June 11, 2025 • The Beach Boys' co-founder Brian Wilson has died at the age of 82, leaving behind a storied legacy as one of pop music's greatest songwriters and producers. Here are NPR's best ...

Having just passed away at the age of 82, the musical legacy of what he and The Beach Boys created has suddenly become more important than ever. Though legal battles between Beach Boys members ...

Of course, anyone who knows anything about The Beach Boys knows about the complicated legacy of the Wilson family. “The Beach Boys” dips into the abusive, controlling behavior of patriarch Murry ...

Sure, a three-hour documentary might have been pushing it, but so much of the Beach Boys’ rich legacy was left on the cutting room floor, so here are the six Beach Boys moments their story is ...

LOS ANGELES – CIRCA 1964: Rock and roll band “The Beach Boys” pose for a portrait with 2 Honda Mo-peds in circa 1964 in Los Angeles, California. (L-R) Al Jardine, Mike Love, Dennis Wilson ...

That influential but long underappreciated part of The Beach Boys’ legacy had finally been fully granted its time in the sun.

The Beach Boys shot their first album cover for “Surfin ... us together despite any differences or tragedies.” Leave a legacy “Our music is solid,” Jardine says with a wide smile.

Only 500 copies will be available of the book due out in December. By Gil Kaufman The Beach Boys announced their first-ever official anthology book on Thursday morning (July 13), the 400-page ...

For more than six decades, The Beach Boys’ music has been an indelible part of American ... Randy Leago and John Wedemeyer continue the legacy of the iconic band.

Nobody, not even their record company, believed in the Beach Boys – and who could blame ... offers a more balanced portrait of the band's legacy.) Recruits Blondie Chaplin and Ricky Fataar ...