When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Martin and the Fab Four weren’t the only ones whose minds were blown in summer of 1966 by the ...

Brian Wilson with an autographed copy of his album 'Smile' on Feb. 11, 2005. Credit - Ron Wolfson/WireImage—Getty Images In describing the followup to Pet Sounds, Wilson billed Smile as a "teenage ...

Brian Wilson, the driving force behind the Beach Boys whose sprawling compositions and studio prowess influenced rock musicians from the Beatles to Radiohead and points between, has died, his family ...

Take a popular composer such as George Gershwin, the man behind "Rhapsody in Blue" and "An American in Paris." Then put his works through the psychedelic blender of Beach Boys surf music, courtesy of ...

If you enjoy most any kind of pop music, you’re a cork in Brian Wilson’s ocean. The principal songwriter and sonic architect of the Beach Boys, he bottled the vibes of Southern California — and really ...

The 1985 documentary The Beach Boys: An American Band gives you a sense of the group's mainstream cachet at the time. In the first half of the film, four of the five founding Beach Boys — brothers ...

The death of Beach Boys mastermind Brian Wilson reminds us all that the great artists don't live forever, and we should cherish their masterworks while they're here. Wilson's career spans more than ...

Brian Wilson discussed the works he was more proud of after 'Pet Sounds', arguing that the other records hold some of his ...

Brian Wilson performs "Pet Sounds" and other classics from The Beach Boys at Stir Cove. COUNCIL BLUFFS — Brian Wilson made one of the best albums of all time when he was only 24. Now 74, the rock ‘n’ ...

When you’re making music that no one else is making, you don’t have source material to reference. Musical experimentalists are left to hope the sound they are envisioning works out in the end. That ...