History might be written by the victors, but art and culture is always where the losers get to have their say.

For rock connoisseurs, it’s decidedly uncool to love the Beach Boys. Why choose the corny regional sexual stereotypes of “California Girls” over the frank lust of “I Saw Her Standing There”? or the ...

Wilson’s obsessive genius and deliberating mental health issues were ultimately a burden he could barely overcome. But The ...

Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed ...

Competition arose between The Beach Boys and The Beatles in 1964 when Beatlemania landed in the US and the Fab Four scored ...

Brian Wilson, the visionary and fragile leader of the Beach Boys and one of the world's most influential recording artists, has died aged 82.

Most cutting of all, Mike Love - Wilson's co-writer on many of The Beach Boys' biggest hits - damned Smile as "a whole album ...