Following Eddie Van Halen’s death, rumors of a potential replacement started swirling, with fans speculating that Wolfgang would take his father’s place as Van Halen’s lead guitarist. “It has been mentioned that Eddie Van Halen told his son and brother, I give you my blessing,” a fan wrote in a tweet, per People. Wolfgang however, refuted the rumors about the band reuniting, revealing on “The Howard Stern Show” that he had no intention of replacing Eddie. “I’m not going to replace him, you know?,” Wolfgang explained. “I’ve spent my life making sure I’m not like him. I’m my own person. And my dad, again, he’d be pissed off. He’d be, like, ‘What the f*** are you doing? Go do your sh**.” During the interview, Wolfgang also confirmed that there was no hope of a reunion for the band. Rather, Wolfgang went solo.
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He now serves as the leading act of Mammoth WFH. In 2021, he founded the band and released his first solo album, “Mammoth WVH,” — a project boasting chart-topping songs including “Distance” and “Don’t Back Down.” For “Distance,” Wolfgang earned his first Grammy nomination in the best rock song category. But despite losing the award to Foo Fighter’s “Waiting on a War,” Wolfgang couldn’t be more thankful for his strides. “Such an honor to be nominated for the first song I ever released on my own, in a category with artists I’ve looked up to my entire life,” he wrote on Instagram.
