When your dad is Eddie Van Halen, it’s gotta be arduous for different musicians to really feel bigger than life. In a latest interview with The Rock Present with Johnnie Walker, the guitarist’s son, Wolfgang Van Halen, mentioned who his “rock god” is.

Wolfgang Van Halen’s reply? Dave Grohl, the legendary Foo Fighters frontman and former Nirvana drummer.

“He simply evokes me endlessly, in songwriting and talent as a musician. I actually admire how he got here from Nirvana, after which after that sadly ended, how he was capable of construct his personal factor with Foo Fighters. It’s how I replicate a variety of my background, the place I come from and what I’ve tried to do myself. So he’s every thing I aspire to be.

“I first grew to become conscious of it, oh my gosh, once I was… It was when ‘In Your Honor’ and ‘Greatest Of You.’ I keep in mind that music at all times caught in my head. It at all times caught with me like he did every thing. higher, his songwriting and his singing. Yeah, I suppose that’s why I love him a lot. He actually is every thing I aspire to be, particularly after attending to know him a bit and spending a little bit of time with him. he… No there’s nothing higher than trying as much as somebody and realizing that he’s every thing and extra. And he’s that.”

Listening to Mammoth II, the brand new album from Wolfgang’s Mammoth WVH mission, there are undoubtedly elements that would have been influenced by Grohl and Foo Fighters. And hey, by way of function fashions, you could possibly do so much worse than Dave Grohl.

Catch Mammoth WVH on tour this winter with Nita Strauss.

11/4 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave
11/5 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
11/7 – Columbus, OH – The Bluestone
11/9 – Chicago, IL – The Vic Theatre
11/11 – Grand Rapids, MI – Elevation on the Intersection
11/13 – Toronto, ON – The Danforth Music Corridor
11/14 – Montreal, QC – Théâtre Beanfield
11/15 – Boston, MA – Large Evening Stay
11/17 – Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
11/18 – Philadelphia, PA – Keswick Theatre
11/19 – Baltimore, MD – Rams Head Stay
11/21 – Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theater
11/22 – Lake Buena Vista, FL – Home Of Blues
11/24 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Stay Ballroom
11/25 – Dallas, TX – The Manufacturing facility in Deep Ellum
11/26 – Austin, TX – Emo’s
11/28 – Denver, CO – Gothic Theatre
11/29 – Salt Lake Metropolis, UT – The Depot
11/30 – Boise, ID – Knitting Manufacturing facility
12/2 – Spokane, WA – Knitting Manufacturing facility
12/3 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox
12/4 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
12/7 – San Diego, CA – Home of Blues
12/8 – Las Vegas, NV – Home of Blues
12/9 – Los Angeles, CA – The Belasco