Wolfgang Van Halen thinks rock music is “perfectly great where it is”: “There’s room for everything”
Modern rock might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but Wolfgang Van Halen believes it’s exactly where it needs to be right now.
Wolf is driving rock music forwards with his own band, Mammoth, and while some people may believe the genre is oversaturated, he believes there’s room for all kinds of bands and musicians within it. With artists like Yungblud, Sleep Token, and many more taking off, it’s clear rock isn’t going anywhere, but is definitely evolving.
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During an interview with Special K of The Sound 228, Wolfie says (via Blabbermouth), “I think there’s room for everything. I think it’s a knee-jerk reaction for people to be upset about this or that.
“In this day and age, we’re just inundated with a crazy amount of things, but I think there’s room for everything to breathe and to coexist. So I think rock is perfectly great where it is. If it changes, that’s cool. If it doesn’t, I think there’s a space for everybody to enjoy it.”
Asked for his advice for up-and-coming musicians, he replies, “You really gotta love the playing and the writing of the music part, ‘cause the business, like every other business, is a very predatory and tough-to-navigate sort of thing. So I think as long as the writing and the playing of the music is what matters to you more than anything, I don’t think you can lose.”
Last year, WVH spoke of his own place within rock, and said he felt happy that people were beginning to take him seriously as an artist in his own right, rather than Eddie Van Halen’s son.
“It’s pretty great,” he said during an interview with Radio Futuro. “I’m very lucky and happy that people are beginning to take me seriously as my own artist and separate me from my family history.
“At the end of the day, that’s all I would really like to do, is be taken at face value for what I represent and not for what my family represents. And I think that’s why I’m trying to do something different.”
You can catch Mammoth on tour this year, with shows kicking off in March. Find out more via the Mammoth website.
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