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Since their heydey, the Beach Boys have lacked the enduring cultural impact of many of their '60s brethren. The band's mannered approach to making music, particularly its delicate harmonies ...
The leader of the Beach Boys, who has died at age 82, made a profound impact on music and American culture through his ...
his impact is once again being felt on pop culture. Wilson, whose disdain for touring with The Beach Boys was legendary, became something of a hermit after those initial recordings of sand ...
As a result, some Beach Boys members commented on the impact of The Byrds. “Before I joined The Beach Boys, I was working at Columbia Records as a producer, and saw The Byrds come in and do ...
Their last record, 1985’s digitally crispy The Beach Boys, performed middlingly despite contributions from Culture Club, Ringo Starr, and Stevie Wonder. A couple clues to their malaise appear ...
In 1962 and ‘63, before the British Invasion and the social tumult of the decade’s later years, the Beach Boys were charting surfy, sunny singles full of catching waves, flirting with girls ...