Founded: 1961
Headquarters: Hawthorne, CA
Website Link(s): Official Site
Label(s)
- Capitol
- Brother
Genre(s)
- Surf
- Pop
- '60s Pop
- Chamber Pop
RIYL
- Brian Wilson
- Belle & Sebastian
- Apples in stereo
- The Dukes of Stratosphear
- High Llamas
- Wondermints
Band Members
- Brian Wilson
- Carl Wilson
- Dennis Wilson
- Mike Love
- Al Jardine
- Bruce Johnston
- David Marks
- Ricky Fataar
- Blondie Chaplin
- Glen Campbell
- Mike Kowalski
- Chris Farmer
- Tim Bonhomme
- John Cowsill
- Scott Totten
- Randell Kirsch
Includes Members of
Band Biography
The primary competition for The Beatles as a forgotten band that put out one 45, then disappeared. The Beach Boys were the project primarily of Brian Wilson and his brothers, cousin (Mike Love) and family friend (Al Jardine), along with his father who initally managed the group (though he was abusive and was the source for songs like "In My Room". Brian Wilson's mental state being as it was, he stopped touring with the band in 1965, and decided to work solely in the studio, being one of the first to use the studio like an instrument. The culmination of this was the unreleased Smile album, intended to be the follow up to Pet Sounds. After the collapse of Smile, his control over the band faded and Mike Love took more of a leading role (though Brian Wilson still had more of a say than people think). In the 1980s, the band collapsed a bit with the deaths of two of the Wilson brothers, and Brian and Al leaving the group, Mike Love was left to put together a touring band of session musicians to continue making money off the group's name and sue the other Beach Boys (Al Jardine for using "of The Beach Boys" to advertise his shows and Brian Wilson for using the Beach Boys name to promote his recently completed Smile).
Discography
Albums
- Surfin' Safari
- Surfin' USA
- Surfer Girl
- Little Deuce Coupe
- Shut Down Volume 2
- All Summer Long
- The Beach Boys' Christmas Album
- Today!
- Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!)
- Beach Boys' Party!
- Pet Sounds
- Smiley Smile
- Wild Honey
- Friends
- 20/20
- Sunflower
- Surf's Up
- Carl and the Passions - So Tough
- Holland
- 15 Big Ones
- Love You
- M.I.U. Album
- L.A. (Light Album)
- Keepin' The Summer Alive
- The Beach Boys
- Still Cruisin'
- Summer in Paradise
- Stars and Stripes Vol. 1
EPs
Singles
Appears On
Compilations
Soundtracks
- Problem Child
- Cocktail
Mix CDs
- Dub Club: Aila's Dub Club Mix
- Aila's Mp3 Of The Week
- Dub Club V: The Final Frontier - Aila
- Plastic Music Exchange 2006 - Rev. DOG.
- Plastic Music Exchange 2006 - Djerrid
- Aila's Mp3 Of The Week
- Dub Club: Erik Blood Disc 1 (Rain)
- Dub Club: John - Faded Summer
- Dub Club: I'm Singing For You All Covered In Sequins - Matt
Radio Shows
Further Reading
- Cabin Essence - A great Brian Wilson fan site. Includes lyrics, chords and more.
- Wikipedia page on The Beach Boys