The Beach Boys were led by Brian Wilson. Indeed, Brian Wilson was the Beach Boys. He largely wrote, performed, and produced the recordings they made in the 1960s, from “ Surfin’ ” in 1961 to “ Do It ...

It may have been fitting that Brian Wilson, the heart beat of the Beach Boys, died at 82 in summer. That was the season of surfing for the California band ...

UVA pop culture expert Jack Hamilton says the 1960s music icon merged different genres into his unique style, taking rock and ...

The Beach Boys’ "Good Vibrations" debuts on one U.K. chart more than half a century after its release following Brian ...

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The sad passing of the Beach Boys composer Brian Wilson this week has sent Clash scurrying through the archives - and we've found footage of a unique ...

It's not rare to see Wilson's bright, sunny Southern California music with The Beach Boys used to contrast dark moments on ...

The Ramones didn't just perform punk music; they set the standard for it. They emerged in the mid-1970s with a style that was loud, speedy, and pleasingly unrefined.

Paul McCartney has admitted that The Beatles' hit song Back In The U.S.S.R. was a 'parody' of The Beach Boys, with his ...

Sometimes death, as life, brings strange symmetries. Two music revolutionaries, Sly Stone and Brian Wilson, both died within ...

Tiring of making frothy pop, the late Brian Wilson threw away his Beach Boys’ template, assembled a battalion of top session ...

Wilson, who died Wednesday at 82, was one of music’s true visionaries, if that’s the right word for a guy who dealt in the ...