This Fuckin' Kid

[Catfish]

That list is pretty much a track-order listing, which is probably why. Except for Stay Frosty which climbed higher because it's a superior song.

[nick500]

I was hoping big River and Bullethead would be higher. Don't forget the two top ones are the ones they did videos for.
Plus, Tattoo was a big hit in Japan.
Here's what Wolf said about the record two years ago :

https://www.musicradar.com/news/van-halen-final-album

[Nitro Express]

This seems like a natural progression for the fucking kid™... riding his name recognition is falling in value fast. A few big acts cashed him in and now he's sliding down the ranks of opening for progressively lesser acts... heading straight to the county fair and casino touring circuits.

There's only so much emotional milage to be milked out of Edward's death to keep him in the popular ranks. Clearly his 2nd album and musical talents aren't skyrocketing him to fame...

You have to be entertaining. Wolf isn’t. He’s a flash in the pan. Real pro entertainers craft an image and make an effort to look good.

[Nitro Express]

What a hard moment for CVH fans lately...
Ed is dead. Al is retired. Dave is too, somehow, though he still can release a tune now and then, be it a song he made a few years ago with John 5. There's nothing we can expect from the CVH camp, as far as archive releases.
And... The Assclown in chief won't call it quits. Arrrrrgh... He has to make himself conspicuous and twist the knife by claiming his share of the pie he only cuntributed to spoil.
And... Ed's fucking kid, who triggered Dave's comeback on stage with Ed, eventually proves to be a sneaky little bastard by spitting on diehard fans and somehow CVH, attacking Dave publicly and supporting the Assclown's announced mock-VH tour.
There is sure a shitload of stuff to say about all of it, but what a pain in the guts, really.

Good summary of the situation. I guess we can laugh at Wolf’s angry posts after his music career fails and he slides into a depression. He will gain another 100 lbs from binge eating.

[Nitro Express]

We are left with Delusional Dave, Insane Val, Nasty Wolfie and Lame Ass Sam. What a load of fruitcake.

[Von Halen]

He’s a flash in the pan.

He wouldn't even be in the pan if it weren't for daddy, and bands like Metallica making him a charity case.

[Nitro Express]

Yup. People really liked my grandfather. I never knew the man because he died of cancer before I was born but I heard plenty and it was all good. When people found out who’s grandson I was, I got treated better. Wolf got treated better because people liked his dad.

Dave exposed him. Don’t buy the nice guy routine. If Wolf doesn’t get what he wants he’s extremely nasty. His posts indicate this. He’s immature, full of inner pain and loves to attack people. He treats his mom like shit. I saw one video of him mouthing off to his mom on a cooking show set. He needed to be clocked with a frying pan. Note to wife. You will be treated like mom.

I’m looking forward to him spilling all his pain on social media after his marriage and career fail. He will just be one of those miserable trust fund kids after that.

[Nitro Express]

Mammoth WVH is a stupid name and the logo looks like a small dick no bigger than the balls. What we learned is Wolf can play some of his dad’s riffs about as good as a YouTube Jack off.

[Terry]

You have to be entertaining. Wolf isn’t. He’s a flash in the pan. Real pro entertainers craft an image and make an effort to look good.

The only thing I suppose Wolfgang is sort of adept at is crafting a career utilizing internet-based social media. I can't really say exactly how a consistent Twitter (or X, or whatever it's called today) presence or doing a bunch of podcast interviews translates into song downloads on a percentage basis as opposed to a lighter footprint any more than I could with a heavy presence on the traditional television/radio/print means of 40 years ago in Roth's heyday.

I'd guess Wolfgang tends to appeal more to people who feel like they are both entitled and simultaneously perpetual victims...maybe that breaks down to a degree along generational lines? Maybe not? Is it whoever posts the most commentary content wins? And what exactly is there to 'win' anyway?

[Terry]

Mammoth WVH is a stupid name and the logo looks like a small dick no bigger than the balls. What we learned is Wolf can play some of his dad’s riffs about as good as a YouTube Jack off.

Even alongside other nepo kids who went into the music biz on just a talent level - either in terms of general musical technical ability or songwriting ability - Eddie's kid isn't impressive to me.

[Catfish]

Good summary of the situation. I guess we can laugh at Wolf’s angry posts after his music career fails and he slides into a depression. He will gain another 100 lbs from binge eating.

Did Wolf ever smack back at DLR for his 'this fuckin' kid' comments? It'd be unlike Wolf to keep his mouth shut, even if it was full at the time.

[DLR Bridge]

I keep reading the Mammoth fanboys praising the big W for taking the high road. I’m like, you do realize Dave was responding to his bullshit, no?

[Rikk]

Yup. People really liked my grandfather. I never knew the man because he died of cancer before I was born but I heard plenty and it was all good. When people found out who’s grandson I was, I got treated better. Wolf got treated better because people liked his dad.

Dave exposed him. Don’t buy the nice guy routine. If Wolf doesn’t get what he wants he’s extremely nasty. His posts indicate this. He’s immature, full of inner pain and loves to attack people. He treats his mom like shit. I saw one video of him mouthing off to his mom on a cooking show set. He needed to be clocked with a frying pan. Note to wife. You will be treated like mom.

I’m looking forward to him spilling all his pain on social media after his marriage and career fail. He will just be one of those miserable trust fund kids after that.

This.

Yes.

Best takedown of Wolfgang during a period in which there have (rightfully) been a lot of takedowns of this spoiled, ugly, greasy, UberFat, over-rated, pampered, bad-breathed, arrogant, nasty piece of fucking shit daddy's boy/mommy's boy.

I'd love to see the clip of him being rude to "mommy," if you have a link. I hate to admit this...but I enjoy disliking him. (It's probably a sign of my continuing immaturity.)

I'm not a gambling man...but it would be kind of awesome if this site set up an official poll/bet of how long Mammoth-stink will stay married to that woman who clearly did not marry him for his looks. There is no way she & Tubby Mc5150 are going to be in it for the very long haul. Maybe 10 years? Maybe 5? I bet he's verbally-abusive. I bet he talks down to da wife. I bet he sometimes treats her like she should be lucky to be hitched to the guy who owns Edward Van Halen's iconic studio and plays so many instruments and is friends with important people like Dave Grohl and fucking Scott Stapp.

And you just know that when she finally does leave his (by-then) 500-pound ass, he's going to make lame tweets like: "In so much pain...it hurts so much...but I know pop is looking over me." He will release "heartfelt" songs with shitty-ass titles like SEPARATE, ALONE and WHAT I HAD...and the simps will lap up every "pained" tweet or silly-ass "break-up" song, encouraging him with dick-slurping posts like, "Stay strong, Wolfie...your Dad is watching over you" or "It hurts us all to see you so down, sweet Wolfie...WE love you!"

We'll even get the female members of his "fanbase" making really lame comments like: "She's crazy, Wolfie! You're, like, SO HOT!!! I'd MARRY you in a second!!"

Of course, he'll ignore pretty much of all support tweets, because he is "better than those people."

[Rikk]

Don’t buy the nice guy routine.

EXACTLY. He's the much-less famous/rock-and-roll version of Ellen DeGeneres.

It's so transparent. He goes ON and ON about his father's "integrity" and pretends he (Wolfgang Van Halen) is gracious and humble. All you need to do, however, is look at his arrogant Twitter comments or his constant attacks on Dave or VH fans, actually speculating that their lives are "pathetic".

Wolfgang (I always thought that was such a pretentious first name) can't be this "super-nice" or "down-to-earth" guy one second while continuing to feel so much entitled rage towards masses of people he doesn't even know.

He SO acts like he's in his own bubble of incredibly delusional self-importance. He talks like the whole world (let alone the whole musical community) is watching him, cheering him on his important mission, thinking that because his Dad was a great musician who is now dead (leaving him the studio, probably now outfitted with three extra fridges), he somehow is SO important and doing things that actually are really vital to our planet.

If he's really on the brink of a long musical career that is expected to be important in itself, WHY did he end up with his shitty uncle (Val's brother) being his manager? If he's going to be SO important, why didn't Irving Azoff (who managed Van Halen the last decade-and-a-half) keep Wolfgang as a client? (THAT one doesn't get asked enough, does it?)

Tubby Mc5150 will do a couple more albums, each being even less noticed than the one before...he'll tour a few more years playing nothing bigger than clubs or small theaters (with the occasional opening gig for fucking bands like Creed or Foo Fighters or something, though those opening gigs WILL eventually dry up too)... And then, one day he will realize that the music community as a whole does not necessarily think he's important at all. He'll finally see that most people are NOT actually waiting with baited breath for his next song or the next thing he has to say. The goodwill towards his father will only go so far (look at Julian Lennon, and he's actually a nice guy) and Wolfgang Van Halen will realize that he's NOT on an upward-trajectory; he's just a rock star's son and people have stopped caring enough to keep even mentioning him in conversations.

In not-that-many years, he'll be mentioned in bars between the 4th and 5th drink by music fans talking about his dad's band, "Whatever happened to that really fat son Eddie had?"

He won't be hated by most people...because most people won't even know who he is or ever was.

This arrogant Lizzo-wannabe will finally realize that he's simply not talented or beloved enough (on his own merits) to change the fact that his obituary will read simply:

"SON OF FAMOUS GUITARIST EDWARD VAN HALEN...BRIEFLY PLAYED IN HIS FATHER'S FAMOUS BAND."

[Nitro Express]

Ha! Lard Ass Wolfie lost his shit on social media again. Someone saying his dad was a vegan triggered him. I guess marriage hasn’t made him happy. Nothing will make him happy. What a miserable fuck.