His father, a frustrated songwriter who sold heavy machinery, was a "tyrant and heavy drinker" and abused Brian physically ...

If the role of the rest of The Beach Boys was diminished on a musical level, Pet Sounds was still a triumph of vocal layering ...

The Beach Boys founding member will play classic hits, rarities and deep cuts as a tribute to the late Brian Wilson Aug. 22.

The Beach Boys' scored their third No. 1 hit with "Good Vibrations," a "truly radical" track that rewrote the rules for a pop ...

Brian Wilson, co-founder of the Beach Boys, died June 11 at the age of 82. The legendary musical genius created the sound and atmosphere of the popular group. The group consisted of Brian Wilson, his ...

Brian Wilson, leader, songwriter and producer of the Beach Boys, has passed away at age 82. He leaves behind a legacy of ...

The Beach Boys were great and the force behind the group was Brian ... His magnum opus was the 1966 album Pet Sounds, which ...

The musical world lost a giant with news that Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader, had died. He was 82.

A standout track from The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds album, it epitomised Wilson’s shift into complex, sophisticated compositions ...

“If everybody had an ocean / Across the U.S.A. / Then everybody’d be surfin’ / Like Californ-i-a.” That’s from “Surfin’ USA.” ...

The moving force behind the iconic The Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, passed away June 11. His visionary songwriting held ...

Brian Wilson may have been responsible for the musical end of The Beach Boys,but he wasn't as in love with what happened out of the studio.