“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 ...

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

Brian Wilson was quietly redefining the genre, one hook at a time. Pet Sounds , Good Vibrations , and the Edge of Genius Released in 1966, the album was a departure from the surf tunes that made ...

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 ...

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) ...

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’ ...