good time doing that.”
Van Halen is expected to follow up on the album with dates that will run through most of next year and describes his touring band as “one big happy family. I’ve known these guys forever. … It’s nice. They’re just amazing dudes.”
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