Wolfgang Van Halen

Tremonti cut the songs on 'Dust' in the same sessions as last year's 'Cauterize.'

If Wolfgang Van Halen's upcoming album isn't a hit, it certainly won't be due to a lack of effort on his dad's part.

Eddie Van Halen indicated that his son Wolfgang is working on a solo album.

Creed guitarist Mark Tremonti has finished recording the second, as-yet-untitled album with his eponymous side band, setting a release date for early 2015.

It looks like Van Halen bassist Wolfgang Van Halen won't be sitting around unemployed while waiting for his father, legendary guitarist Eddie Van Halen, to recover from his recent emergency surgery. The 21-year-old musician has been tapped to join Creed and Alter Bridge guitarist Mark Tremonti on tour.

Van Halen‘s extensive tour schedule has given Eddie Van Halen access to his son that most fathers don’t have with their children, and the guitar great says that having Wolfgang on the road has changed the dynamic of their relationship a little bit.

Van Halen’s only announced 2011 tour dates might not happen after all. The reunited hard rockers were supposed to headline the Soundwave Revolution traveling festival in Australia, but that enterprise has, ahem, gone under.

The Van Halen rumor mill is running rampant once again. Fan site Van Halen News Desk(VHND.com) is reporting that a “trusted source” says the band have been hard at work on a new album. The process is “going great and the band is starting to mix the new tracks.”