Al Jardine’s endless summer officially began when he was 18 and co-founded The Beach Boys in 1961. It hasn’t stopped yet. “I’m still enjoying this too much to think of quitting,” said the 1988 Rock & ...

Al Jardine of the Beach Boys reflects on Brian Wilson's life and musical legacy after his passing. Jardine recalls how he and Wilson formed the Beach Boys while in college. The Pet Sounds Band, led by ...

The band behind “Surfin’ Safari” and “Good Vibrations” – The Beach Boys – solidified their legacy within the music industry by showcasing the surf genre. And throughout the passing decades, the group ...

Brian Wilson was laid to rest nearly two months after his death at 82. The late Beach Boys legend’s daughter, Carnie, 57, took to Instagram Wednesday, Aug. 6, to share the news. “Today we laid my ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Fin Costello/Redferns On June 11, 2025, we lost Brian Wilson. He was 82, so the news wasn ...

Carl Dean Wilson was an influential American musician, singer, and songwriter, best recognized as a founding member and the ...

Al Jardine didn’t sense good vibrations from Mike Love. The Beach Boys co-founder revealed that he wasn’t impressed by his bandmate’s speech at Brian Wilson’s funeral on Aug. 6. According to Rolling ...

John Mason knew that Brian Wilson needed help – but it came at a high price. “Brian was in a weak mental state,” the entertainment lawyer, who once represented the fragile leader of the Beach Boys, ...

Co-founding The Beach Boys in 1961, Brian Wilson helped elevate pop music to an art form. By the middle of the decade, Wilson had penned more than two dozen Top 40 hits, including “I Get Around” and ...

The 1985 documentary The Beach Boys: An American Band gives you a sense of the group's mainstream cachet at the time. In the first half of the film, four of the five founding Beach Boys — brothers ...