var today = new Date(); Jardine proceeded to appeal this decision in addition to seeking $4 million in damages. Mike is currently 79 years old. Not the way I heard it from a very famous songwriter who left the US almost 2 years ago. Mike Love, the first of their six children, was born in the Baldwin Hills district of Los Angeles in 1941. //show_zero = true; Born in Los Angeles, California, Mike Love grew up spending time with his uncle, Murry Wilson and singing with the Wilson family. We know that there were things Love didn’t like about the reunion tour — in particular, he complained about the large band (mostly Wilson’s musicians, although two crucial members were from Love’s band), disliked the album (into which he had comparatively little creative input — it was mostly Wilson and Thomas’ work), and didn’t like the experience of working with Brian’s “people”. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. if(!large) { For other uses, see, exclusive license to tour as the Beach Boys, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Brian Wilson, Mike Love, and the Psychodrama Behind the Beach Boys' Sun-Streaked Legacy", "Mike Love of the Beach Boys: One-On-One (The Interview Part 1)", "The epic tale of the Beach Boys and the 'Pet Sounds' goats", "Flashback: Mike Love Rages at the 1988 Rock Hall Ceremony", https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/68217/al-jardine-gets-ok-to-sue-mike-love, https://www.mercurynews.com/2008/03/23/beach-boys-lawsuit-settled/, https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/beach-boys-brian-wilson-finally-defeats-one-of-mike-loves-dubious-lawsuits-120182/, "Exclusive: Mike Love 'Looking Forward' to Beach Boys 50th Anniversary Tour", "Beach Boy Mike Love brings 'good vibrations' to Naperville", "Beach Boys seek to overcome discord with new wave of Love", https://relix.com/articles/detail/reflections_mike_love/, "Dennis Wilson: The Beach Boy Who Went Overboard", "Endless Summer: Brian Wilson vs Mike Love in the battle for the Beach Boys' soul", "Mike Love to Trump: 'You Tried Your Best to Help Whitney Houston, "The Beach Boys consider playing at Trump inauguration", "Beach Boy Mike Love is out to fix his bad reputation", "Texans celebrate Trump at Black Tie and Boots Ball", "The Beach Boys' Mike Love "Red Jacketed" by City Year @ARTISTdirect", https://www.billboard.com/charts/independent-albums, Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980, Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of The Beach Boys, Beach Boys' Party! He currently resides in Baldwin Hills, California, USA. } else { 4. Mike Love, though, had a somewhat happy carrier all throughout his life, had married five times in his life. The reason was only recently made public, in a Facebook comment by Love’s daughter, but it’s been obvious to those who have been paying attention since it happened. As for why Mike didn’t talk about it, I have to presume that he thought it would shut down discussion more quickly by saying “it was always meant to be a finite thing with a set end-date, and now it’s over”, which is technically true. !0; Thoughts on music, science, politics and comics. View recent updates on Mike Love’s earnings, income, bio, and facts below ⤵. diff = (start2 - today); } Brian’s band *are* a truly exceptional group of musicians, and the two shows I’ve seen with them this year are among the best gigs I’ve seen them do (which is to say among the best gigs anyone has ever done…) [19] That same year, Love became one of the many rock musicians who discovered the teachings of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi following the Beatles' public endorsement of his Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique in August 1967. The simple answer: he didn’t. At the induction ceremony Love delivered a hostile speech, criticizing, among others, McCartney and Mick Jagger. abs_diff -= count * seconds[display[i]]; He currently tours with The Beach Boys, which is made up of an entirely new group of musicians, except for him. } else { He has a total of eight children.