Wolfgang Van Halen is the latest artist to join Drumeo’s ‘Heard for the First Time’ challenge.
In this viral YouTube series, drummers listen to songs they have never heard before and create their own drum parts. While Wolfgang is mostly known for leading his band Mammoth WVH and playing bass in Van Halen, he is also a drummer and plays all instruments on Mammoth’s records.
For his episode, Drumeo asked Wolf to drum along to ‘Youngblood’ by 5 Seconds of Summer. “I’ve been honestly dreading this to a certain amount because I just have no idea what the f*ck I’m going to do,” he says at the start of the video.
After hearing the song, Wolfgang admitted he had never heard it before and guessed that it might be by Ed Sheeran or Harry Styles.
Wolfgang smoothly plays along after a few attempts, and at the end of the video, 5SOS drummer Ashton Irwin reacts to his performance. He praises Wolfgang’s drumming, saying he has ‘great flavor’ and calling him a ‘badass drummer.’
Other past Drumeo episodes include Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers playing Thirty Seconds to Mars’ ‘The Kill,’ Dirk Verbeuren of Megadeth playing Paramore’s ‘Misery Business,’ and Art Cruz of Lamb of God drumming to Imagine Dragons’ ‘Thunder’ after hearing them for the first time.
