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.

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

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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.

Mike Love of The Beach Boys headlines on stage during Day 3 of the Cornbury Festival 2019 on July 07, 2019, in Oxford, England. (Photo by C Brandon/Redferns/Getty) ...

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.

Mike Love has a message for everyone hunkering down in quarantine: “This too shall pass.” And since he’s a Beach Boy and thus some mention of the sun is decreed, he adds: “The best is yet ...

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.

Mike Love said his cousin and bandmate's musical abilities are still intact, as is his long-term memory. Daniel Knighton/Getty Brian Wilson performing in San Diego in May 2017.

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, one of the co-founders of the Beach Boys, paid tribute to his cousin and frontman Brian Wilson, who died at age 82. He joined fellow bandmate Al Jardine in honoring the legendary ...