Overview

• In a Rolling Stone interview, Jardine said Love used the occasion to stress his “Good Vibrations” lyric credits and lacked compassion, calling him someone with “serious megalomania problems.”
• Reports say both founding members delivered remarks at services for Brian Wilson in Los Angeles in early July.
• Jardine opened his own remarks with a self-deprecating joke about co-writing “Surfin’ Down The Swanee River,” a line that drew laughter.
• A spokesperson for Love disputed Jardine’s account, saying Love focuses on uplifting audiences, preserving the catalog, and providing resources to fellow Beach Boys shareholders, including Jardine.
• The public exchange revives a decades-long rift that included 2000s court rulings granting Love the right to tour as The Beach Boys, with Love continuing that lineup and Jardine now touring with Wilson’s former backing band.