<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4K2f6E_0umm6ePk00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4K2f6E_0umm6ePk00" width="1000" height="560" ></figure>Wolfgang Van Halen says he thought he and VAN HALEN singer David Lee Roth were on good terms until recentlyDuring an appearance on the latest episode of the “WTF With Marc Maron” podcast, Wolfgang Van Halen, Eddie Van Halen‘s son, who joined VAN HALEN at just 15 years old, was asked if he gets along with VAN HALEN singer David Lee Roth. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Not really, at least as of recently. I thought we were on good terms, and he actually made a couple YouTube videos about me, about how much he doesn’t like me, which was, like, ‘Okay, cool man.’Asked what Roth‘s justification was for making those videos, Wolfgang said: “He basically just said a bunch of stuff that was true to him, I guess. It doesn’t matter if it’s not true because the people that are going to listen to it will believe it and use it to hate me anyway. So you’ve just gotta move forward.“I think the big thing, one of the bigger things is that my dad isn’t around,” Wolfgang explained. “So I think he just went for what’s still there to kind of point at.”Wolfgang went on to say that Eddie and David “always” had difficulties in their relationship with each other. “I mean, throughout their history, I think, absolutely,” he said, before adding: “I don’t know what it is with ’80s bands. There’s always fucking something. I’ve kind of used it as my own… just, like, I don’t want this to happen. So it’s, like, for my band, it’s, like, why can’t we just have a good time and just be happy and make music? Like, is it that fucking difficult?”Elaborating on why he thinks there is so much speculation about the inner workings of VAN HALEN, Wolfgang said: “I think the really tough thing with VAN HALEN is that my dad and my uncle never talked about it. They just pushed forward and kept doing what they were doing. I think that left room for interpretation or one side to be loud about it, to have the only truth be out there, and that’s the only thing that people end up believing, when that’s not necessarily the case.”Back in January of this year, Roth posted an audio clip to YouTube in which he blasted Eddie Van Halen’s son for allegedly engaging in unpleasant behavior and making poor decisions during VAN HALEN‘s final tour.“This fuckin’ kid,” David said, “he’s complaining the entire tour like I’m not paying enough attention to him on stage.” Roth continued: “He’s complaining to everybody around me — the business manager, the security guy, the clothing lady — ‘Dave‘s not paying enough attention to me.'”<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4TL4h2_0umm6ePk00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4TL4h2_0umm6ePk00" width="994" height="589" ></figure>With Wolfgang on bass, VAN HALEN embarked on lengthy tours in 2007, 2012 and 2015. The band’s final run of shows took place in the summer and fall of 2015. The North American trek included 41 concerts beginning on July 5, 2015 and ending on October 4, 2015. Roth went on to recount an incident at the New York stop of the tour where Wolfgang allegedly “commandeered a couple of monkeys to go in back, behind my back, over to the side of the stage and throw out these two great dames that I invited to be my guests to the show.“In fact, you aren’t gonna believe this shit. This fuckin’ kid, what he doesn’t know is that these two dames work for the accounting firm that represent him, not me. But as usual, he, just like his uncle and his uncle’s brother, stiffed them for tickets.”Roth later told a similar story that allegedly took place at Los Angeles’s Hollywood Bowl at the last-ever show of VAN HALEN‘s final tour. According to David, just as he and the rest of VAN HALEN were about to launch into “Ice Cream Man“, Wolfgang had another female guest of Roth do “the walk of shame” and got her ejected from the venue.Thew iconic guitarist Eddie Van Halen passed away in October 2020 at the age of 65. He had been battling throat cancer and died surrounded by friends and family at a Santa Monica, California hospital. </div></body>

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WOLFGANG VAN HALEN Says He’s ‘Not Really’ On Good Terms With DAVID LEE ROTH

Wolfgang Van Halen says he thought he and VAN HALEN singer David Lee Roth were on good terms until recently. During an appearance on the latest episode of the “WTF With Marc Maron” podcast, Wolfgang Van Halen, Eddie Van Halen‘s son, who joined VAN HALEN at just 15 years old, was asked if he gets along with VAN HALEN singer David Lee Roth. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Not really, at least as of recently. I thought we were on good terms, and he actually made a couple YouTube videos about me, about how much he doesn’t like me, which was, like, ‘Okay, cool man.’

WOLFGANG VAN HALEN Says He’s ‘Not Really’ On Good Terms With DAVID LEE ROTH

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