A day before... - Mike Love speaks out on Brian Wilson's 'firing' - latimes.com A day before band members gathered at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles to take in various accolades, singer and lyricist Mike Love caught his fellow band members by surprise in announcing his decision to resume touring with his latter-day incarnation of the Beach Boys - minus creative leader Brian Wilson or original members Al Jardine and David Marks. Friday, Love wrote to The Times with his thoughts on the matter, saying he didn't fire Wilson and that his bandmates always knew there would be tours by two different versions of the band.