The three Wilson brothers, their cousin Love and their friend Jardine officially formed the band in 1961. As Jardine referenced, Carl Wilson died in 1998, while Dennis Wilson died in 1983.

The Beach Boys had a strange connection with cult leader Charles Manson that could've turned deadly. Brothers Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, their cousin, Love, and friend Al Jardine formed The ...

“The three Wilsons are finally back together,” Vail, 81, tells Rolling Stone. Brian’s bandmates and siblings in the Beach Boys, Dennis Wilson and Carl Wilson, died in 1983 and 1998 ...

Among the original Beach Boys, only Dennis Wilson, second from right, actually surfed. But Brian Wilson, second from left, defined the group’s sound and much of its look.

Dennis Wilson and Carl Wilson Brian's brothers, Dennis and Carl, were born in 1944 and 1946, respectively. All of the brothers gained international recognition for their band, the Beach Boys.

Brian Wilson was born in California in 1942. In his teens, he (along with brothers Dennis and Carl, cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine) started a band.

Brian Wilson occupies a special place in the pop pantheon, the golden youth who blew his mind making mind-blowing music. His 1966 masterpiece Pet Sounds remains a benchmark in pop culture ...

Brian Wilson, best known as one of the Beach Boys, who has died aged 82, was a brilliant writer of evocative songs about the surf who later became beset by emotional problems which kept him in bed ...

Although Dennis was the only one of the Wilson boys who actually surfed, they named their new group the Beach Boys, and later, after they hit the big time, the band played homage to Dick Dale by ...