Brian Wilson, Purveyor Of ‘Love And Mercy’ Through His Beach Boys Music, Goes To A Well-Deserved Rest By Glenn Kenny @ glenn__kenny Published June 11, 2025, 6:38 p.m. ET ...

The Beach Boys paid tribute to co-founder and musical genius Brian Wilson Wednesday after his family announced his death — calling him the “soul” of their surf rock sound.

By MARIA SHERMAN NEW YORK (AP) — The musical world lost a giant with news Wednesday that Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader, had died. He was 82. Attempting to d… ...

On the cusp of their artistic peak, The Beach Boys had crafted a number which threatened to wind up both the religious right and countercultural underground.

Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys' lead songwriter and inventive producer, was finally finished with "Good Vibrations," a song he had been perfecting, on-and-off, for months throughout 1966. In the ...

But it was short-lived, and Landy was fired when the Beach Boys' management balked at his fees, which hovered around $35,000 a month — around $345,000 in 2025 valuation.

The Beach Boys were in and out of the studio day and night. We’d been busy touring Japan while Brian was composing it. We didn’t have much time to rehearse, so we just went for it.” ...

Brian Wilson, co-founder and principal songwriter for the Beach Boys, has died. The musician’s family confirmed his passing on social media. The creative force behind the mid-century pop-focused ...

The Beach Boys were founded in Hawthorne, California, in 1961 by brothers Brian, Carl, and Dennis Wilson, their cousin Love, and school friend Al Jardine, per the band’s website.

The Beach Boys found in their music the key to unfading youth—and they made copies for everyone. To them, the beach isn’t just a place where the surf comes to play—it’s where life is ...