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

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

Whether it’s Darlene Love’s “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home),” or the Ronettes ... significant shift for not just the Beach Boys, but for Brian Wilson’s songwriting.

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 summer of 1968, Manson recorded several tracks at Brian Wilson’s home studio, though the recordings remain unreleased to the public. The Beach Boys recorded one of Manson’s songs ...

“The Beach Boys” by The Beach Boys (Genesis Publications, available now) is the first time in the band’s history that the words of Brian ... home, Johnston received a call from Carl Wilson ...

The current Beach Boys lineup is fronted by original member Mike Love, who owns the rights to the band's name. Singer-songwriter Brian Wilson, also an original member, performs under his own name.

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.

The Beach Boys’ version ... tenth studio album Beach Boys Party! Released as a single by Capitol on December 20, 1965, the track was backed with the great Brian Wilson song “Girl Don’t ...

The Batman‘s Riddler, Paul Dano, delicate and intense, is Wilson in the era of Pet Sounds, the 1966 album that cemented his legacy as a genius. John Cusack, heavy-footed and doleful, is Wilson ...