The Beach Boys were, of course, an extremely successful musical group that blended rock and pop music with jazz and folk and included barbershop quartet concepts. But they might also be easily ...

A lot of people believe that music is proof of the existence of God. One of those people is Courtney Love, who believes a ...

These classic rock songs wouldn't shock anyone today, but they were quickly banned upon their respective releases decades ago ...

It’s probably the most avant garde song of its time from our point of view. I was just trying to write lyrics that would resonate with the times and the mentality of what was going on at that ...

Unfortunately, every Beach Boys fan knows that for all their upbeat songs, the group has been marred by many tragedies. Brian and his brothers suffered abuse at the hands of their father growing up, ...

Brian Wilson brought The Beach Boys into the mainstream with 'Pet Sounds', widely regarded as one of the best albums ever.

Curiously, only one of the original Beach Boys knew how to surf ... Influenced by Chuck Berry, Phil Spector and the Beatles, Wilson’s songs grew increasingly more complex, peaking with 1966 ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. LOS ANGELES - AUGUST 1962: Rock and roll band "The Beach Boys" pose for a ...

Her terrific third album Someday, Now does a good job of that too (listen below) but here she offers up 10 songs from the likes of Joan Baez, Beach Boys, Julia Holter, The Incredible String Band ...

We had a song called “Little Honda,” and the girls were screaming and everything like that. They talked about Beatlemania, but the Beach Boys had their own kind of Beatlemania. It was pretty fun.

The Beach Boys' Mike Love decided to pay tribute to The Beatles' George Harrison through song. Love explained why he respected the "My Sweet Lord" singer. The Beach Boys' 'Pet Sounds' famously ...