MAMMOTH WVH frontman Wolfgang Van Halen performed the acoustic version of the song ‘Distance’ last night (March 30) in Sayreville, New Jersey.
The band are currently on tour with DIRTY HONEY for their “Young Guns” trek and last night’s stop at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, N.J. saw the group performing as a trio, as their current touring guitarist, Jon Jourdan, was unable to be at the show.
Before playing the song “Distance” solely on an acoustic guitar, Wolfgang told the crowd: “I know, there’s some parts missing, but I’m doing my fucking best, man. I’m so sorry. When it comes to this next song, there were so many parts that I decided to strip it down.”
MAMMOTH WVH then broke into a cover of FOO FIGHTERS’ “My Hero” right after, as a tribute to late drummer for the band, Taylor Hawkins, who died last Friday.
“Normally in the set for this whole tour we’ve done so far except for the last couple of shows, we’ve been doing a song we really like by a band that we really like,” Van Halen said to the audience, as someone shouted out “My Hero.”
“I see you have Twitter, my friend” he replied. “Guys I fucking miss Taylor Hawkins, so we’re gonna play ‘My Hero,’ you guys cool with that?”
You can check out fan-filmed footage of both songs below.