Eddie Van Halen’s son speaks out about ‘hurt’ about how the Grammys honored his father

Eddie Van Halen’s son, Wolfgang, has a few words about how the Grammy Awards honored his late father during Sunday’s ceremony.

Van Halen pointed out in an Instagram message on Monday that his father – the legendary rock guitarist who died in October at the age of 65 – was briefly featured during the series “In Memoriam” and was not mentioned again.

In addition to a screenshot of the segment in which Eddie Van Halen performed, his son writes: ‘The Grammys asked me to play’ Eruption ‘for the’ In Memoriam ‘section, and I did not want to. I think no one could have complied with what my father did for music except for himself. ”

“It was my understanding that there would be an ‘In Memoriam’ section where pieces of songs were performed for legendary artists who passed,” he continued. “I did not realize that they would only show Pop for 15 seconds amid four complete performances for others we lost.”

He said he was most hurt by the fact that he did not mention his father “when they talked about artists we lost at the beginning of the program.”

‘I know rock is not the most popular genre at the moment (and the academy seems a bit out of touch), but I think it’s impossible to ignore my dad’s legacy on the instrument, the world of rock and music in the world. ignore. general, ”Van Halen wrote. “There will never be an innovator like him again.”

He added that he did not want to start a “hate parade” because his father would probably just laugh it off and say ‘Ehh, who’s give a shit?’ talking to The Recording Academy not only about my father’s legacy, but also about the legacy of the Rock genre.

The survey academy did not immediately respond to HuffPosts’ request for comment.

Eddie Van Halen, lead singer of the iconic rock group Van Halen from the 80s, has died after cancer treatment.

Rolling Stone puts Van Halen in a league with rock’s biggest guitar players. “It’s hard to imagine what rock & roll would have sounded like without Eddie Van Halen,” the magazine wrote.

‘Like Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton before him, he single-handedly (or perhaps, in his case, double– “) referring to a two-handed technique known as typing -” changed the vocabulary of guitar for a generation, “said Rolling Stone.