Beach Boys singing in harmony as court dispute settled
Last Updated: Friday, March 21, 2008 | 2:31 PM ET
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The good vibrations have returned for the Beach Boys, after two former members settled their lengthy legal dispute over use of the band's name.
Mike Love and the estate of deceased member Carl Wilson had sued Al Jardine for playing music under the Beach Boys name.
The Beach Boys in 1979 consisted of (back row, from left) Brian Wilson, Al Jardine and Dennis Wilson and (front row) Mike Love and Carl Wilson.
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Love and Jardine reached a settlement Thursday after two days of mediation in a Los Angeles Superior Court.
The case had been set to go to trial in April. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed, but their lawyers described it as amicable.
Love, Jardine and the only other surviving Beach Boys member, Brian Wilson, attended the first day of mediation.
According to reports from Reuters, they chatted and occasionally sang lines from Help Me Rhonda as their attorneys met with the judge in chambers.
The end of the legal dispute could pave the way for a reunion as the Beach Boys approach their 50th anniversary of their 1961 founding.
"Certainly everybody would love it, but we're taking it a day at a time," said Jardine's attorney, Lawrence Noble.
"We've cleared out a lot of negative history. We're looking forward to the future, and hopefully a lot of good things will happen."
The Beach Boys are known for songs such as Little Deuce Coupe, Surfer Girl and Good Vibrations.
Love first sued Jardine for trademark infringement in 2000, saying he did not have the right to use the band's name. The same year, a judge agreed that Love was the sole licensee of the Beach Boys name, and an appeals court upheld the ruling in 2003.
Another lawsuit against Jardine was launched in 2004 to recoup legal costs. That suit was settled this week.
Founding band member Carl Wilson died of cancer in 1998 and his brother Dennis Wilson, also an original Beach Boy, drowned in 1983.
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