Wolfgang Van Halen is running an online poll to select a new name for his band.
The move follows an online accusation that his band is capitalizing on his family name.
A Twitter user wrote, “If a person wants to make a name for themselves, they wouldn’t take advantage of their famous father’s last name and band name. His father and uncle didn’t have that.”
Wolfgang responded by tweeting, “Van Halen is literally my f**king name you grape. You guys understand Van Halen is literally a name. Like way before it was a band. Right? That good ol’ American rock and roll you love so much was written by a Dutch immigrant named Edward Lodewik Van Halen, not some dude changing his name to sound cool and ‘rock n roll’ and sh*t?”
Wolfgang then followed up with a poll, asking his followers, “Guys, what should my new name be?”
Options presented included: Wolfgang AC/DC, Wolfgang The Who, Wolfgang Paul McCartney, and Wolfgang Led Zeppelin.
The winning selection? Wolfgang Led Zeppelin.
