As the Beach Boys sang “house,” the song, “All Summer Long,” didn’t just change chords — in a luscious instant, it ascended ...

Despite singing about surfing and being endlessly labelled as a surf band, the Beach Boys didn't actually sound anything like other surf rockers like Dick Dale or the Ventures. Pet Sounds ' ...

A starstruck Don Henley met Brian Wilson at an event. Wilson signed his autograph and insulted The Eagles while he was at it.

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, ...

Brian Wilson, an eclectic genius whose sunny Beach Boys songs like "God Only Knows" and "Good Vibrations" helped define ...

The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson has died at 82. His early works include "God Only Knows," "Good Vibrations" and more.

Brian Wilson, the driving force behind the Beach Boys whose sprawling compositional prowess influenced rock musicians from ...