There’s a lot that can be said about the Beach Boys, as a band, given their complex history. Formed in 1961, the band has had members come and go, and is still technically active, though three of its ...

The Beach Boys‘ songs were great, but they didn’t have a tremendous amount of influence on mainstream music like The Beatles had. Very few mainstream groups could be classified as Beach Boys wannabes.

“Catch A Wave” is very much in the style of the band’s early surf rock material, but it’s one where you can already see the gears turning in Brian’s mind to go beyond standard rock and roll chord ...

Rock music was changing fast by 1970. The previous decade featured The Beach Boys and The Beatles transforming the recording process and expanding what was even possible within the context of a rock ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Arguably one of the best decades of music, the 1970s saw the rise of disco, long shaggy hair, the ...

Bruce Johnston is a longtime member of The Beach Boys. He wrote The Beach Boys’ “Disney Girls (1957).” Subsequently, he compared the song to Back to the Future. Bruce Johnston wrote songs for The ...

Starting in the 1970s, not long after Charles Manson directed his followers to murder seven people over two bloody nights in Los Angeles, the convicted killer’s music and notoriety fueled a small ...

As the disco era was dying in the late 1970s and punk began to emerge The Blasters became key players in the L.A. music landscape by playing the roots rock sounds that flourished alongside the harder ...

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