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Beach Boys' Bad Vibrations
Forget the California girls, it's two California men the Beach Boys are after.
The surf-happy rockers are seeking more than $20 million in damages from two men who allegedly stole photos, recordings and other band memorabilia from a warehouse with the intent of hawking the goods online.
The Beach Boys' company, Brother Records Inc., filed the suit in federal court in Los Angeles Wednesday on behalf of the surviving members. The suit targets Allan Gaba, the owner of the North Hollywood warehouse from which the goods were supposedly swiped, and Roy Sciacca, Gaba's friend and alleged accomplice.
The lawsuit claims Gaba and Sciacca violated the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band's copyright and trademark rights, as well as its right of publicity.
The Beach Boys had been using Gaba's warehouse to store musical instruments, original and rare compositions, photos, contracts and other mementos amassed since the band's inception in 1961. Per court papers, the Boys cleared out their goods from the storage facility in 1994, but found that 13 of the 25 boxes were missing in action. The boxes in question contained such items as Brian Wilson and Mike Love's contract for the 1968 song "Do It Again" and photos of the band with George Harrison, according to Los Angeles' City News Service.
The suit alleges that Gaba removed them without permission. Gaba has not commented on the lawsuit.
For his part, Sciacca has claimed he purchased, not stole, the memorabilia from the Grammy-winning band at a garage sale nearly two decades ago.
The Beach Boys say that last October, Sciacca had contacted the Britain-based auction house Cooper Owen and attempted to put the items up for sale. At the behest of the band's attorneys, the online auction was canceled just a half hour before its scheduled start.
The Los Angeles Police Department and the FBI were asked to investigate the alleged theft shortly thereafter, according to the lawsuit, but when authorities searched Sciacca's office, there was no sign of the missing memorabilia, only a list of the disputed items.
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