Wolfgang Van Halen says that plans to stage a tribute concert to honour the life and music of his late father Eddie have fallen through because "some people can be hard to work with, and made it not happen."
In a new interview with Rolling Stone, the late guitarist's son declined to point the finger at anyone in particular for the fact that "an attempt" to stage a posthumous tribute gig for the legendary Dutch-born guitar hero came to nothing, but stated that "some people are too full of themselves to let others have a good time."
"I would love to just sit here and say everything and say the truth," Wolfgang continues. "There are plenty of interviews my dad did, where he straight up just said everything. And people hated him for it and thought he was lying. So I could just say shit, but people have already decided how they feel about things, facts or not."
When writer Brian Hiatt asks 'if someone were to assume that the main problem was a certain singer with three initials, what would you say to that?' Wolfgang responds, "I would say 'Do your research on the history of Van Halen, and come to your conclusions'."
"What I can say," Wolfgang states, {"is that there was an attempt at doing something. But, you know, I don’t like to speak negatively about people, but there are some people that make it very difficult to do anything when it comes to Van Halen.
"After being in Van Halen for a long time, I really have strived to have an environment where there is no walking on eggshells and there is no personality that you have to deal with. It’s just guys having fun making music and just having a good time. But, you know, from my time in Van Halen, there was always some stuff that gets in the way from just making music and having a good time. And, I think, that’s what happened."
Wolfgang Van Halen will play the Taylor Hawkins tribute gig in London in September,
