Wolfgang Van Halen destroys “grape” on Twitter who questions his name

nme.com:

Wolfgang Van Halen has hit back at detractors on Twitter, one of whom accused him of “taking advantage” of his name.The singer and multi-instrumentalist – who is the son of the late Van Halen guitarist Eddie – has faced criticism for using the Van Halen name from fans of the classic rock band.

He has also been accused of supposedly failing to honour his father by not playing Van Halen songs live.Yesterday (March 21), a Twitter user came after Van Halen, saying: “If a person wants to make a name for themselves they wouldn’t take advantage of their famous father’s last name & band name.

His father & uncle didn’t have that. Everyone in the band didn’t have that. Matter of fact, majority of current & former bands & singers didn’t have that.”Van Halen responded by saying, “Van Halen is literally my fucking name you grape.”Van Halen is literally my fucking name you grape https://t.co/ceuP5axF1x— Wolf Van Halen (@WolfVanHalen) March 21, 2023In a further tweet, Van Halen added: “You guys understand Van Halen is literally a name.

Like way before it was a band. Right? That good ol’ American rock and roll you love so much was written by a Dutch immigrant named Edward Lodewik Van Halen, not some dude changing his name to sound cool and ‘rock n roll’ and shit?”You guys understand Van Halen is literally a name.