Wolfgang Van Halen's first interview for his new solo project Mammoth WVH with Howard Stern is certainly yielding some interesting and deeply personal revelations. Following on from the news a huge Van Halen reunion was in the works sometime before Eddie Van Halen's passing, Wolfgang showed Stern a key piece of his childhood; the first electric guitar his legendary father gave him.
In the snippet above, Wolfgang reflects on his early lessons with Eddie. "[I would] ask him how to play something and he just proceeds to be Eddie Van Halen and that's a very tough bar to reach as a beginner, so it's like, 'Ok'" he laughed.
Wolfgang also showed Stern the first guitar his dad ever gave him, for Christmas; the '1984' Kramer that was the backup to Eddie's 5150 Kramer Frankenstrat replica. The latter model is what the guitarist plays in the Panama video.
Wolfgang recently released his first single under the Mammoth WVH banner with the song Distance – a tribute to his father.
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