Eddie Van Halen’s son talks about being “hurt” by the way the Grammys honored his father

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

On Monday, in an Instagram post, Van Halen noted that his father, the legendary rock guitarist who died in October at age 65, showed up briefly during the “In Memoriam” segment of the show and did not to be mentioned again.

Along with a screenshot of the segment starring Eddie Van Halen, his son wrote, “The Grammys asked me to play ‘Eruption’ for the ‘In Memoriam’ section and I declined. I don’t think anyone could have. to live up to what my father did for the music that he himself ”.

“I understood that there would be a‘ In Memoriam ’section where pieces of songs were performed for legendary artists who had passed away,” he continued. “I didn’t realize they would only show Pop for 15 seconds in the middle of four full performances for others we had lost.”

He said he felt “more hurt” by the program not mentioning his father “when they talked about artists we lost at the beginning of the program.”

“I know rock isn’t the most popular genre right now (and academia seems a little out of touch), but I think it’s impossible to ignore the legacy my father left to the instrument, the rock world, and music in general, ”Van Halen wrote. “There will never be another innovator like him.”

He added that he doesn’t want to start a “hate parade” because his dad “would probably just laugh and say“ Ehh who does shit? He concluded by saying that “he would love to have the opportunity to talk to The Recording Academy not only about my father’s legacy, but also about the legacy of the rock genre.”

The Recording Academy did not immediately respond to HuffPosts’ request for comment.

Eddie Van Halen, head of the iconic 80s rock band Van Halen, died after cancer treatment.

Rolling Stone placed Van Halen in a league with the best rock guitarists. “It’s hard to imagine what rock & roll would sound like without Eddie Van Halen,” the magazine wrote.

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