'I put everything on hold with my album to spend every waking second with my dad,' the guitar legend's son said.
."I guess I'm a good actor when it comes to pretending that everything is OK. But it's really not."
Van Halen, whose debut album with his solo project Mammoth WVH comes out Friday, says his late father provides him with the perseverance he needs. "What really helps me keep going is my dad, because if I just gave up and stopped and crawled in a hole, which I feel like doing every day, I know he'd be really pissed off at me," he said."He's the only thing that keeps me going."
The 30-year-old had to put his own musical ambitions aside while he took care of his ailing father. He says it was worth it.
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