Mammoth WVH New Releases

[ZahZoo]

This one is my favorite so far... solid rocker.

[ZahZoo]

This one was Ed's favorite... I believe it's the more pop oriented on the album.

[twonabomber]

[Kristy]

Mammoth is one way to describe it. Sounds like 80's hair metal with more delivered pizzas. Fucking awful unlistenable shit.

[Kristy]

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[ZahZoo]

So far I've enjoyed each of the songs released. It's all original work... the production and compositions are solid. Good energy and so far quite listenable.

For something that appeared to be a just home project of a kid using his dad's studio and resources... this has turned out far exceeding my expectations. Looking forward to hearing more...

[Terry]

I'd say what I've heard also exceeded my expectations, although I didn't really have any expectations to exceed...like, just him being "the kid of" Eddie Van Halen wasn't something that made me think [Wolfgang's] stuff was gonna be any good by default...

What I've heard is competent. As you say, the production and compositions are solid. Listenable.

All of that is a far cry from any of it being exceptional or memorable, which are two descriptions that I find I can't really apply to any of the Mammoth stuff I've heard.

None of which is to say I find any of it terrible by any means.

[Von Halen]

I like all I've heard.

But, to me, it's missing the chemistry of a real rock band.

Definitely a talented kid.

[Jérôme Frenchise]

The idea of the vid and the vid itself are really funny, though

the chemistry of a real rock band is missing

necessarily.
For a fraction of a second when the second Wolf arrives to grab a guitar before the other two, I thought hey, the other guitarist is just as hefty as he is.

The music sounds great, though maybe too polished. Some frying would have been welcome in there.

Anyway I like the vid a lot.

[ZahZoo]

The chemistry element does seem to be missing... sort of... I keep finding myself focused on the fact that all the parts were performed by one person or actually reminding myself.

But then, if that fact weren't present, I wouldn't make the connection necessarily just listening to the songs. Plus, given Wolf's roots... the chemistry was such a prevalent element in his father's work... it's difficult not to consider it.

The exceptional or memorable aspect is true so far. Not hearing something that I think people will imprint on and still enjoy 20 or 40 years from now like some of rock's greatest songs.

But has that era past us all..?

[Fairwrning]

Am I the only one thinking of Dave Grohl? Backup player loses the main element of his first band and decides to make his own record and hire road musicians to play live..and I like what Ive heard so far..The video is even fooish..

[Nickdfresh]

The chemistry element does seem to be missing... sort of... I keep finding myself focused on the fact that all the parts were performed by one person or actually reminding myself.

...

It's probably because he hasn't had to cut his teeth with a bunch of bro musicians playing bars then progressively bigger venues before landing a contract. It seems like maybe five years before making it is a good benchmark with bands like Van Halen and The Who...

[Kristy]

I like all I've heard.

But, to me, it's missing the chemistry of a real rock band.

Definitely a talented kid.

Okay, I'll agree, He is talented - for a hack. He's no Stevie Wonder or Todd Rundgren. I listened to his entire album on YouGoob and nothing struck me as interesting original or fun. Most of the songwriting is centered around the loss of his father. That's commendable but for an album its tedious. Riffs sound straight out of Warrant Jani Lane notebook with some Montrose thrown in. Eh, best of luck to the guy.

[Terry]

The chemistry element does seem to be missing... sort of... I keep finding myself focused on the fact that all the parts were performed by one person or actually reminding myself.

But then, if that fact weren't present, I wouldn't make the connection necessarily just listening to the songs. Plus, given Wolf's roots... the chemistry was such a prevalent element in his father's work... it's difficult not to consider it.

The exceptional or memorable aspect is true so far. Not hearing something that I think people will imprint on and still enjoy 20 or 40 years from now like some of rock's greatest songs.

But has that era past us all..?

I can't really say if that era has come and gone, in terms of rock music. I will say I find a lot of what is being released under the 'rock' genre these days pretty disposable in terms of it being in one ear and out the other when I listen to it...

I mean, outside of the choice of using Van Halen's old 1970s backyard party band name for his project, I don't think Wolfgang's music is trying to ape what Van Halen did stylistically...and that is a positive thing.

I tend to think if this material had been released by a band of previously unknown rock musicians with no famous family connections, it probably wouldn't be getting the amount of attention it is getting. It's an obvious conclusion to make there, but the Mammoth stuff to my ears...while it is competently written, arranged and produced...none of it thus far has really made me want to hear it more than the couple of times I did in order to give the tunes a fair listen or fair shake.

In terms of chemistry, doubtless it's hard to conjure up any when it, as you say, is one person writing all the material and playing all the parts.

If I thought Wolfgang's Mammoth stuff sucked, I'd say so. While I don't think it sucks, none of what I've heard (and all I have heard are the tracks that have been posted on this site) has made me want to give the entire album a listen...and none of the tracks have jumped out at me to the point where I want to hear them again and again...

[FORD]

Am I the only one thinking of Dave Grohl? Backup player loses the main element of his first band and decides to make his own record and hire road musicians to play live..and I like what Ive heard so far..The video is even fooish..

Well... Paul McCartney kinda did the same thing back in 1970. Nobody died, in his case, but he decided that he didn't want to put a band together to make a record, so he played everything himself. Prince also made his first three albums entirely on his own, so Wolf isn't entirely unique in that respect. Of course none of those guys played in their dad's band as a teenager either. (Paul actually might have, but Jim McCartney's band never played a gig outside of Liverpool, as far as I know)