High school is hard, whether you're a nerd, a partier, a jock or the bassist in one of the biggest rock bands of all time.
Speaking with Q104.3 New York's Out of the Box with Jonathan Clarke, Wolfgang Van Halen looked back on his unique teen years.
Wolfie was just 16 years old when he embarked on his first tour with Van Halen. But he tells Clarke that his budding music career didn't earn him much cachet with his classmates.
"I was just a dork like always," Wolfie recalls. "If anything it made me even more of a loser. I remember when I came back for my senior year, I'd be walking down the hall and people would be like, 'Oh, hey, look, it's the bass player for Van Halen.' Which you would think would be cool, but it wasn't."
Asked about his other interests as a teen, Wolfie noted that his athletic career peaked in 10th grade as a member of a championship junior varsity volleyball team. Joining Van Halen solidified his path towards a career in music.
Undeterred by a little teasing from classmates (or a lot of cyber-bullying from grown adults), Wolfie continued as a member of Van Halen, eventually adding live and studio gigs with Tremonti, Clint Lowery to his resume.
Last year at 29, he launched his solo career under the Mammoth WVH moniker and dropped multiple rock radio hits. Later this summer, Wolfie and his new band will get on the road as main support for Guns N' Roses.
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