Sunset Blvd., where in the late 1960s Wilson would regularly host cult leader Charles Manson and many of his followers, has ...

In the summer of 1968, Manson recorded several tracks at Brian Wilson’s home ... In the 1978 biography The Beach Boys and the California Myth, Wilson acknowledged his relationship with Manson ...

We explore the fascinating insights into arranging bass guitar parts the Beach Boys' 1966 track "Wouldn't It Be Nice" offers.

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 ...

Mike Love, a co-founder and lead vocalist for the Beach Boys, is among this year’s fun, fun, fun honorees for the Songwriters ...

One of the architects of modern pop music with his game-changing work alongside The Beach Boys, what Brian Wilson hasn’t meticulously fretted over and manipulated for hours on end isn’t worth knowing.

Following Pet Sounds, those three tracks were spots of sunlight in an otherwise self-perceived period of creative darkness for The Beach Boys and Brian Wilson. Yet, when Wilson is pressed on what ...

In the final years of his life, the musical genius behind songs like “Go All the Way” and “All by Myself” was estranged from ...

“Obviously you can go on Wikipedia and read endlessly about everything ... Beach Boys and the California Myth” to “God Only Knows: The Story of Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys & the California Myth.” He ...

There are many albums on which the Beach Boys underlined that they were an immensely creative collective, and far from being entirely reliant on the fertile musical imagination of Brian Wilson.

Brian Wilson and Al Jardine made it clear in 2020 where they stood on their former bandmate performing for Donald Trump. [email protected] Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.