The pain of that psychological turmoil — a different classic American myth — was honored in Paul Dano’s faultless Brian Wilson characterization in the 2015 movie Love and Mercy.

I had called my friend Gary Griffin to shoot the breeze, as I’d been doing a couple of times every week. This was in the early 1990s; Gary was the keyboard player for surf rockers Jan and Dean ...

Mike Love, one of the co-founders of the Beach Boys, paid tribute to his cousin and frontman Brian Wilson, who died at age 82. He joined fellow bandmate Al Jardine in honoring the legendary ...

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13 of the late Brian Wilson’s finest songs to revisit Musician Brian Wilson sits for portraits at his home on Nov. 2, 2021 in Los Angeles. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) ...

“Brian Wilson was a musical and spiritual giant,” Micky Dolenz of the Monkees wrote on X. “His melodies shaped generations, and his soul resonated in every note.

Though his most creative period lasted roughly six years in the 1960s, Brian Wilson, whose death at age 82 was announced today, left a profound impact on pop music, record production and American ...

Brian released That Lucky Old Sun in 2008, followed by a series of U.S. and U.K. concerts, followed by Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin, in 2010 and In The Key Of Disney, in 2011, results of a ...

Brian Wilson, a founding member and the visionary guiding force of the Beach Boys, has died. Wilson was 82. News of Wilson’s passing was made public on Wednesday morning by the pop music legend ...

Brian Wilson, whose “teenage symphonies to God” made him the poet laureate of adolescent heartbreak as a founding member of The Beach Boys, has died. He was 82. Wilson’s family announced his ...