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Brian Wilson’s 1966 masterpiece is now considered a crowning achievement of music. The album’s reputation grew over time.
The death of Beach Boys mastermind Brian Wilson reminds us all that the great artists don't live forever, and we should ...
Brian Wilson built a sizable net worth after decades in the music business and several top-10 hits with The Beach Boys during ...
Despite singing about surfing and being endlessly labelled as a surf band, the Beach Boys didn't actually sound anything like ...
A hitmaker elevated and burdened by the label of genius, he transcended the breezy surf genre to create complex harmonies and ...
Wilson's compositional genius and studio prowess influenced rock musicians from the Beatles to Radiohead and points between ...
Wilson, who died June 11 at age 82, gave some of the studio world's guitar greats their shining moments on the Beach Boys' ...
Two "Pet Sounds" highlights, the former featuring envelope-pushing instrumentation and production and the latter, a deceptively complex harmonic structure as well as lyrics that were, at that point, ...
The musical world lost a giant with news Wednesday that Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader, had died.
The genius of the Beach Boys group that he co-founded in 1961, Brian Wilson was one of the true visionaries of music who ...
The Beach Boys' co-founder talks to The Times about his longtime former bandmate who helped shape the culture of SoCal music.
Part I Wouldn’t It Be Nice The eulogies for Brian Wilson continue to roll in like the surf break at Huntington Beach. Testimonials to Wilson’s musical talent and the Beach Boys’ influence ...