The Beach Boys co-founder Mike Love reveals the songs he sang with Brian Wilson just three weeks before the icon's death.

Mike Love said that the Beach Boys didn’t have a ‘formula’ — and his quote wasn’t accurate. In the same memoir, Love mentioned his popular quote.

Mike Love was married to his first wife, Francie St. Martin, for about two years before officially separating. He had several other relationships before getting married to Jacqueline Piesen in 1994.

Mike Love performs this month at Amoeba Music in Hollywood. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times) By Mikael Wood Pop Music Critic . Dec. 28, 2017 11:55 AM PT . Share via Close extra sharing options.

One August afternoon in 1966, Beach Boy Mike Love climbed into his lemon yellow Jaguar XKE (similar to the one he’s wedging himself right into now) and took off for a recording session in Hollywood.

No Kanye West rant can compare with Mike Love at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988. As Love recalls in his memoir “Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy,” out Tuesday, his speech ...

How Mike Love Wrecked the Beach Boys' Hall of Fame Induction Most acceptance speeches are filled with colorful history, personal stories and insights. This one was different.

Mike Love imagined Stevie Wonder in a relationship when he wrote 1 of The Beach Boys’ songs. In a 2013 interview with Rock Cellar Magazine, Love discussed the origin of The Beach Boys’ ...

Mike Love is the shopkeeper who’s still deathly afraid, even well into his would-be retirement years, to take Mondays off. In that, he’s hardly alone in the entertainment business.

Mike Love, John Stamos at the 54th Annual Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Gala held at the Marriott Marquis Hotel on June 12, 2025 in New York, New York. Wilson, who was a cousin to ...

Mike Love is known for his work with the Beach Boys, writing and singing for the surf rock group.Even before joining the “Surfin’ U.S.A.” band, Love explored the music community thanks to ...

Mike Love has never been shy about speaking his mind. His scathing speech at the Beach Boys’ 1988 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame still generates YouTube clicks.