“If everybody had an ocean / Across the U.S.A. / Then everybody’d be surfin’ / Like Californ-i-a.” That’s from “Surfin’ USA.” The genius behind it and other Beach Boys songs, Brian Wilson, died on ...

After that, he worked sporadically with the Boys, still with flashes of genius. As Reason Magazine’s Brian Doherty put it, “Brian Wilson’s ears and musical mind launched a saga that seemed ...

The genius behind it and other Beach Boys songs, Brian Wilson, died on June 11 at age 82. Wilson later explained how he started the band in Hawthorne in 1961 with his brothers Carl and Dennis and ...

Brian Wilson's best songs exemplify the Beach Boys songwriter's impact and influence on pop music and culture.

Weeks after Beach Boys founding member Brian Wilson died at 82, the factors that contributed to his June 11 death have been released.

After that, he worked sporadically with the Boys, still with flashes of genius. As Reason Magazine’s Brian Doherty put it, “Brian Wilson’s ears and musical mind launched a saga that seemed ...

FILE – Musician Brian Wilson poses for a portrait at his home in Los Angeles on Monday, July 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File) ...

After that, he worked sporadically with the Boys, still with flashes of genius. As Reason Magazine’s Brian Doherty put it, “Brian Wilson’s ears and musical mind launched a saga that seemed ...

The whole world sees the California Dream to the soundtrack of Beach Boys songs. “If everybody had an ocean / Across the U.S.A. / Then everybody’d be surfin’ / Like Californ-i-a.” That’s ...

The whole world sees the California Dream to the soundtrack of Beach Boys songs. “If everybody had an ocean / Across the U.S.A. / Then everybody’d be surfin’ / Like Californ-i-a.” That’s ...

The whole world sees the California Dream to the soundtrack of Beach Boys songs. “If everybody had an ocean / Across the U.S.A. / Then everybody’d be surfin’ / Like Californ-i-a.” That’s from “Surfin’ ...