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“My dad would say the best solos are the ones you can hum and sing. It’s fun to have shreddiness, but at the end of the day the melody has to come first”: Wolfgang Van Halen on the art of soloing – and why he’s still inspired by Smells Like Teen Spirit

Wednesday October 29, 2025. 05:46 PM , from Keyboard Magazine
“I think there was one moment on this album where I used the whammy bar'
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