New album project incorrectly described in online article.

[ESQ Editor]

news bits:
http://www.fullaccessmagazine.com/The%20Beach%20Boys%20-%2001012015

[Rocky Raccoon]

Whaaaaat???

[wantsomecorn]

I'm drunk right now but I hope this is real.

[alf wiedersehen]

Is this a Mike Love-Beach Boys album?

[Lee Marshall]

I'm drunk right now but I hope this is real.

Me too.  1/2 cut anyway.  Not 'Summer in Paradise Volume II' though right?  I HAVE TO ask...Can'you' really put out a NEW Beach Boys album at any point in, or near, THIS day and age and not include Brian Wilson?  And Al Jardine?  And David Marks?  [and Blondie and Ricky too?]

This is almost shocking...and it should, instead, be GREAT news.

Creedence Clearwater Revisted?  Ooooooh-boy.

[wantsomecorn]

This sounds very vague though. More details? Hopefully this is more of an Al Jardine-style whistlebreak instead of more bullshit. Maybe Mike could've just meant another "NASCAR salute" type album. I hope it isn't the case. Bruce said that they had dates booked through 2016 on BBB, so hopefully we could get another anniversary tour in 2017. That would be great.

[Vernon Surfer]

I am suspicious. If at the very least Brian and Al are not involved, I don't think that they can call themselves the Beach Boys. I think that his rights only apply to the touring issue and not the recordings.
Have we heard anything from the Wilson or Jardine camps?

[bluesno1fann]

Holy sh*t.... even if it's just Mike and Bruce this is pretty big news!

[Andrew G. Doe]

Given that Mike's book has been reported everywhere else as a 2016 publication - which would make complete sense, given the title - yet here is reported to be due the following year, I'm thinking someone misheard or misunderstood. We'll see.

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

It's pretty known here that I am a supporter of the M&B touring band, and that they're just as good (in a different way) as Brian's band. That said...

releasing an album under the Beach Boys name with this configuration is going to be a major mistake, especially if there are re-recordings of old songs as the article states. I can get down with a live album, but a studio album? Uh uh. Not saying that it won't sound good...it might. But, really? At least SIP had Carl and Al. If Mike releases it under his own name, or as 'Mike Love and Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys', I'm okay with that too. This? Not so much. I feel bad, because I do have the upmost respect for the current configuration, but I can't get down with this at all.

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

I am suspicious. If at the very least Brian and Al are not involved, I don't think that they can call themselves the Beach Boys. I think that his rights only apply to the touring issue and not the recordings.
Have we heard anything from the Wilson or Jardine camps?

That was my understanding too.

[wantsomecorn]

I am suspicious. If at the very least Brian and Al are not involved, I don't think that they can call themselves the Beach Boys. I think that his rights only apply to the touring issue and not the recordings.
Have we heard anything from the Wilson or Jardine camps?

That was my understanding too.

Yeah... and given that Mike is usually a lot more restrained in his interviews, I doubt he'd be the one to blow the news. Maybe he's talking about his solo album with some Beach Boys tracks (Everyone's In Love With You, Cool Head, Pisces Brother, etc.).

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

Hope so.  I'd be interested in that.

To be clear...I have no qualms that the album would sound good. Just...I have an issue with calling it a Beach Boys album without Brian and Al, just the same as I would have a problem if it was Brian and Al without Mike. If Carl was still alive and involved, I might feel different.

[Mikie]

"New renditions of older songs"

What does this mean; new renditions of other artists songs (covers) or new renditions of older Beach Boys songs?

Either way, I don't really care to hear these.

Also, I hope Brian and Al are included on the tracks, otherwise FGI.

[Andrew G. Doe]

Maybe he's talking about his solo album with some Beach Boys tracks (Everyone's In Love With You, Cool Head, Pisces Brother, etc.).

Those last two titles are not BB tracks. Solo. Always have been.

[John Manning]

Following their tour state-side and a tour overseas in 2015, fans can expect The Beach Boys to put forth a new album in 2017, which will consist, according to Love, of both new songs and new renditions of older songs. Love also expects his autobiography tentatively titled “Good Vibrations: My Life as A Beach Boy” to be released the same year. There are also talks of revisiting their collaboration with the musical group Chicago in the future. Love says, “We’re always open to collaboration. We like a whole lot of different types of music and appreciate all kinds.”

So far away that we don't need to speculate. Let more news seep out over the next 24 months, then meet back here to pick it apart!

[runnersdialzero]

Wouldn't be the Beach Boys if they didn't (possibly) end things on a totally bizarre and unfitting note, right?

I'm really thinking/hoping some sort of wires got crossed on this one, but we'll see.

Edit: plz put a question mark at the end of the title. Plz. This is gonna get so many folks' hopes up and then CRRRUSH THEM.

[Alan Smith]

 

[Eric Aniversario]

This seems a bit vague. Who would be involved? Why would it take 2 years? Why is it mentioned so casually in an obscure article? I wouldn't make too much of this quite yet.

[phirnis]

It's gonna be a collection of Dennis Wilson cover songs only, with lead vocals by John Stamos. Looking forward to the power-ballad version of Make It Good.

[wantsomecorn]

Maybe he's talking about his solo album with some Beach Boys tracks (Everyone's In Love With You, Cool Head, Pisces Brother, etc.).

Those last two titles are not BB tracks. Solo. Always have been.

Ah, right. "Tracks Mike has performed with the Beach Boys" was what I was thinking.

[SMiLE Brian]

This album is going to be SIP part two.

[elnombre]

This album is going to be SIP part two.

SIP, revisited with an orchestra. Finally Mike's vision will have its full realization. And we shall all be taken on a luuuuurve vacation.

[John Manning]

This seems a bit vague. Who would be involved? Why would it take 2 years? Why is it mentioned so casually in an obscure article? I wouldn't make too much of this quite yet.

This.

Unless the next issue of ESQ contains several pages of confirmation with interviews on the subject with Brian, Al, Dave and Blondie and those Mike and Bruce chaps, I ain't swallowing it.

[Sam_BFC]

Following their tour state-side and a tour overseas in 2015, fans can expect The Beach Boys to put forth a new album in 2017, which will consist, according to Love, of both new songs and new renditions of older songs. Love also expects his autobiography tentatively titled “Good Vibrations: My Life as A Beach Boy” to be released the same year. There are also talks of revisiting their collaboration with the musical group Chicago in the future. Love says, “We’re always open to collaboration. We like a whole lot of different types of music and appreciate all kinds.”

So far away that we don't need to speculate. Let more news seep out over the next 24 months, then meet back here to pick it apart!

This description of course seems to be more in line with what Mike wanted the 2012 album to be.