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I didn’t feel the compassion, let’s put it that way,” Al Jardine says. “Mike’s got some serious megalomania problems.” ...
Al Jardine has condemned Mike Love over his speech at their Beach Boys bandmate Brian Wilson's funeral earlier this month, ...
Al Jardine and Mike Love both gave speeches honouring Wilson, their late bandmate and visionary songwriter. But Jardine has taken umbrage at what Love said in his, accusing him of “serious megalomania ...
When the Beach Boys were offered the chance to write a song for a major Tom Cruise movie in 1988, Brian Wilson was reportedly ...
John Mason knew that Brian Wilson needed help – but it came at a high price. “Brian was in a weak mental state,” the ...
Today we laid my Daddy to rest,” Wilson’s daughter, Carnie, said. “It was incredibly difficult to see that happen.” ...
Mike Love said he wrote hooks for The Beach Boys' songs while Brian Wilson wrote harmonies and chord progressions. They co-wrote "Do It Again" in 15 minutes. The song was a major hit in the United ...
“I did not fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys,” Love wrote. “I am not his employer. I do not have such authority. And even if I did, I would never fire Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys.
Mike Love also acted as a songwriter for the Beach Boys, although Brian Wilson was a major creative force behind the group’s success. He arranged harmonies and advocated for specific members to ...
It may be coincidence that memoirs by Beach Boys mastermind Brian Wilson and his cousin, lead singer Mike Love, have come out within one month of each other. But it's also perfect timing. Wilson ...
Mike Love says that “divisive and ugly rumors” that he sent Brian Wilson packing from the Beach Boys are all the result of a misunderstanding. “I did not fire Brian Wilson from the Beach ...