Even though his father was one of Rock music’s most celebrated innovators, Wolfgang Van Halen gives the band, Tool, the credit for helping him fully understand music.
… When I started listening to TOOL, I noticed a big jump up in my own skills. Trying to learn how to play ‘Ænima’ and learning how to play ‘Forty Six & 2’ and ‘The Grudge’ and ‘Ticks & Leeches’ and stuff like that, and noticing, like, ‘Wow, I’m becoming a better drummer just because I’m trying — and failing — to play all of this TOOL stuff.’ But, yeah, listening to TOOL really upped my game in terms of understanding music and learning how to play it and developing more skill…
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