The Beach Boys’ Al Jardine has “no relationship” with Mike Love
The Beach Boys‘ Al Jardine has admitted that he has no relationship with his former bandmate Mike Love.
The public fallout between the pair exploded in 2025 when Jardine criticised Love’s speech during the funeral of Brian Wilson, who sadly died last June aged 82.
Jardine said of Love’s speech, “Mike wanted everybody to know that he wrote every single word of ‘Good Vibrations’. I didn’t feel the compassion, let’s put it that way. Mike’s got some serious megalomania problems.”
During his own speech at the funeral, the 83-year-old then used his time to deliver a barb at Love, telling those in attendance, “Mike, I’ve written some songs with Brian myself.”
Love then hit back at Jardine’s claims about his speech, with a representative for the musician stating that the version of events told was “not true”.
Now, in a new interview with The I, Jardine has revived the decades-long feud, admitting, “I have no relationship with him. It’s hard to explain, but sometimes it’s better to leave things alone. He’s very quiet now. He doesn’t talk much.”
However, they are set to cross paths in the not-so-distant future, with Jardine adding, “When I see him, I’ll see if he’s still talking to me.”
Jardine and Love previously had a legal entanglement over the use of The Beach Boys’ name following the death of Carl Wilson in 1998, with Love winning the right to tour under the moniker.
While Jardine is no longer a member of The Beach Boys’ touring band, Love will be visiting the UK under the historic band’s name this summer.
Shows are lined up in June in London, Edinburgh, Halifax, Southampton, Wolverhampton and Belfast.
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