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Brian Wilson and Mike Love in a recording session, in an image from Love's memoir "Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy." (Capitol Records) ...
Beach Boys Brian Wilson, Mike Love Tell All in Starkly Different Memoirs. New books from both singer and songwriter offer opposing takes on band's legend. By Rob Sheffield. Rob Sheffield ...
Beach Boys’ Mike Love Vs. Brian Wilson: Battle of the LA Times Letters. The decades-long fight between bandmates heats up as a 75-date 50th anniversary tour ends and three members are relieved ...
Last Friday, Mike Love published a letter in the Los Angeles Times in an attempt to set the record straight about why he and Bruce Johnston have booked Beach Boys shows this fall without Brian ...
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 ...
Ahead of the Beach Boys' only UK concert this year, Mike Love reflects on his love for his cousin Brian and reveals why at 84 ...
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 ...
Brian Wilson named “Do It Again” as one of his favorite Beach Boys original songs, offering insight into his creative process with Mike Love. The artist actually wrote the 20/20 original while ...
NEW YORK — Mike Love is looking back fondly on Brian Wilson, his cousin and Beach Boys collaborator who died Wednesday at 82. “It's a tough one,” Love told The Associated Press Thursday.
Brian Wilson and Mike Love have conflicting memories of how they created this Beach Boys song. Simpson asked Love if his contributions to The Beach Boys’ songs were underappreciated.
Beach Boy Brian Wilson’s bandmate Mike Love is speaking out on the benefits of the legendary rocker’s recent conservatorship. A conservatorship that gives members of Wilson’s inner circle ...
— Mike Love, Beach Boy and Wilson cousin, on Instagram. "Brian Wilson was the most musically inventive voice in all of pop, with an otherworldly ear for harmony. He was also the visionary leader ...