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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Beach boys - The Untold Story

"He moved mountains. He changed the language." A tribute to Brian Wilson: June 20, 1942 - June 11, 2025

As the visionary heart and soul of the Beach Boys, Brian Wilson created a mythic California soundtrack of sun-drenched, youthful innocence and some timeless classics, all while battling personal demons, addiction and mental illness

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“I was a child – he’d choose which records I would get royalties on and which I didn’t. He was stealing my money, and I didn’t realize it”: The untold story of “The Lost Beach Boy” David Marks

David Marks reflects on the surf-rock beginnings of one of the world's most beloved pop-rock institutions, recalling the good times, bad times, and his return to the fold

Guitar World

“I just shut up and didn’t talk and did whatever Brian told me to do”: Bruce Johnston and the surviving Beach Boys talk about the making of Pet Sounds

Brian Wilson’s masterpiece turns 60 this week

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“I figured nobody would pay any attention to me. But those kids, they jumped on me, started yankin’ my hair. They tore off my shirt”: From Pet Sounds to playing Brian on tour, Glen Campbell’s hair-raising tenure as the Beach Boys’ guitarist

He became a country icon, but for a stint in the mid-’60s, Campbell was a Beach Boy

Guitar World

Al Jardine loved making The Beach Boys’ masterpiece Pet Sounds. He hated making the album cover

Exclusive: As the album celebrates its 60th anniversary, one of The Beach Boys’ surviving original members recalls the moment Brian Wilson called them to the studio, and how he made an enemy out of his cover art co-star

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Rolling Stones star Ronnie Wood recorded Brian Wilson tribute for Foreign Tongues

Rolling Stones star Ronnie Wood recorded a guitar solo in tribute to Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson for the band's new album Foreign Tongues.

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The 10 most valuable records sold on Discogs last month (March 2026)

Which disc has snagged the top spot?

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"I don't know what to think. This was never on my bingo card." The Beach Boys replace Bruce Johnston with singer found on social media

Three years ago Chris Cron made a video entitled How To Sound Like The Beach Boys and uploaded it to Instagram: Now he's in the band

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'Forever grateful' Beach Boys icon quits live touring band after 61 years

Bruce Johnston is stepping back from touring with Mike Love's Beach Boys.

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The Beach Boys: We Gotta Groove review – box set of lost 70s music has all of Brian Wilson’s turmoil and talent

Spanning 1974-77, this collection shows Wilson was capable of stunning pre-rock’n’roll homage – on the previously unheard Adult/Child – while also writing wayward songs about organic food

The Guardian - UK

The Beach Boys to release scrapped album Adult/Child for first time as part of gigantic boxset

Adult/Child has long been bootlegged, but now fans have the chance to own the collection.

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“This amp has taken me about 10 years to nail down”: A long-lost Beach Boys Dumble that has spent the past 35 years in Hawaii has surfaced – and Jason Momoa is using it on his new album

This early 1980s holy grail took a decade to hunt down – and there's another one out there in the wild

Guitar World

Disney Had The Beach Boys (And John Stamos) Play At Epcot, And The Crowd Was Absolutely Nuts

Disney Adult John Stamos visited Epcot, and he brought a band.

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Forget the Springsteen movie — you should stream this music biopic instead

Why you should stream 'Love & Mercy,' a biopic about Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys

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“He sent back a really beautiful letter, allowing us the usage of one of his most famous and brilliant songs ever”: the 90s alt-rock anthem that stuck a Beach Boys chorus in the middle of the track and got the seal of approval from Brian Wilson himself

The band’s drummer didn't think they could get away with it, but the band’s drummer was wrong.

Guitar World

“I had to learn to play electric guitar when I formed the Beach Boys with the guys. I had togo electric. It was like Dylan”: These two Beach Boys classics might have been misunderstood, but with Al Jardine’s guitar work, they stand the test of time

Surf’s Up and Holland confused some listeners when they were released in the early ’70s but they capture a band being a real functioning band. Jardine shares the stories – and the gear – behind them

Guitar World

“Brian asked me if I wanted to do a lead. I got excited and was ready to shred”: The Lost Beach Boy on the classic song he overdubbed on

Brian Wilson typically turned to his brother, Carl, for leads, but David Marks got a rare chance to buck that trend in 1964

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Al Jardine hits out at Mike Love for Brian Wilson funeral speech

Al Jardine has hit out at Mike Love for the speech he made at Brian Wilson's funeral earlier this month.

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“I didn’t feel the compassion, let’s put it that way”: Al Jardine criticises Mike Love’s speech at Brian Wilson’s funeral

He says his bandmate has some “serious megalomania problems”

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Brian Wilson laid to rest

Beach Boys singer Brian Wilson has been laid to rest, almost two months after his death.

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"This is the moment to rediscover Chicago": Greatest Hits Expanded charts the band's evolution from a jazz-soul-psychedelic-brassy-hippy melange into accomplished balladeers

The bonkers and the ballads

Guitar World

The all-new October 2025 Guitar World – where Smashing Pumpkins and Sex Pistols mingle openly with Carlos Santana and Khruangbin

Featuring new interviews with Billy Corgan, Kiki Wong, Steve Jones, Glen Matlock, Zakk Wylde, the Beach Boys' Al Jardine, Inhaler's Josh Jenkinson and dynamic duos from Khruangbin, Momma, the Voidz and Phoneboy

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Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson was 'intensely competitive' with bands like The Beatles

Songwriter Van Dyke Parks has described late Beach Boys icon Brian Wilson as "intensely competitive, but so civilised" with other musicians.

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‘The Beach Boys should sue’: Two weeks after Brian Wilson’s death Donald Trump posts video featuring grossly offensive ‘Barbara Ann’ parody

Wouldn't it be nice if Donald Trump just stopped talking.

Evening Standard

Bad Company’s Mick Ralphs dies aged 81

A statement on the band’s official website announced the news.

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