Mike Love, a co-founder and lead vocalist for the Beach Boys, is among this year’s fun, fun, fun honorees for the Songwriters ...
As with most Beach Boys dates, Wilson handed out his charts and played the song at the piano to give the musicians an idea of ...
We explore the fascinating insights into arranging bass guitar parts the Beach Boys' 1966 track "Wouldn't It Be Nice" offers.
Al Jardine may need a trip to Kokomo ... 'cause the Beach Boys star is dealing with a legal headache after being sued for allegedly refusing to sign merch.
Five of The Beach Boys’ Christmas ... if only because the way Brian Wilson pairs philharmonic stratum with sugar-sweet bombast feels especially accessible and cutting-edge, even 60 years later ...
There’s a reason why The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson is considered “a living genius of pop music.” He is the big brain behind the legendary and still-influential rock outfit, and he dished ...
Fronted in LA by the magnetic Arthur Lee, Love emerged from the Sunset Strip scene around the same time as The Doors - but where Jim Morrison and co went on to stardom, Love snatched defeat from the ...
One of the architects of modern pop music with his game-changing work alongside The Beach Boys, what Brian Wilson hasn’t meticulously fretted over and manipulated for hours on end isn’t worth knowing.
Following Pet Sounds, those three tracks were spots of sunlight in an otherwise self-perceived period of creative darkness for The Beach Boys and Brian Wilson. Yet, when Wilson is pressed on what ...
Then I woke up, gave away 50 to 60 percent of ... several tracks at Brian Wilson’s home studio, though the recordings remain unreleased to the public. The Beach Boys recorded one of Manson ...
George Clinton, The Doobie Brothers, Ashley Gorley, Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, The Beach Boys’ Mike Love and Tony Macaulay make up the 2025 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees ...