Mike Love

Harvard Book Store welcomes MIKE LOVE, lead singer and founding member of The Beach Boys, as he signs copies of his book Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy.

Please Note:

This is a book signing event only. See the event's signing guidelines below.

Enter to Win:

Book signing ticket holders will be entered to win pairs of VIP tickets to see the Beach Boys at Agganis Arena in Boston on Monday, November 7th at 7pm.  VIP tickets include backstage access and a meet and greet with Mike Love.

Tickets and Book Pickup

• Tickets are required to join the signing line. Each ticket admits up to two (2) people.
• Each ticket includes one copy of Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy.
• Those purchasing tickets online can pick up their book at the bookstore the evening of the signing, but not before.
• Those purchasing tickets in the store or over the phone can pick up their books at any time.
• Tickets go on sale September 20th at 9am in the store and at harvard.com. Tickets are non-refundable and non-returnable.
• Additional copies of Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy will be available for purchase at Harvard Book Store the evening of the event.

Timeline

• The signing will begin at 7pm on Thursday, October 13th, at Harvard Book Store.
• The signing line will be brought into the store space at 6:30pm. Until then the line will form outside the store, down Plympton Street (towards Mount Auburn Street).
• E-ticket and will-call ticket holders will receive their books when checking in on the evening of the event.

Signing Line Guidelines

• This is a book signing only. No memorabilia. No photos. No CDs/Vinyl. Thank you.
  
• The author will be personalizing and signing purchased copies of Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy.
• No posed photos.
• Guidelines subject to change.

Can't Attend? Order a Signed Book

A limited number of signed copies of Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy will be available to pre-order.

About Good Vibrations

Mike Love tells the story of his legendary, raucous, and ultimately triumphant five-decade career as the front man of The Beach Boys, the most popular American band in history—timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of "Good Vibrations."

As a founding member of The Beach Boys, Mike Love has spent an extraordinary fifty-five years, and counting, as the group's lead singer and one of its principal lyricists. The Beach Boys, from their California roots to their international fame, are a unique American story—one of overnight success and age-defying longevity; of musical genius and reckless self-destruction; of spirituality, betrayal, and forgiveness—and Love is the only band member to be part of it each and every step. His own story has never been fully told, of how a sheet-metal apprentice became the quintessential front man for America's most successful rock band, singing in more than 5,600 concerts in 26 countries.

Love describes the stories behind his lyrics for pop classics such as "Good Vibrations," "California Girls," "Surfin' USA," and "Kokomo," while providing vivid portraits of the turbulent lives of his three gifted cousins, Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson. His partnership with Brian has few equals in American pop music, though Mike has carved out a legacy of his own—he co-wrote the lyrics to eleven of the twelve original Beach Boy songs that were top 10 hits while providing the lead vocals on ten of them. The band's unprecedented durability also provides a glimpse into America's changing cultural mores over the past half century, while Love himself has experienced both the diabolical and the divine—from Charles Manson's "family" threatening his life to Maharishi instilling it with peace. A husband, a father, and an avid environmentalist, Love has written a book that is as rich and layered as the Beach Boy harmonies themselves.