Most cutting of all, Mike Love - Wilson's co-writer on many of The Beach Boys' biggest hits - damned Smile as "a whole album ...

Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys' visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed ...

A hitmaker elevated and burdened by the label of genius, he transcended the breezy surf genre to create complex harmonies and ...

Brian Wilson, an eclectic genius whose sunny Beach Boys songs like "God Only Knows" and "Good Vibrations" helped define ...

The Beach Boys were led by Brian Wilson. Indeed, Brian Wilson was the Beach Boys. He largely wrote, performed, and produced ...

Brian Wilson, the musical savant who scripted a defining Southern California soundtrack with the Beach Boys before being pulled down by despair and depression in full public view, has died.

Brian Wilson, who as leader of the Beach Boys and a founder of California rock invented a massively successful pop sound full of harmonies and sunshine, has died at the age of 82. “We are ...

Brian Wilson, who co-founded the iconic California band The Beach Boys and turned teen pop into a poetic, modernist musical form, has died at age 82. "We realize that we are sharing our grief with ...

On June 11, 2025, reports surfaced claiming that Brian Wilson, the songwriter and musician best known as a co-founder of the ...

The family of Brian Wilson announced the music legend and icon has died at the age of 82. The family of Brian Wilson announced that cofounder and driving creative force behind the Beach Boys has died ...

"I thought he was going to get better," says Beach Boys co-founder Jardine, who had been hoping to have Wilson make a guest ...

As the visionary leader of the Beach Boys, Brian Wilson helped create some of the greatest pop music of all time.