Al Jardine has accused his former Seaside Boys bandmate Mike Love of “megalomania issues” for his speech at Brian Wilson’s funeral.
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Wilson, the band’s visionary chief, died in June from respiratory arrest on the age of 82 and his funeral was held in early July in Los Angeles, with lots of his buddies and former collaborators attending.
Singer/lyricist Love and guitarist Jardine, each founding members of The Seaside Boys, gave speeches on the ceremony, and in a brand new interview with Rolling Stone, Jardine has taken a swipe at Love and accused him of drawing consideration to himself.
“Mike wished everyone to know that he wrote each single phrase of ‘Good Vibrations’,” Jardine mentioned. “I didn’t really feel the compassion, let’s put it that means. Mike’s obtained some severe megalomania issues.”
“I used to be specializing in Brian, and Mike was extra targeted on Mike,” he added. “I believe that’s what it boils all the way down to.”
Jardine can also be mentioned to have referenced Love’s feedback in his personal speech on the funeral. “Mike, I’ve written some songs with Brian myself. We wrote one referred to as ‘Surfin’ Down The Swanee River’. It simply wasn’t as massive as ‘Good Vibrations’,” he mentioned, drawing laughter from the room.
Jardine and Love have been at odds ever because the passing of Carl Wilson in 1998, dealing with off in a collection of courtroom circumstances within the 2000s, with a decide finally ruling that Love had the suitable to carry out underneath the band’s title.
They did briefly reunite alongside Wilson in 2012 however it was to be a short-lived tour. In 2020, Wilson and Jardine strongly denied any involvement in a Seaside Boys live performance related to a Donald Trump profit present.
After information of Wilson’s dying emerged, Jardine shared a press release, writing: “I believe probably the most comforting thought proper now’s that you’re reunited with [brothers] Carl and Dennis , singing these lovely harmonies once more.”
Love posted his personal transferring tribute to Wilson, writing: “Right this moment, the world misplaced a genius, and I misplaced a cousin by blood and my accomplice in music. Brian Wilson wasn’t simply the center of The Seaside Boys – he was the soul of our sound.”
“From the primary time we sang collectively as children in my lounge, I knew there was one thing otherworldly in him. His musical presents had been unmatched. The melodies he dreamed up, the feelings he poured into each be aware – Brian modified the course of music without end.”
