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Ex-Beach Boy Al Jardine got nothing but bad vibrations from the U.S. Supreme Court Monday.
The guitarist and backup vocalist, a founding member of the seminal surf band, was fighting a court order prohibiting him from using the term "Beach Boys" when he tours. The High Court justices refused to hear his appeal.
The Beach Boys name is owned by Brother Records, the corporation formed to hold the band's trademark, and jointly held by Jardine, Mike Love, Brian Wilson and the estate of Carl Wilson.
Though Jardine owns a quarter of the corporation, he is not licensed to perform as a Beach Boy--that honor is reserved for Love, who continues as frontman of today's Beach Boys--which contains not a single Wilson.
Brother Records denied Jardine use of the name, claiming he "did not agree to abide by terms of a proposed license."
In 1998, Jardine began touring as "Beach Boys Family and Friends," with Brian Wilson's daughters Wendy and Carnie (formerly of Wilson Phillips), after claiming that Love refused to tour with him. But on January 28, 2003, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco barred Jardine from using the term.
When the Beach Boys got their start in the 1960s, they epitomized the laid-back, feel-good tendencies of the era, with songs such as "Surfin' U.S.A.," "Help Me Rhonda" and "Fun Fun Fun." Brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson had cousin Love and buddy Jardine over to their garage for jam sessions, and the Hawaiian shirt-wearing band was born. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988.
Today, Brian Wilson, the most talented, yet most reclusive Beach Boy, has a solo career, but his brothers, guitarist Carl and drummer Dennis, have both passed away. Carl died of of cancer in 1998 and Dennis Wilson drowned in 1983.
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