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.

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, 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 ...

Barney Kessel, shown in 1969, performed on several Beach Boys tunes. “I usually played a bit of everything, whatever the song needed," he said.

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 played the Centrum, now the DCU Center, twice — Nov. 21, 1982 and Jan. 25, 1989. Brian Wilson played April 30, 2017, at The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Brian Wilson was an off-stage presence for this 1971 Beach Boys concert, in which L.A. Times Robert Hilburn described the band as having "an identity crisis" in Wilson's absence.

In 1983, the Beach Boys were dropped from a D.C. July 4 concert — but the move may have only boosted the warm summer crowds that welcomed them in San Diego.