The favourite song of The Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson was a folk song which infuriated The Stooges frontman Iggy Pop. While The Beach Boys would go on to cover the song which bemused Alice ...

The Beach Boys started rehearsing and recording “Good Vibrations” the week of February 17, 1966, but the inspiration for the song came to Brian Wilson years earlier while growing up in ...

Brian Wilson, who as primary writer and co-vocalist for The Beach Boys, became one of the most innovative and revered figures in popular music. He’s had such a successful and enduring career ...

1, 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.

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 ...