Mammoth WVH & Dirty Honey “Young Guns Tour” Recap

Photographer Alex Kluft reports from the Wiltern Theatre in Hollywood on the Young Guns Tour

Mammoth WVH & Dirty Honey “Young Guns Tour” Recap

Photographer Alex Kluft reports from the Wiltern Theatre in Hollywood on the Young Guns Tour

Photos and words by Alex Kluft  Dirty Honey and Mammoth WVH played the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles, CA last night. As stated by Dirty Honey publicist Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald “this isn’t a Dirty Honey headline tour, it isn’t a Mammoth WVH tour, it’s the Young Guns Tour where the two bands are co-headliners, rotating the opening and closing spot throughout the tour. Plus, you’ve got two of the hottest rising rock bands happening today joining forces to “prove” that rock’n’roll is VERY MUCH alive, that the “young guns” can do it just as well as the “originals.” That is exactly what this tour is a co-headline of two of the greatest modern day rock bands. I have seen both groups open up for Gun N’ Roses and was blown away. It was great to see them in their own show each playing an hour long set. For this show Mammoth WVH played first with Dirty Honey closing. The tour began on February 20th in Denver, CO. Wolf Van Halen performing Mammoth WVH was formed by the son of the great Eddie Van Halen, Wolfgang. WVH was destined to be a great musician with his father being one of the greatest guitarists ever and being named after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. WVH could be seen at different Van Halen shows over the years as a kid and in 2007 the Van Halen brothers announced their first ever reunion tour with their original frontman David Lee Roth and WVH just 16 at the time would be taking over bass duties and backing vocals. The reunion lasted three tours 2007-2008 2012 and 2015 as well as the release of A Different Kind of Truth in 2012. Between the second and third Van Halen tours WVH played bass with Creed and Alter Bridge guitarist Mark Tremonti’s solo band. Tragically Eddie Van Halen passed on October 6th, 2020 after a long battle with cancer. Prior to the Covid-19 Pandemic there had been talks of another Van Halen tour. As a tribute to his father WVH released the song and video for “Distance” which really shows the great relationship he and his father had. On June 11, 2021 Mammoth WVH released their debut album. As many Van Halen fans know Mammoth was the band’s previous name before stardom. Like Dave Grohl on the first Foo Fighters’ album, WVH wrote the entire album and played all the instruments. He used his father’s most iconic guitar, the “Frankenstrat” on “Mammoth'' and “Feel.” Mammoth bassist Ronnie FicarroOn Guns N’ Roses' 2021 tour Mammoth WVH could be seen opening each night,this was the band’s first tour together. Mammoth WVH consists of WVH on guitar, keys, and lead vocals, guitarist Jon Jourdan, bassist Ronnie Ficarro, drummer Gary Whitlock, and guitarist Frank Sidoris who is currently out on tour with Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators. Mammoth WVH also played the Whisky A Go Go, a venue Van Halen frequently played and was featured in the “Dreams” video. Mammoth WVH took the stage a little after 8 P.M. and it was LOUD just like Van Halen was. The 12 son
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