Tom Dunne: Carefully surfing choppy waters with the battling Beach Boys
The Beach Boys: Dennis Wilson, Al Jardine, Mike Love, Brian Wilson and Carl Wilson. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
I interviewed Mike Love from the Beach Boys some years back. Mike is not the most loved Beach Boy. He would argue that his negative press is just the result of the Brian Wilson camp. They, like most fans, people, and pets, don’t like Mike.
Love is frequently described as “the biggest asshole in the history of rock and roll”. Mike is stoic about this. Like all narcissists, he knows that people who don’t like him are just wrong.
