Wolfgang Van Halen Picks His Favorite Roth and Hagar Van Halen LPs
Wolfgang Van Halen recently participated in the “Albums that Changed My Life” feature from Classic Rock. He has a few surprising choices, but naturally, he had to shout out his father on the list.
Wolfgang’s list comes to a close by choosing two Van Halen albums: One David Lee Roth-era album and one Sammy Hagar-era album. His reasoning for this makes a ton of sense: “I don’t think you can fully represent what Van Halen is without looking at both the Roth era and the Hagar era.”
His favorite Roth-era album is 1981’s Fair Warning. Wolfgang enjoys the dark, fun nature of the album. Notably, he says, “It was an album where my dad just said, ‘F*ck it’ and did what he wanted. I think that’s why it’s a cult classic – it was never really a huge album compared to the others.”
As for the Hagar-era, Wolfgang chose 1995’s Balance, and his reason is very sweet. He said, “Technically I was alive for [1991’s] ‘For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge,’ but ‘Balance’ was the one that I kind of remember being around when it was happening.” Wolfgang also thinks Balance is the best-sounding Van Halen album in their catalog and finds many of the album’s melodies to be beautiful.
Wolfgang’s Tribute to EVH on His Wedding Day
Wolfgang Van Halen and Andraia Allsop were married on October 15, 2023 in an intimate ceremony at their home in Los Angeles.
People was on hand to capture exclusive photos and to report on the big day. Notably, the day of their wedding was also the anniversary of their first date, which took place back in 2015.
Wolfgang was walked down the aisle by his mother, actress Valerie Bertinelli, but his late father, Eddie Van Halen, was present, too. The music playing while mother and son walked down the aisle was “316,” an instrumental track off of Van Halen’s 1991 album For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge. Wolfgang told People his father wrote the instrumental for him. With the track, Wolfgang noted, “It’ll be a nice way to include my dad.”