Since Eddie Van Halen’s passing, Alex Van Halen has mentioned using AI to complete some unfinished Van Halen music. While he might be in favor of it, Eddie’s son Wolfgang, not so much.
Wolfgang, Alex’s nephew and also a great musician, is not a fan of the idea, even though he’s pretty much powerless to stop it.
According to Heavy Consequence, Wolfgang said, “Alex is free to do whatever he wants. He’s obviously the proprietor of what Van Halen is and where it goes. But I think generative A.I. is [effing] stupid. I don’t like it. I think it’s dumb.”
Wolfie went on to say, “I think we should be using AI to put mufflers on cars, not paint paintings and make songs. It should be doing the stuff that we don’t wanna do, so we can focus on the creative stuff.”
