Shout out to Eddie Van Halen's son Wolfgang Van Halen for protecting the memory of his father. Wolfgang recently called out JuliensAuctions.com for selling questionable Van Halen guitars and cashing in on Eddie's death, and also ripped into rumors about the band continuing with him on guitar.
Now Wolfgang has set his sights on folks about unreleased Van Halen material. In an interview with The Oakland Press, Wolfgang said no unreleased material is coming out for a while and that the first step in the process is to properly archive everything.
"That's not gonna happen for a long time," he said. "I have no idea what's in there that would be worth releasing. To a certain extent, my dad released all the good stuff. Even without the intention to release, I want to archive it properly and digitize it, so everything is safe for years to come. It's going to be an incredibly difficult process and a very long process to do properly.
"I think when a very important musician passes, you usually see right away the compilations of unreleased music that maybe should have stayed unreleased, and it just seems like a cash grab to take hold of the moment," he continued. "I've always disagreed with that, so if we're ever gonna do anything with the vault, I want to make sure we do it right and do something that dad would be okay with. So I humbly ask the Van Halen fan base to not hold their breath on this, because you'll pass out."
Wolfgang recently launched his own band, Mammoth WVH.
