“If everybody had an ocean / Across the U.S.A. / Then everybody’d be surfin’ / Like Californ-i-a.” That’s from “Surfin’ USA.” ...

Despite his much-publicized inner-turmoil, Brian was a very strong, sweet, innocent guy with a heart full of love and music.

Brian Wilson’s legacy came into focus while the California riots raged. As the chief conceptualizer and composer of the ...

Culture / When the Beach Boys front man died, the obituaries described him as a genius. Which means what, exactly? Sid Holt ...

Brian Wilson, an eclectic genius whose sunny Beach Boys songs like "God Only Knows" and "Good Vibrations" helped define ...

“Brian had that mysterious sense of musical genius that made his songs so achingly special. The notes he heard in his head ...

As the Beach Boys sang “house,” the song, “All Summer Long,” didn’t just change chords — in a luscious instant, it ascended ...

Conceived as an all-in-one ‘pocket symphony’, Good Vibrations was thematically triggered by the notion that dogs could sense ...

Darian Sahanaja, a crucial part of Brian Wilson's band since 1999, shares his thoughts about the late Beach Boy's brilliant ...

Brian Wilson was a troubled genius who made so many people happy but had far too much sadness in his life already.

Part I Wouldn’t It Be Nice The eulogies for Brian Wilson continue to roll in like the surf break at Huntington Beach.

"I loved him, and was privileged to be around his bright shining light for a little while," McCartney wrote Thursday, a day ...