The Breaking Point In Their Career?

[MBE]

I know when I saw that back in 1991 that was when I first questioned the Mike Love is the devil crap.

[mikeyj]

Oh yeah, Michael is just a money-hungry jerkoff trading on Brian's fame and stature in rock 'n roll. 

Phew! Thanks for clearing that up. I was seriously beginning to believe that Mike actually had a heart there for a minute But in all seriousness that interview with Mike was also one of the first times when I questioned Mike love being evil and all that crap.

[Jeff]

Seems to me the group ended after Adult/Child fell apart and Mike & Al effectively took over.  I'm not a fan of Adult/Child, but at least it was an attempt at creativity.  There was very little of that from 1978 forward.  In fact, IMO almost all of the decent songs starting with MIU were either recorded before '78 (My Diane, Good Timin') or were meant for Denny's solo album (Baby Blue, Love Surround Me).  Many of the rest have, again IMO, a putrid, almost smooth jazz feel to them, as if they were trying to eliminate anything remotely interesting.