He was wrongly given many prescription drugs in the '70s & '80s in an attempt to cure his drug addiction. His "doctor" tried to take over his life, even writing himself into BW's will. BW's family sued the doctor, got his medical license revoked, and BW has been slowly recovering under the care of "real" doctors ever since. In the last seven years or so he's been touring regularly, overcoming his stage fright, and finished the long-discarded SMiLE album. He's not back 100%, but he's certainly doing better now personally and professionally than he has in forty years.
Mike Love is playing county fairs with a bunch of sidemen and calling them "The Beach Boys."
Paying Brian in cocaine and hamburgers to write songs certainly didn't help his addictions, so it is rumored.
Yeah, it's a travesty. No group without a Wilson brother in it can be The Beach Boys. No matter how many versions of Bruce Johnston they can come up with.
I've read about his dr trying to take over his life.
Besides his drug addiction, which I believe was a result of trying to treat his depression, he has a history of attempted suicide. According to what I've read, he did receive electroshock therapy treatments for his depression. Sometimes I wonder if he had some sort of partial lobotomy.
He was the real talent behind the Beach Boys and is still a talented person. It is sad to see him now, as he has some sort of brain disorder which makes his facial expressions odd and sometimes inappropriate for the situation. Yes, from what I've seen of him, he has improved over the past couple years.