Mike Love, a co-founder and lead vocalist for the Beach Boys, is among this year’s fun, fun, fun honorees for the Songwriters ...
Brian Wilson joined his Beach Boys bandmates for his first appearance since his conservatorship ruling, with his daughters ...
Ann Wilson has had a lot of musical inspirations but one "genius" songwriter inspired her to form Heart after falling in love with music. Read more here.
Brian Wilson might not have always got things right when he was in the Beach Boys, but the band were arguably worse off when left to their own devices.
Sunset Blvd., where in the late 1960s Wilson would regularly host cult leader Charles Manson and many of his followers, has ...
No name is more synonymous with The Beach Boys than Brian Wilson. He helped found the band in its early years and led them to greatness, after all. However, like anyone, Wilson had his limits.
Capitol/EMI releases “The SMiLE Sessions,” a two-disc set of tracks recorded by the Beach Boys during 1966-67 for the famous “lost” album that Wilson himself recreated in 2004. Wilson and ...
Brian Wilson is urging fans to boycott a gig by his former band The Beach Boys, over trophy hunting fears. A version of the California band, fronted by Mike Love, are to play the Safari Club ...
McDonald is a five-time Grammy winner. Simmons and Jerkins are both two-time Grammy winners. All three musicians have won ...
The Beach Boys are no strangers to crossing paths with country artists. In a recent conversation, Love reminded me that Glen Campbell had briefly replaced Brian Wilson in late ’64 when he ...
The “I Get Around” / “Don’t Worry Baby” double-single release in May 1964 marked a significant shift for not just the Beach Boys, but for Brian Wilson’s songwriting. Both songs still ...
While their early recordings were mostly about navigating teen problems like parents and school, it didn’t take long for the Beach Boys – led by main songwriter Brian Wilson – to start ...