The Grammy Awards are making a lot of enemies lately.
First, it was The Weekend, who called out the Recording Academy for snubbing him in the nominations. Then, people were upset with Naya Rivera being left out of the In Memoriam segment.
And now, Eddie Van Halen's son has expressed disappointment with his father's tribute.
In addition to these awkward (yet sorta wonderful) moments, there were quite a few missteps in fans' eyes.
This largely included Glee star, Naya Rivera, being left out of the show's In Memoriam segment, which they have every year.
She was out boating with her son, Josey, when she went missing.
Lake Piru staff later found the four-year-old on board the boat, sleeping and wearing a life jacket. Meanwhile, Naya's life jacket was still on the boat.
It wasn't like Naya hadn't been part of the Grammys before, either.
In 2010, she was nominated in 2010 with the Glee cast for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for their cover of Journey's "Don’t Stop Believin.'"
"So disappointed in the #GRAMMYs for not including @NayaRivera who gave so much to the music industry so let’s all just take today remembering Naya the way the Grammys couldn’t," added another.
The legendary guitarist and co-founder of Van Halen sadly passed away in October 2020 after a long and courageous battle with lung cancer. He was 65.
But on Monday, Wolfgang took to Instagram to critique his father's short tribute.
"The GRAMMYS asked me to play Eruption for the ‘In Memoriam’ section and I declined. I don’t think anyone could have lived up to what my father did for music but himself," he began.
"I didn't realize that they would only show Pop for 15 seconds in the middle of 4 full performances for others we had lost."
In his Instagram post, Wolfgang then shared what disappointed him the most.
"What hurt the most was that he wasn’t even mentioned when they talked about artists we lost in the beginning of the show."
"I know rock isn’t the most popular genre right now, (and the academy does seem a bit out of touch) but I think it’s impossible to ignore the legacy my father left on the instrument, the world of rock, and music in general. There will never be another innovator like him."
"I just wanted to explain my side. I know Pop would probably just laugh it off and say “Ehh who gives a [expletive]?” He was only about the music anyway. The rest didn’t matter."
Several comments on his post agreed with him, with people writing "your father's a legend" and that "rock is simply being ignored by the main stream media."
What do you think of Eddie's tribute? Was it too short? Let us know in the comments!
