Wolf Van Halen Vents On 'Bitter' Grown Men Who Attack Him Every Day Online

Wolfgang Van Halen has been the target of hatred on social media since before cyber-bullying was a widely-accepted term.

He's so accustomed to the negative messages, he doesn't dwell on them much anymore; in fact, he's made a sport of occasionally naming and shaming his enumerable trolls.

What does seem to bother Wolf, however, is the more recent phenomenon of people who lament his social media presence and scold him for being 'rude' to his fans trolls.

When a Twitter user recently asserted in a Tweet at Wolfie's mother that Wolf is too often "vulgar towards his Dad's fans," the younger Van Halen offered some perspective on the "fans" in question. These are the people who've referred to him as "demon seed" or have clumsily suggested he stop playing his own Mammoth WVH music to become a living Van Halen tribute act.

"The thing about VH fans like this," Wolfie wrote, using the Tweet as an example, "is that by 'being nice to fans' they mean, deal with the unwarranted daily attacks from bitter 50+ year olds, which I'm just not gonna do. If someone's being an a--hole to me, I'm gonna make a joke and/or tell em to f--- off. Deal with it bro."

He elaborated on the strange psychology of his trolls, many of whom don't seem to understand that Wolfie has a better idea than they do of what his father would and would not approve of.

"It's as if by being a Van Halen fan for however long, they think they've somehow bought stock in my existence and can tell me how I should be living my life, how my relationship with my father was, and how I should be honoring him.

"It's f---ing weird, dude. I'm just on here tryna have a good time, live my life, use this stupid app and share stuff with you guys. I ain't got time for the bulls--t, so I'm gonna turn it into something fun for my by making fun of the dips--ts because they make it SO EASY."

After sharing part of the exchange on Instagram, fellow rockers backed up Wolfie in the comments.

"[They're] not worth your energy," wrote Nancy Wilson. "Your new music rocks."

Billy Idol guitarist Steve Stevens added: "You are making all of us super proud by just being you. Your talent speaks for itself."

"Sadly, the bigger you get, the bigger the target on your back will be," added Sevendust's Jon Connolly.

"Just ignore those jealous fux," wrote Chris Jericho.

Wolfgang's hit debut solo album, Mammoth WVH, is available now. He and his band are on tour supporting Guns N' Roses through October.

Get all the tour dates here.