Eddie Van Halen, cried the first time he heard the musician’s single, ‘Distance’.‘Distance’ is the first solo single from Wolfgang’s band, Mammoth WVH, released last November.According to Blabbermouth, Wolfgang said in a statement that he wrote the song as his late father – the monolithic guitarist for Van Halen who died last October – battled cancer, “imagining what my life would be without him, and how terribly I’d miss him”.In last Tuesday’s episode (January 5) of HardDrive Radio, upon being asked how family members reacted the first time they heard ‘Distance’, Wolfgang replied, “It moved everyone I showed it to.“I remember when I showed it to dad for the first time, maybe it was out of pride or also just the song in general, he cried.
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