Van Halen bassist Wolfgang Van Halen has branded One Direction "d***heads".
The rocker accused the 'Live While We're Young' hitmakers of insulting him and his musician pals when they bumped into the boy band in their Birmingham hotel lobby, then retaliated by making fun of the boys' perfectly coiffed hair.
He tweeted: "Fun fact: Was just insulted by that s****y boy band#OneDirection in the lobby of our hotel this morning! Greetings Birmingham! (sic)"
Wolfgang added: "No joke. That ACTUALLY happened. That group of kids in #OneDirection were d***heads to @IIEROCKII@GWDrums and I... They must call themselves that because all of their hair points in #OneDirection (sic)"
@IIEROCKII is Creed and Tremonti guitarist Eric Friedman, while @GWDrums is the twitter account of Tremonti drummer Garrett Whitlock.
Garrett later weighed in: "had a run in with some boy band in the hotel lobby. no worries. I can't take a insult from someone who doesn't even write there own tunes (sic)".
Wolfgang - the son of guitar legend Eddie Van Halen - has been in the music business since the Van Halen family formed the band 1972.
They released their twelfth studio album, 'A Different Kind Of Truth', in February.
The band has been keeping a low profile since Eddie underwent emergency surgery for Diverticulitis, a digestive disorder of the colon, in August.
by Dale 19th Oct 2012 15:40
i dont get it :\
.. 1D insulted Van Halen ?
or Van Halen insulted 1D?
a directioner just said that 1D insulted Van Halen but I freakin dont understand.. :/
by Hellwyck 19th Oct 2012 21:30
From the (believable) accounts given, the 1D boys (and I use the term literally) gave hassle to the band Tremonti on their way past them in a corridor without knowing who they were (the members of Tremonti were not sure who 1D were either), the members of Tremonti only retaliated in interviews while the 1D boys left their fans to ignorantly fight the band online.