The beach is a common muse for poets, composers and songwriters alike. Colorful sunsets and playful tides lay the perfect theme for romance, waterside adventures and wild parties. What’s important to ...

The Beach Boys were one of the earliest rock bands and pioneers of surf rock, dominating the 1960s with their upbeat summer hits and melodic vocal harmonies. The band's lyrics and melodies have graced ...

Speaking with Red Bull for an interview about his favorite and most joyful go-to songs, Mike Love was pretty direct about his love for “Barbara Ann” by The Regents. The Beach Boys actually covered ...

At his peak, Brian Wilson — who died this week at age 82 — went through periods the way a painter does. First, he made his family-and-friends act The Beach Boys a band for all seasons (but one in ...

The Beach Boys leader, whose death was announced on Wednesday, was a brilliant writer, arranger and producer whose ambitions propelled his band — and contemporaries like the Beatles — into the future.

Jeremy has more than 2000 published articles on Collider to his name, and has been writing for the site since February 2022. He's an omnivore when it comes to his movie-watching diet, so will gladly ...

This summer, a second song Mort composed decades ago while serving in the U.S. Navy — also based on his love story — proved ...

The Beach Boys’ eleventh studio album, Pet Sounds, is rightfully regarded as one of the most monumental records to come out of the 1960s. But when the California band released it, they were fighting ...

At a time when most of their peers have retired, threatened to call it quits or died, the Beach Boys continue to perform 120 shows per year. Led by original singer Mike Love and longtime ...

Love is the last of the founding Beach Boys still touring. Genius songwriter-producer Brian Wilson died June 11; his brothers Dennis and Carl preceded him, in 1983, and 1998 respectively. Guitarist ...