Before 'The End' with Wolfgang Van Halen

Last year, Kylie Olsson caught up with Wolfgang Van Halen while he was deep in the process of making The End, the new Mammoth album the band is now touring behind. At that point, the songs were still taking shape behind the scenes. Wolfgang talks about the record, building Mammoth on his own terms, and the anxiety that can come with carrying so much of the creative weight himself. Now that The End is out in the world, here’s the full conversation from that stretch.