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Wolfgang Van Halen<\/a> is clearly taking shots at somebody on Mammoth<\/a>‘s new single “I Really Wanna.” Some clues from the song and video suggest his target is none other than\u00a0David Lee Roth<\/a>.<\/p>\n You can watch the video for “I Really Wanna” below.<\/p>\n Like many of Mammoth’s previous videos, this one shows off\u00a0Van Halen’s multi-instrumental prowess,\u00a0as he\u00a0toggles between\u00a0singing and playing bass, guitar and drums. The lyrics find him running down an unknown person, with the chorus repeatedly declaring, “Ohhhhhh, I really wanna fuck with you.”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Van Halen Albums Ranked Worst to Best<\/a><\/p>\n Van Halen\u00a0also portrays another megaphone-wielding character, who is typically seen in the background looking bored, wearing sunglasses and a flashy red shirt.<\/p>\n The second verse provides the first clue\u00a0that Roth is the subject of the song, as the red-shirted guy takes over the\u00a0microphone and declares,\u00a0“This fuckin’ kid is on the other side<\/em>.”<\/p>\n READ MORE: <\/strong>Wolfgang Van Halen: I’m not F—in’ Playing ‘Panama’ For You Guys<\/a><\/p>\n This line echoes the complaints Roth aired about Wolfgang \u2014 who was a member of Van Halen from 2007 to 2020 alongside his father Eddie<\/a>, his uncle Alex<\/a> and Roth \u2014 in a 2024 video<\/a> posted to his YouTube page.<\/p>\n “This fuckin’ kid. He’s complaining the entire tour like I’m not paying enough attention to him on stage,”\u00a0Roth\u00a0said. “He’s complaining to everybody around me \u2014 the business manager, the security guy, the clothing lady \u2014 ‘Dave’s not paying enough attention to me.'”<\/p>\n “I guess I’m honored he even thinks about me as much as he seems to,” Van Halen responded two months later. “I guess you have to take what he says with a grain of salt considering he also said that he wrote ‘Eruption’ and came up with the Frankenstein [Eddie’s red-white-and-black-striped guitar]. … He said he wrote all the solos that Dad wrote.”<\/p>\n When the guitar solo arrives in the “I Really Wanna” video, it shows Van Halen tapping with his middle finger, winking and blowing a kiss at the camera. The red-shirt guy is then seen struggling with a pair of nunchucks \u2014 reminiscent of the baton-twirling displays Roth performs during concerts \u2014 knocking the sunglasses off his head at one point.<\/p>\n As the song and video come to a conclusion with a shot of an empty rehearsal room,\u00a0Van Halen pops back into the frame to deliver one more middle finger.<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Wolfgang Van Halen: Eddie ‘Ruined the Landscape’ of ’80s Rock<\/a><\/p>\n “I Really Wanna” is the third single from Mammoth’s upcoming third album\u00a0The End<\/em>,\u00a0following the title track <\/a>and “The Spell<\/a>.” The End<\/em>\u00a0marks\u00a0the third album that features\u00a0Van Halen acting as a one-man band and the first to drop the “WVH” from his band’s name. The record is due in stores on Oct. 24.<\/p>\n The most essential recordings from the bands that shaped a genre.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gallery Credit: Michael Gallucci<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWho Is Wolfgang Van Halen Portraying in the ‘I Really Wanna’ Video?<\/h3>\n
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