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Wolfgang William Van Halen (born March 16, 1991), is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 musician. He is the current bassist for Van Halen
Van Halen

Van Halen is a hard rock band formed in in 1972. They enjoyed success from the release of their Van Halen in 1978. As of 2007 Van Halen has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide and have had the most number one hits on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart....
, replacing Michael Anthony in 2006.

parents, who named him after the classical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood in Salzburg. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty; at seventeen he was engaged as a court musician in Salzburg, but grew restless and traveled in search of a better position, always...
, are Van Halen lead guitarist Eddie Van Halen
Eddie Van Halen

Edward Lodewijk "Eddie" Van Halen , is a Dutch-American guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter and music producer, most famous as the lead guitarist and co-founder of the hard rock band Van Halen....
 and actress Valerie Bertinelli
Valerie Bertinelli

Valerie Anne Bertinelli is an United States actress, best known for her role as Bonnie Franklin's daughter, Barbara Cooper Royer, on the long-running television program One Day at a Time....
. His uncle is Van Halen drummer Alex Van Halen
Alex Van Halen

Alexander Arthur Van Halen is a Dutch-American drummer and co-founder of the hard rock band Van Halen.Originally, his brother Eddie Van Halen had taken lessons for drums, while Alex practiced guitar....
. His middle name is rumored to be taken from the title of the Van Halen song "Big Bad Bill (is Sweet William Now)," a cover of a jazz standard David Lee Roth
David Lee Roth

David Lee Roth is an United States Rock and roll vocalist, songwriter, actor, author, and former radio personality, best known as the lead singer of Van Halen....
 sang about Eddie.

Wolfgang was a part of his father's vision for Van Halen from a very young age.






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Wolfgang William Van Halen (born March 16, 1991), is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 musician. He is the current bassist for Van Halen
Van Halen

Van Halen is a hard rock band formed in in 1972. They enjoyed success from the release of their Van Halen in 1978. As of 2007 Van Halen has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide and have had the most number one hits on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart....
, replacing Michael Anthony in 2006.

Biography

His parents, who named him after the classical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood in Salzburg. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty; at seventeen he was engaged as a court musician in Salzburg, but grew restless and traveled in search of a better position, always...
, are Van Halen lead guitarist Eddie Van Halen
Eddie Van Halen

Edward Lodewijk "Eddie" Van Halen , is a Dutch-American guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter and music producer, most famous as the lead guitarist and co-founder of the hard rock band Van Halen....
 and actress Valerie Bertinelli
Valerie Bertinelli

Valerie Anne Bertinelli is an United States actress, best known for her role as Bonnie Franklin's daughter, Barbara Cooper Royer, on the long-running television program One Day at a Time....
. His uncle is Van Halen drummer Alex Van Halen
Alex Van Halen

Alexander Arthur Van Halen is a Dutch-American drummer and co-founder of the hard rock band Van Halen.Originally, his brother Eddie Van Halen had taken lessons for drums, while Alex practiced guitar....
. His middle name is rumored to be taken from the title of the Van Halen song "Big Bad Bill (is Sweet William Now)," a cover of a jazz standard David Lee Roth
David Lee Roth

David Lee Roth is an United States Rock and roll vocalist, songwriter, actor, author, and former radio personality, best known as the lead singer of Van Halen....
 sang about Eddie.

Wolfgang was a part of his father's vision for Van Halen from a very young age. The instrumental "316" was named in his honour, after Wolfgang's birthday. Later, his father named a custom guitar after him, the Peavey Wolfgang. Eddie stated that Wolfgang is new to the bass guitar.

Wolfgang later began actively participating in the band. He also made guest appearances during some dates of Van Halen's 2004 tour, appearing during his father's extended guitar solo spot and playing "316" with him.

Although Wolfgang began working on new material with his father and uncle in late 2006, it is unclear if or when any of it will be released. A fall 2007 Van Halen tour was announced during a press conference on August 13, 2007. The tour began on September 27, 2007 and finished in July 2008.

Like his father, Wolfgang is a multi-instrumentalist
Multi-instrumentalist

A multi-instrumentalist is a musician who plays a number of different musical instruments.The Bachelor of Music degree usually requires a second instrument to be learned , but people who double on another instrument are not usually seen as multi-instrumentalists....
; in addition to bass, he also plays drums
Drum kit

A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbell s, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer....
, guitar
Guitar

The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
, and keyboard
Keyboard instrument

A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include various types of organ s as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic musical instrument....
.

Wolfgang made headlines in early 2008 by appearing on the cover of the April issue of Guitar World with his father, in the magazine's very first father-son issue. Wolfgang was also mentioned on the Rachael Ray talk show in 2007 when his mother, Valerie, spoke with Rachael about the stresses of having her son on the road. She said, "He's just like, 'Mom, don't say anything stupid about me on Rachael Ray
Rachael Ray

Rachael Domenica Ray is a celebrity and author. She hosts the Television syndication talk/lifestyle program Rachael Ray and two Food Network series, 30 Minute Meals and Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels....
!'" She also said that Wolfgang is a "good boy" and when he finds himself in an adult situation, calls her and says, "Mom, I'm not comfortable here."

Wolfgang was talked about extensively in Valerie's memoir, Losing It- And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time.

Following the completion of the 2007/2008 Van Halen tour Wolfgang headed back to school and will hope to graduate in Summer 2009. He will then re join Van Halen for a possible album and tour.

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