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Wolfgang Van Halen left his first GRAMMYs empty-handed, but he has no regrets about year-one as frontman of Mammoth WVH.
Late Sunday evening, Wolfie shared a photo of himself posing with his mother Valerie Bertinelli and his longtime girlfriend Andraia Allsop on the GRAMMYs red carpet. He wrote about the memorable night in the caption of his post.
We came, we saw, but we did NOT conquer and that’s ok! I got to have a wonderful night with the two most important women in my world ❤️
Such an honor to be nominated for the first song I ever released on my own, in a category with artists I’ve looked up to my entire life. I don’t know if that’ll ever fully set in.
Pop didn’t win the first time he was nominated too, so it looks like I’m following in his footsteps quite nicely 😄
Who knows what the future holds. All I know is I’m feeling pretty damn grateful. What a wild experience this was.
Thank you to @recordingacademy for the recognition, and thank YOU for the support. Y’all mean the world to me
Mammoth WVH was nominated in the 'Best Rock Song' category for its debut single "Distance." The trophy was awarded to Foo Fighters' for their song "Waiting on a War."
Wolfie's post-GRAMMYs gratitude is a far cry from the frustration he expressed after last year's show. At the time, he was one of many rockers to criticize the GRAMMYs strangely brief 'In Memoriam' tribute to Eddie Van Halen.
As a band, Van Halen won at the GRAMMYs just once, taking home 'Best Hard Rock Performance' for 1992's For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge. The band secured three GRAMMY nominations in its career.